Chapter 1: From Scarcity to Spark
I was born in Seoul and moved to Chicago at four. We lived in a small apartment, barely getting by, but my parents made sure I was happy.
At a school field day, every kid wore matching jerseys. I showed up in a plain white shirt with my name hand-written by my mom. I didn't understand it then, but that moment stuck.
We moved to Atlanta when I was 13. That's when I stopped waiting and started moving. I opened my first Robinhood account with $300, blew it on penny stocks, and pivoted fast.
I went all in on sneaker reselling, built Instagram pages to 200K+ followers, launched a membership group, and hit $3.5K MRR by 15 — enough to help my parents with the mortgage. I didn't love the work, but I learned how to move fast, spot opportunity early, and turn value into income.
