Ember No. 0002 · Founders

He Slept in His Car. Then He Built an Empire.

6:46 · Told by Walt Hollis

A cold night, the mid nineteen nineties. A young man settles into the back seat of a small blue car, because there is nowhere else to sleep. Every dollar he had went into a stage play, and almost nobody came. He is already planning to try again.

A young man asleep in the back seat of a small car at night

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