Why Our Relationship Works

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.

[tinaperez]

The opposite of respect is contempt and no relationship survives that (or should).

[nevermindthemagic]

True. A good relationship is about love and commitment but also about having the freedom to be yourself. I've found that once you choose personal freedom while also consciously wanting to be in an intimate and healthy relationship, the right person either shows up or the relationship you currently have changes. In my case it was the latter. We had to grow together into that kind of relationship. The journey was challenging but rewarding. When there's enough love, everything's possible. ❤

[NotyouraverageYTwatcher]

Respect and Love. A must in the foundations of successful marriages. She respects him to lead them, and he loves her for her respect and trust

[tinaperez]

The Gottmans - famous relationship researchers - have always said that mutual respect* is the key predictor to whether a relationship will work or not.

* - mutual respect along with good, effective, postive communication, shared values and goals, a growth mindset, a team approach to all problems, and the famous Gottman Ratio - where all your interactions average a 5 to 1 ratio of positive and nourishing / uplifting / supportive interaction to every 1 negative interaction.

And contempt, the opposite of respect, is an absolute relationship killer.

[negaliusakyt]

Amazing yet so simple and not complicated. Thank you for sharing.

[barrett]

I have the same thing buddy, living the dream, take my millions, my wife is enough ❤

[beatstopper]

Let’s normalize more relationships and marriages doing what works best for the parties involved. Rather than insisting on an outdated system that has clearly not been a one-size-fits all cookie cutter mold, carve your own path and ignore all others.

[dp]

If more relationships were based on this model relationships would be more successful.

[dayd]

Women are called to respect their husbands and men are called to love their wives. Makes sense and works 🎉

[-Clarence-]

The question is if he led with his money

[thesunris]

2 men loving each other is of course different ❤ 2 handsome men