I Solved Three $100,000,000 Business Problems

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.

[muratbock]

OGs already listened to this on Spotify

[merlin_ai]

00:00 Identifying the correct constraint is crucial for business growth

01:11 Niche down on service delivery or pick most valuable business for growth

02:27 Owning both sides of a business can lead to more success

03:48 Owning the economics of the business is important for scaling.

05:00 Creators focusing on making better videos instead of building a product department to monetize efficiently.

06:18 Two options for entrepreneurs: negotiate equity or clone successful products.

07:32 Transform viral videos into ads for maximum profit

08:45 Solving problems controllable by framing them in terms of success

Crafted by Merlin AI.

[sgazzz]

Another business masterclass in less than 10 minutes 🔥🔥🔥

[ArjunKamal]

Alex has this style. Every 3 seconds either the camera angle changes, or a new sentenced gets displayed or a new graphic pops up. No wonder sometimes it feels little overwhelming and I have to stop the video and think about what he just said. Tight editing, so much valuable content delivered at such high pace. ⚡⚡⚡

[andrei.roncea]

Key Lessons I got from this awesome video:

Most business owners will continue solving the problems they enjoy rather than the problems the business needs solved.

Own the result.

The more people you help make money, the more money you make.

[NyloArmany]

They said their problem is they need more customers, the real problem is their customers are leaving, 🤣🤣 dammmmn this is a nice sales lesson. I'm learning sales and your channel is my favorite BOOk. thanks, Alex, you're the best. ✌

[KevinWalshYT]

SOOOO much value from this as a content creator myself looking to monetize my brand. Thank you Alex

[tialynloechel]

Your one of the only people i have to watch your videos only on 1.25x instead of 1.5 or 2x! so much value to breakdown and digest...

[grantjohnsonvo]

This just blew my mind. This video gave me what my competitive advantage could be in my niche and I couldn't be happier knowing it.

[Cartersvillain]

Really great insights, feel like you always provide an actually unique perspective.

Also, it was Sisyphus - not Atlas that rolled the boulder uphill

[PatilShraddhesh]

The only guy I watch on 1 x others speak too slow here every second is worth it

No timepass to the point and no slow talk

[JaredJacobsonLaw]

Ps - I am a lawyer and was making two pitches today to potential clients hybrid fee, arrangement, flat fee, and contingency. Listened to past videos on offers. AMAZING THANK U 🙏🙏🙏

[atomp]

I built 4 $250, 000, 000 businesses in 5 minutes. You're only half the man I am Alex. Step it up bro.

[bhujalpatel]

I wanna learn to go from 0 to 10MM first 😊

[kappa]

Alex is the only guy on youtube I don't put 2X speed on🤣

[Pcoxproductions]

1:10 identify the constraints and find which one has the most improvement then improve that constraint

[DanielKovacs]

Again a Mindblowing Video. Opend and started spinning my thoughts. Thanks Alex!

[jrney]

Could you cut out the background music it's distracting from what you're saying

[DoraTheExplorer-luin]

00:01 Identifying and addressing the true constraints in a business
01:13 Identifying the most valuable business for appointments
02:25 Choose between partnering with a business or learning about it for ownership.
03:46 Owning the economics of the business is crucial for success.
04:56 Focus on effective monetization strategies
06:14 Company lacks essential departments for growth
07:27 Entrepreneurs must weigh new skill acquisition against current capabilities when pursuing new opportunities.
08:42 Choosing the business problem to solve strategically
Crafted by Merlin AI.

[JaredPalmerVlogs]

I’m going to have to watch this video 100 times before I get half of the value out of it🙏