I Got Him To Pay Up

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.

[treverlong]

I love how Alex talks to the guy behind the camera and not the camera. It makes it feel so real and like we’re just conversation with him knowing how smart he is it’s probably on purpose but dude it feels real.

[qasimrashidi]

This doesn’t work on everyone. Some people are just really piece of shit while some just do as spite.

[reachTrees]

People fit into the molds within which we put them. Solid story

[kaositic]

I think this just points to how people are always looking for second chances. Not always but I think we try

[ZechariahBrady]

Love the way alex finds a better solution to most problems

[bertmorini]

Exactly! People live up to theie reputation, more than their reputation lives up to them!

[SA-byxg]

Alex was actually the first treasurer that could pick the dude up 🤣

[Jaysnipes]

Blaise Pascal has a quote on this. Treat a man like a beast. Don't be surprise when he acts like one.

[amit_bagdia]

Give the dog a good name
-Dale carneige

[davidklein]

Labelling theory, beautiful example from business setting.

[KP-ocne]

Exactly ! I’ve been ostracized by the closest people to me in my life which is family .. why might you ask simply bc I live how I want to live . I’m always helping others before myself yet I’m treated like a scum bag bc of how I choose to walk throughout life and my choices . It’s so messed up especially when all the people outside of family know me and know that I’d drop anything I’m doing to help those said friends .. I’m so sick of seeing others treat someone bad for their lifestyle choices it’s just not right. Not the same thing here but really similar .. you treat people a certain way they will inevitably act that certain way to just to give you hard time ! Stay humble

[andiidavis]

I had a bf tell me once “well you already thought I was cheating on you so I may as well have done it anyway” it’s giving the same vibes 😂 edit: he absolutely, 100% was. Technically, I was the person he was cheating with. He had a gf in college I had no idea about. This was 13 years ago. And I was dumb enough to stay with him for 4 years and I could not tell you the number of women he cheated with. I was the moron. 🤡

[ItsDayDayTv]

Wtf He felt threaten alex 😂😂 you came at him like the mafia. You knew what u was doing bro 😂😂

[InspireClips-S]

Treat other how you want to be treated, we’re all people at end of the day!

[iqmixvh]

Yeah good to have that perspective, but not all people care…😢❤

[brandonrichey]

That won't work on everyone. You know how I avoid this? I don't give people money.

[SgtPence]

Doesn’t work on everyone, I tried this on a business partner I loaned money to… Had to sue the heck out of him to get it back.

[Timothy_Himothy]

This is in how to win friends and influence people

[bradzu]

Tried this on a guy that owed me money. Didnt work

[kevinglife]

That’s true, if you act great with people, they act the same way.