Dealing With Hate Comments

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.

[anthonysteen]

Imagine giving Ray Dalio financial advice, Michael Jordan ball advice, Tom Brady football advice…as Goggins says, “if you can walk on water, people will say it’s because you can’t swim”

[robbiejohnson]

That’s right. You’re telling the truth. Believe in yourself first 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽🔥🙏🏽👍🏾

[macabrew]

browsing finance media and not knowing Ray Dalio is insane

[Alex-oyci]

That's why most conversations don't need to happen.

[hungryhil]

Well people in general prefer to be wrong with the crowd than right on their own. Anyone that has started on the bottom or ended up their and got back up again and made it is worth listening to. Keep up the great work

[omarasous]

Dude at this point your advice is so good I like the post when I see your face. Good things are about to be said

[miriamcorrea]

I really appreciate all the work you and your wife do. Thank you ❤

[DavidkirklandFinance]

So so true and sometimes perspectives of what they don’t see. Remember a bamboo tree spends 5 years growing its root structure before it grows rapidly. Good foundation lesson for everyone. P.S congrats on fixing your breathing.

[CesarGalanYT]

100% correct. It is a tragedy how many people question or abandoned their dreams because of the opinions of people that, ironically, are doing less than them.

[theinvincibleinvestress]

What a perfect match you are for your wife! Leila will say the most awesome shxt and then people will troll her whole post...it's so crazy that people will go out of their way to hate and destroy genuine goodness, wisdom, and intelligence. Both of you have really elevated my life and the business partnership I share with my husband- super grateful!

[prestonrutherford]

Alex keeps getting more supportive of people and their feelings. Love it. Seems like he’s getting more comfortable showing some depth of himself beyond his ability to make money. I’m happy for him.

[chantalt]

Yep, excellent example!! Great post. Thank you. 🎉🎉

[OneCelticFansView]

This is so true and on YouTube you can "Hide user from channel" it is the best feature.

[scarlettea]

Bravo Alex! and this goes for in-person relationships too, not just on social media.

[AidaMemisevicTV]

Yup... the most important opinion is the one you have of yourself. Keep going.❤

[minervafarias]

Thank you! Thank you!!!
I love all your videos!!!!
You are the bestest of the bestest!!!
Keep it going and going!!!!
I love

[derrickallen]

So true! Believe in yourself and go do awesome things!!

[justdoit]

People are nuts. I learned almost everything I know about money listening and reading Ray.

[TRAVIESO_NA]

when The Youtubers respond to the messages its the best, most time the stuff that is honest is what gets them most upset. tell a youtuber the truth if you want a response back

[kieren]

I always say its not about what you think its about what i know