From homeless teen to founder of a $250 Million Tech Co. with Dawnna St. Louis

"Your default tab is what you are born into... It's kinda like a gravity pull. its always there, always waiting for you. If you do nothing, you will end up right back on it."

What's it like to start from a place where no one believes you can do better? And how good does it feel to shatter those expectations? Dawnna St. Louis talks about starting her own company, what it's like to be a black woman in corporate America and what it takes to build a business that will last.

About Dawnna St. Louis:
Imagine the story of your life defined by government statistics like these: Drug addict. Five children you're unable to care for/foster care Government assistance. Jail time. An early grave.

"When my guidance counselor told me those stats would define my life, I believed them. As a result, I became depressed, fell into homelessness, and lost everything.

It wasn't until I decided to step into a brave new chapter that things began to change. Over the years, I discovered that there were four principles of achievement that extremely successful people consistently strived to reach bigger goals.

These four principles gave me the ability to pull myself from the depths of depression, crawl out of homelessness, and build a $250M tech biz."

Today, Dawnna is a conference headlining keynote speaker on the Discipline of Achievement. She has transformed audiences around the world with the four principles that changed her life.

Dawnna also runs a successful coaching, mentoring, and mastermind company that helps clients define a plan of attack to annihilate roadblocks and achieve more than they thought possible.

Her client list includes well-known executives, high-potential employees, a consortium of investors and venture capitalists, motivational speakers, and entrepreneurs.

Host: Brad Szollose