From $50k Loss to $100M Win

From Navy uniform to nine figures, and nearly losing it all.

In this episode of The Vault Unlocked, Kayvon Kay talks with Douglas James, a Navy veteran turned digital entrepreneur who built a $100M coaching business and now leads LeadFi.ai, a data-driven SaaS company transforming how businesses qualify leads.

Douglas shares his rise, crash, and comeback, from early SEO experiments and Google penalties to mastering Facebook ads and scaling systems that change lives. He opens up about the trauma that fueled his drive, the failures that shaped his mindset, and the philosophy that keeps him winning: Choose the hard door.

If you've ever felt stuck between stability and growth, this episode will remind you that real success starts where comfort ends.