How to Get Access to Powerful People

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.

[marvinjaywilliamsiii]

When you don’t have the money, you use your research and your skills. Excellent advice!

[jtsview]

This is honestly some of the greatest stuff I’ve learned from Alex. When starting my entrepreneurship, I didn’t realize that you have to just be willing to give away real, free value. There has been times where I don’t get a response, but let me tell you. When people respond, it’s exactly like he says. People are like f*ck I gotta give this guy something. 100% has led me closing clients and just meeting new awesome people.

[shumatsuopost]

From doing your research to being persistent and adding value to the relationship, there are many strategies that can help you get access to powerful people.

[restlessnosleep]

Me rn in the music industry with my audio and production skills 💪 literally using your business blueprints to succeed in this industry

[nate]

Using your intellectual value and skillsets instead of you not having financial resources can really benefit you to ascend the ladder to powerful people. Thank you Alex for this video.

[currently]

Currently doing this, it’s unbelievably great

[TheAkilesh]

Wow!!! Love this advice! Thanks so much, Alex!!

[titusjames]

A stack of IOU s that reaches up to the ceiling. It's called being helpful. It's one of the skills I would love practice daily.

[ZonymaUnltd.]

I’m working on this with small creators!

[waynem]

This is next level thinking. I love it.

[jaybee]

”How to pretend you’re doing a favor for someone or going above and beyond for them.”
-Yeah, nothing is free and people don’t do favors in business. Everything, anything, everyone and anyone has a price. 😂
-Service rendered to: “Dude all I asked was for you to mow my lawn. Thanks but I don’t really need a swimming pool with a deck, a gazebo and sauna.”
-Him: “No worries, just don’t forget about me, tell a friend.” ✌🏾

[dominoentertainment]

Wow. I have been doing this since last year. Great info, thanks 👍.

The Online Domino Community and Domino Entertainment Hybrid Event's is definitely in the building 🏫

[patrioticgrind]

There’s Jesus. There’s Santa. Then there’s Alex Hormizi. Life’s wonderful

[rico-suave]

Alex I love you bro. Ima meet you one day.

[brettlaw]

Could you provide a sample of a deliverable you think would be worth $25k for context?

[clutchitup]

It's funny how you seem to always assume these people wouldn't be completely turned off by all this. I feel like I might be if I were them.
But then again I see most people fundamentally as self serving exploitative opportunists.
And when money is involved this is multiplied tenfold.

[TopLineFit]

Knowledge bombs ! But Hormozi, you talk too damn fast ! Sloww down bruh, it be hard to absorb it so quickly. Find i replay your stuff 3 & even 5 times to sponge it all in.