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Ep 1 – Chris Beecham: From Selling Plasma to Selling Merch
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🎙️ Episode 1: How Losing Everything Became the Start of Everything
Welcome to the relaunch of The Unscripted Climb, where business isn’t always pretty—but it’s always real. Host Chris Beecham kicks things off by sharing his own story of screwing things up, starting over, and building again (and again).
From riding high in real estate to bottoming out in bankruptcy court, Chris talks through what it actually takes to rebuild a life and a business—without the LinkedIn fluff.
This is for the entrepreneurs who’ve cried in their car, second-guessed everything, and kept going anyway.
What You’ll Hear:
- How the 2008 market crash wrecked his first business
- The gym that bankrupted him
- How Empire Painting rose from the ashes
- Why Perch Merch exists (and how it’s still fighting to grow)
- Juggling two podcasts, multiple businesses, and some mild sanity
🚨 Sponsored by Real Life (and also: Perch Merch + Oh Hello Agency)
We’re not here to sell you cheap pens—we help businesses build brand loyalty through custom merch, smart marketing, and premium design.
💥 Want a free merch or brand audit? Just ask. No pressure, just people helping people.
👉 Perch-Merch.com
👉 OhHelloAgency.com
⏱️ Timestamps for the Skippers:
- 00:42 – Losing it all in the 2008 crash
- 08:57 – Buying a gym (and regretting everything)
- 18:54 – Rebuilding with Empire Painting
- 27:31 – Starting Perch Merch while still figuring it out
- 36:23 – Lessons in trust, marketing, and sheer survival
📈 Keywords
entrepreneurship journey, business after bankruptcy, real estate market crash, failed gym story, starting over in business, building a painting company, starting a screen printing business, promotional products, brand marketing agency, Perch Merch, Oh Hello Agency, podcast for business owners, real business advice
💬 Brought to you by Perch Merch — where your merch game levels up, or you don’t play at all. And Oh Hello Agency — where brands get their act together.
💥 Want a free merch or brand audit? Just ask. No pressure, just people helping people.
👉 Perch-Merch.com
👉 OhHelloAgency.co
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