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How Jeff Harmon Started and Grew Angel Through Entrepreneurship, Mentorship, and Solving Pain
Description
Every entrepreneur has a starting point, and sometimes it begins with something as simple as a paper bag of potatoes.
In this episode of How I Started, host Connor Boyack sits down with Jeff Harmon, Co-founder of Harmon Brothers and Chief Content Officer at the Angel Studio, to explore how a small childhood business eventually led to the creation of Angel.
Jeff shares how he started selling potatoes at age eleven to pay for school tuition, what those early experiences taught him about solving problems, of mentorship, how founders learn through mistakes and pivots, and why noticing problems others ignore can open unexpected opportunities.
Things You Will Learn
- How Jeff Harmon’s first small business became the beginning of a lifelong path in entrepreneurship
- Why noticing everyday problems can help entrepreneurs find opportunities to start a business
- How mentorship, persistence, and experimentation shape founder journeys
Tools & Frameworks Covered
- Pain as a signal for opportunity: how problems often reveal the next business idea
- Testing small ideas quickly: learning what works before scaling a business
- Runway in entrepreneurship: balancing early work or side hustles while building something bigger
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