If You Are 18 Years Old & Want To Be A Millionaire: Think Like This

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.

[ThomasConover]

It takes 20 years to become a overnight success.

Patience and determination should be your two best and closest friends.

[BassedMike]

I started working on becoming self employed at 17, became fully self employed at 20 (a year ago) and now at 21 I'm barely getting by, but going up slowly. I've had more growth the past 4 months in income per hour than all the years before, and I'm only 4 years into this.
At 17/18 I thought I'd be able to do the "millionaire this year thing" and am realized more and more that it really does take time to get where you want in life.

[justinfleagle]

I'm 2 years into my "start a business at 18" and it's true. No money, a lot of contracts, connections, and LOIs with little return. That's the game baby.

[spontaneousbootay]

Life can come at you fast. When youre focused on little things, its easy to forget the big picture. Love your content bro

[andyperaltaperez]

I turn 18 tomorrow, I feel so excited and anxious at the same time, because I compare myself to others and I lose focus. But thanks to people like you I put my feet on the ground and get focus on what it really takes to create an extraordinary life.

[joshmessinger]

Love this! Alex you’ve got to have the most resourceful, and helpful channel for the younger generations. Keep crushing it!

[growwithbhushan]

True man. Ive been grinding for 2years still haven't seen the big money. It really takes lots of time and patience. But if you love the process it's a smooth ride 😀

[haydennewton]

I’m 18. I’ve listened to both the episodes of iced coffee hour with you in them. Great perspective. It’s refreshing to get unique advice! Especially when the advice can take you far in life. Thank you!

[ovidiusustic]

I really believe that Alex (him) gives the most accurate advice there is right now. Like i feel he tells me from experience, not just motivational speeches like “workd hard & stay strong”. I saw some videos and the way he explain things, they are just different. Thx for that

[TrentonErker]

Ya but there’s “undercover billionaire” and Peter Thiel saying, “If you have a ten year plan of how to get somewhere, you should ask yourself ‘Why can’t I do this in 6 months?’”

[milkokukov]

Great advice! Thanks, good associations.

[MarketingHarry]

As a heavy video gamer when I was younger, I can confirm that the perspective is much different when you play. That's why I stopped and took the decision to build a sustainable business that requires patience and strategic work. 👍

[joshuamendez]

21 and investing everything into myself while in college (debt free). Got money invested and saved. Do not know where my business life is headed but real estate investments coming soon. Any tips or advice will help please, open to new ideas!

[cbjueueiwyru]

I liked where he told us how to be a millionaire. he just said "play life like a video game for 5 years."

[reddrift]

The problem is the no money. Either you slave away on the side hoping part time becomes full time, or you take a leap, save up and quit to go all in until you go broke.

[AG-]

Keep telling these people the truth 5 years is make you a break you exactly right

[Darvi]

I can detest, though the same way at 18 I’m 20 now after making multiple 6 figures my mindset is more long term rather than investing into risky coins etc

[jerelldhillon]

Yo Alex where do you get your courses ?

[AS-ieid]

I’m 2 years old and hope to be a millionaire by 5

[GODKYLEONE]

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