I’m Devon Chapman, and I’ve been building businesses in one form or another since October 2000 — starting as a kid selling bits from my packed lunch, buying things from the shop, and flogging them to other kids for a profit, like some tiny schoolyard Alan Sugar with worse margins and better snacks. Since then, I’ve spent nearly three decades trying things, breaking things, fixing things, failing, learning, adapting, and occasionally getting it gloriously right. I didn’t learn business in a lecture hall or from some buzzword-powered corporate cardboard cutout pretending every setback is a “growth opportunity.” I learned it through real life — late nights, bad decisions, better decisions, books, videos, courses, panics, wins, losses, and the kind of practical experience you only get by actually doing the bloody thing.

Chapman Unfiltered exists to make business, money, sales, management, and starting something of your own feel more accessible — especially for people who don’t have thousands sitting around to throw at every problem. Yes, more money can make things smoother. No, it does not magically make the business better. Sometimes it just helps you avoid learning the hard lessons until they arrive later with a baseball bat and an invoice. You can start with less. It’ll be harder, messier, slower, and probably more character-building than you’d like, but it is possible. My job here is to explain the useful stuff in plain English, without the fake guru nonsense, corporate waffle, or motivational fluff dressed up as strategy. Just honest business lessons from someone rough around the edges who’s learned a lot by faceplanting into the walls first, so hopefully you don’t have to hit quite as many of the b*stards yourself.