My Highest Return On Investment Ever

How I got here…

21: Graduated Vanderbilt in 3 years Magna Cum Laude, and took a fancy consulting job.
23 yrs old: Left my fancy consulting job to start a business (a gym).
24 yrs old: Opened 5 gym locations.
26 yrs old: Closed down 6th gym. Lost everything.
26 yrs old: Got back to launching gyms (launched 33). Then, lost everything for a 2nd time.
26 yrs old: In desperation, started licensing model as a hail mary. It worked.
27 yrs old: "Gym Launch" does $3M profit the next 6 months. Then $17M profit next 12 months.
28 yrs old: Started Prestige Labs. $20M the first year.
29 yrs old: Launched ALAN, a software company for agencies to work leads for customers. Scaled to $1.7mmo within 6 months.
31 yrs old: Sold 75% of UseAlan to a strategic buyer in an all stock deal.
31 yrs old: Sold 66% of Gym Launch & Prestige Labs at $46.2M valuation in all-cash deal to American Pacific Group. (you can google it)
32 yrs old: Started making free content showing how we grow companies to make real business education accessible to everyone (and) to attract business owners to invest or scale their businesses.

Today: Our portfolio now does $200M/yr between 10 companies. The largest doing $100M/yr the smallest doing $5M per year. Our ownership varies between 20% and 100% ownership of the companies. Many of them we invested in early and helped grow (which is how we make our money - not youtube videos).

To all the gladiators in the arena, we’re all in the middle of writing our own stories. The worse the monsters, the more epic the story.

You either get an epic outcome or an epic story. Both mean you win.

Keep crushing. May your desires be greater than your obstacles.

Never quit,

Alex

*FULL DISCLOSURE*
I make content to make money - just - on a longer time horizon than most. I want to build trust with business owners so we can find the best ones and help them scale. And if they’re awesome, write them a check and go all the way as partners.

[TheLadyEEffect]

This is accurate. Nobody’s going to teach you everything. That’s how you learn. diversify how you obtain knowledge and execute the wisdom of information

[Sasha-eojz]

Wow! I needed to hear this. I was feeling guilty about spending money on courses, which I’ve been great. It’s good to hear that I’m on the right track by investing in new skills😃

[Giuseppe_Paolillo]

I live by this mantra, and it served me incredibly well in the last year.

Thanks Alex.

[mintarella]

Last line is the best. No one can take it from you

[EMMANUELKANU-jpyl]

No Government
No Divorce
No Robber can ever take the skills that you have....😊😊😊

[matlachaine]

2 things no bank can take from you ; your knowledge/expertise and reputation/relationships.

Most secure investments ever.

[oodietang]

I Concur, This Perspective On Learning Has Paid Off For Me Tremendously. 📈💯

[alexreyes]

Also the enhanced energy from trt helps

[bobsimpson]

Not hard when your parents are surgeons and you have a golden parachute.

[koksus]

AI can steal the skills I have. I am a Data Professional and AI perfectly mimics my code to the point that unskilled folks can "use my skills" without me.

[jonathanjohnson]

Keep preachin David Goggins. I mean Alex😅😅

[forcenaturelle]

Yes AND you need balance tho. Some people just spend everything they have on courses and never execute. I know people who’ve spent hundreds of thousands that way, they’re still broke. They just compulsively always spend it all on courses. It’s quite insane.

[abcabcnachnahme]

Right, only working on Education is worth Time and Energy we have. Cause the Day is made only out of 24 Hours, not more.

[DwayneBadenhorst]

I love this, been doing this for the last 3 years

[willjack]

I know you read the comments Alex (and Alex’s team)… the videography on this makes me feel sick. Either Alex is waddling side to side as he walks or the camera man is… your content is so valuable but these walking vids make me feel drunk without having the fun of getting drunk. ❤

[MushfiqAKhan]

Read both of your books. Love you man ❤

[jadejones]

And that there ladies and gentlemen, is the difference in mindset from being rich to wealthy.

[arbinpajaziti]

Guys i am socially awkward, and super introverted. Any tips on what i should pursue? Idk if sales would be my thing cuz i suck at talking

[f.j.c]

Fun fact: What he described illustrates why socialism doesn't work. You can take away physical wealth, but you cannot take away the wealth of knowledge and skills from a person's mind.

[ms.flawed]

Who else noticed Alex dress up changed?