Codie Sanchez

I wasn't rewriting anyone's story.

I wasn't rewriting anyone's story.

I was just telling them in an almost voyeuristic way to a void of humans that really didn't make much change.

I was just telling them in an almost voyeuristic way to a void of humans that really didn't make much change.

And that didn't sit well with me.

And that didn't sit well with me.

And so I thought, I better figure out how to become something besides a journalist or I'm going to become very jaded, very young.

And so I thought, I better figure out how to become something besides a journalist or I'm going to become very jaded, very young.

It's amazing how fast 12 years flashes, which is something only old people say, which apparently I'm nearing.

It's amazing how fast 12 years flashes, which is something only old people say, which apparently I'm nearing.

But the beautiful part about working in corporate America is you learn on somebody else's dime.

But the beautiful part about working in corporate America is you learn on somebody else's dime.

And I'm a huge advocate for failing often without the ability to bankrupt yourself.

And I'm a huge advocate for failing often without the ability to bankrupt yourself.

These days, there's so much entrepreneurship porn about how you have to sleep on somebody's couch.

These days, there's so much entrepreneurship porn about how you have to sleep on somebody's couch.

And you've got to do it the hard way.

And you've got to do it the hard way.

And if you weren't homeless for a minute, you're never going to make it.

And if you weren't homeless for a minute, you're never going to make it.