When I was single...

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.

[prasun]

I truly respect him cause of his honesty...
A millionaire giving advice on finessiong fast food

[mikeyjdoogan]

There is no possible way that ordering chipotle was cheaper than getting beans, rice, and protein at a grocery store.

[WillLiam]

I'm sure the employees thought it was hilarious that you acted out your pause-double method 10 times a week lol

[tovsteh]

*The 499th time:* "Actually, lets make it a double."
*Server:* "Wait a minute..."

[jimb]

“A pause double.” 😂 He has his own system and terminology on finessing Chipotle 😁

[jawnfps]

Bro I been doin the pause double for years. This guys knows his stuff

[MrBestvirginia]

"Cheaper than getting groceries"
Yeah right 😂😂

[mrbobjrsrv]

You did a pause double every time? 😂 10x a week. Think they would catch on to your shenanigans lol

[Omar-etsb]

The other thing his accountant noticed: "It also seems you bought 867 pairs of underwear this past year..."

[growingthegarden]

I worked at Chipotle for 5 years it's way cheaper to buy the food and make it at home, there's no way buying Chipotle is cheaper than groceries .
I got free meals every day 😋

[itsabravenewworld]

Bro after 30 times to the employee “wait after serious consideration I think let’s make it a full double meat” employee “ daring today aren’t we 😑?”

[CertifiedClapaholic]

Dude's sodium intake levels must've been through the fucking stratosphere

[redjohn]

No way it’s cheaper than buying groceries. 😂

[bentoomet]

A double meat burrito and chips at the time was about $13. Wait until this man hears you can buy an entire already cooked chicken, an entire bag of rice, and 3 cans of beans for $9 at the store that I bought literally today at the inflation we have…

[daniell]

Learned a lot from this man. Especially the pause double double. 60% of the time it works every time.

[aultmanfilms]

Every now and then on these shorts, you come across someone who simply has no idea what they’re talking about yet they say it with full confidence.

[socaljohnnyc]

This is so gosh darn funny I love it! Definitely one of my favorite shorts of the year

[doctorobvyous]

As a previous chipotle employee at a store that was the best in the southeast, you're not getting away with that nowadays. We've had people fired for poor portioning sizes, and tortillas are 45 cents a pop now. Working at chipotle is a great way to finesse them though if you're already working a McJob because you can remove a lot of food from your budgeting. Plus tuition reimbursement and dental vision medical for even part time workers with competitive salary and the ability to earn more if you move up. It took me 3 Chipotle's to find one I love but once I did, working was super easy. Definitely recommended as a first job, especially for students. Debt free degrees (or at least -5k in per semester tuition) and free food can't really be beat for no previous experience needed.

[simonramirez]

It’s really not cheaper than buying groceries when you do the math and honestly buy

[chuck]

"When I was single, I wasted a bunch of money instead of just buying groceries."