Today we’d like to introduce you to Connor Miller.
Hi Connor, can you start by introducing yourself? We’d love to learn more about how you got to where you are today?
My path hasn’t been traditional — or easy.
In my late teens and early twenties, I struggled with addiction and a series of poor decisions that ultimately led to spending 20 months incarcerated. That season became a forced pause — one that stripped away distractions and forced me to confront responsibility, discipline, and the long-term consequences of my choices.
After my release, I focused on rebuilding my life step by step. Sobriety, structure, and consistency became non-negotiables. Progress was slow, but over time that discipline carried into my career. I helped scale a logistics company from $15M to over $100M in revenue and began building investment platforms grounded in patience, risk management, and long-term thinking rather than hype.
A deeper spiritual transformation came later. About two years ago, I committed my life to Jesus in a way that went beyond belief and into daily practice. That decision didn’t erase the past — it aligned everything. Faith became the foundation for how I lead, how I invest, how I show up as a husband and father, and how I define success.
Today, I’m a husband, a father of three, an investor, and the founder of Alpha Before It Prints — a newsletter and investment community where I share conviction-based market insights and the principles that guide my decision-making. Those principles were forged through experience, failure, discipline, and ultimately faith.
In 2025, I also launched The Faithful Shepherd Project, a faith-driven initiative focused on service, mentorship, and living out belief through action. It reflects a season of life where purpose matters more than image, and stewardship matters more than outcomes.
I’m also nearing completion of the first book in a trilogy that tells the fuller story — from addiction and incarceration, to rebuilding, to redemption — and how responsibility, discipline, and faith reshaped every part of my life.
Everything I build today flows from a simple belief: transformation is real, but it requires ownership, time, and truth.
Can you talk to us a bit about the challenges and lessons you’ve learned along the way. Looking back would you say it’s been easy or smooth in retrospect?
One of the biggest challenges I’ve faced was learning how to take full responsibility for my life after addiction and incarceration. Spending 20 months behind bars forced me to confront the consequences of my choices, but rebuilding afterward required a different kind of discipline — consistency over time, without shortcuts or guarantees.
Early on, the hardest part was resisting old patterns. Impatience, emotional decision-making, and the desire for quick wins had cost me dearly in the past. Learning to slow down, manage risk, and build deliberately — in business, investing, and relationships — was uncomfortable, but necessary.
Professionally, scaling businesses introduced new pressure. Leading teams, allocating capital, and making decisions with long-term consequences required emotional control and clarity, especially as expectations grew. I had to learn how to lead without ego and make decisions rooted in conviction rather than reaction.
A deeper challenge emerged later: aligning outward success with inward integrity. About two years ago, my faith became central to that alignment. Committing my life to Jesus reframed how I view adversity — not as something to escape, but as something that shapes character. That shift influenced every area of my life, from how I measure success to how I serve others.
These experiences directly shaped Alpha Before It Prints and the Faithful Shepherd Project. Both exist because I understand firsthand the cost of impatience, emotional decisions, and chasing outcomes instead of principles. What I build today is grounded in discipline, stewardship, and long-term thinking — lessons learned the hard way.
Great, so let’s talk business. Can you tell our readers more about what you do and what you think sets you apart from others?
Alpha Before It Prints is an independent investment research platform and newsletter focused on conviction-based market analysis and long-term capital allocation. The work blends macro insights, technical context, and behavioral discipline to help readers think more clearly about risk, opportunity, and timing — before narratives fully take hold.
What sets Alpha Before It Prints apart is that it’s built by an operator and investor, not a marketer. My background includes helping scale a logistics company from $15M to over $100M in revenue and deploying capital through private investment vehicles under Black Sheep Capital Partners. The same principles used to build businesses — patience, risk management, and emotional control — are applied directly to markets.
The platform is intentionally signal-over-noise. There’s no hype, no paid promotion, and no short-term prediction theater. The focus is on identifying asymmetric opportunities early, understanding downside first, and making decisions rooted in conviction rather than reaction.
I’m most proud of the trust the platform has built with its readers. Alpha Before It Prints isn’t about telling people what to buy — it’s about teaching people how to think. That philosophy carries through everything I build, including my upcoming book trilogy and faith-driven initiatives like the Faithful Shepherd Project.
Readers should know that Alpha Before It Prints exists for those who value discipline over dopamine, process over prediction, and long-term outcomes over short-term applause.
Is there a quality that you most attribute to your success?
Resilience grounded in conviction.
My life and career haven’t followed a straight line. I’ve had seasons of failure, rebuilding, and deep personal growth. What ultimately enabled my success wasn’t talent or luck, but the willingness to take responsibility, endure discomfort, and keep moving forward with purpose.
Over the past few years—especially after fully committing my life to faith—I’ve learned to operate with clarity, discipline, and long-term conviction rather than emotion or short-term outcomes. That resilience has allowed me to build and sustain multiple ventures, stay accountable to others, and remain focused on work that creates real value.
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Contact Info:
- Website: https://www.alphabeforeitprints.com
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