From Broke Gym Owner to CEO

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.

[ScottGustafsonOfficial]

The world needs more (business) leaders like you, Alex!

[beardandbowlerproductions]

THIS is why we’re work so hard. To multiply impact like this 🖤

[jorgebagos]

The best style of content. Music and all

[seancallahan]

Great story! Love your channel and what you do to help others!

[TheJagpreetDhaliwal]

Yeah that feels like Brandon Carter’s course, didn’t know it was 10k 😅

[jorgebagos]

best style of content. Music makes me feel the story more and isnpired

[Artfulscience]

The best part about this content is the story. You can’t fake that.

[Get_Lucky]

What did he sell him that made him 38k

[beautyhealthjessie]

Yeah, having a startup is difficult.I have a 9 to 5 and trying to keep my fitness channel alive..It is extremely difficult..

[mikeymikeymikeymike]

Choosing to have 2 kids while broke is crazy

[_Manimal_]

someone who can actually deliver results and not scam people like 98 % the internet.

[alexsaam]

But didn't mention what was done that changed his failing gym into a money maker in one month. That info would be helpful I would say in order to verify the narrative that he can in fact save someone from certain abject failure

[saratakkoush]

Can you talk more about why he was failing?

[marjn]

After paying 10, 000 that person better make it work because that's too much money to throw away. I would've had that person to sign a contract first because there's no way I would've walk away from 10, 000 and that person didn't do nothing because that would be a huge liability for me. The should be a win/win....period!

[kreativemyndmedia]

I pray I make those numbers right now I’m desperate. Anyone need an amazing senior web developer I’m here.

[MatrixPlays]

Yeah ok but how?? A story with no context is just a conversation

[justinrocha]

Anyone catch how he made 38k and 30 days??

[silvapeterson]

Hey I want to be a gym owner. At this moment I am not working. The area I live in are mainly active individuals . Mainly rugby players, soccer players cricket players.There is now massive development going on around the area. I have a passion for this.
How do I than getting to start being that I am in this position.

[mattyspaghetti]

How did he make 38K in 30 days? That part seems important 😂

[eng.ahmedamir]

you really are always 1 big decision away from changing your life....