Top 25 things that you can do in your business

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.

[letelba]

Doing the fundamentals for long enough is how you win. But is so damn hard to create a life around it. It's because of you that I started my channel.

[adrianwalker]

Man one big take away I've gotten from Alex over the last month or so is don't bother with all these new avenues but focus on your current ones and just do more of it. Simple but he right I always want to try this other thing thinking it's a better return

[MortonBakerDMD]

I serious listen to this guy and learn 3-4 totally mindshifting ideas every single day that make obvious sense once you hear him say it, but my brain dances around it. I know there is an issue with where I'm putting my focus, but this makes it so incredibly clear and I can put it into action tomorrow. This guy is insane.

[grind]

Just bought a giant white board for this exact reason. I have tons of daily things to keep me busy but I need a clear goal board of what will categorically move my company forward. 🤙💪💪

[CodyMcGriff]

I wish you built a $100M manufacturing company

[garciam]

I been listening to alot of your content these day. I just wanted to say thank you! IM WORKING ON IT NOW.

[tazduncan]

I literally just read that same concept in Brian Traceys "Business strategy". I don't think that's a coincidence.

[blanktintin]

How to start a business and be profitable in the music industry.

Is the one thing I cannot seem to do

[Jmaz]

IF YOU (Alex) knew God more you'd be fulfilled more than just the tiniest amount - because then you'd be doing more work that you were called to do like DANCE-Sing.

[Aryan]

If I go to the gym everyday I could be more muscular than you ...hahaha 🤣

[MaccusFNS]

I just realized I'm in the wrong business cause this wouldn't increase my income