Millionaire Reveals “7 Things I Wish They Taught In School”

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.

[PerryMatt]

1 - Foundation (read, write, math)
2 - Phisical
3 - Professional
4 - Emotional
5 - Relational
6 - Financial
7 - Philosophical

[jamaisvu]

There’s a huge difference in quality between actual successful people like Alex or Patrick Bet David vs the videos from Dan lok, tai, and cardone. They have good information you can piece together but the entire video feels like an up sell. I definitely enjoy the content Alex is producing. Keep it up!

[johnlambert]

“Having enough money to question the meaning of life…” was gold 😂

[TinaLeder]

Your channel is GOLD.
So glad you decided to do a YouTube channel.👌

[ColtenSweeney]

I cannot wait for this dang channel to fully get snatched by the algorithm. Rooting for you dude, this content adds a lot of value to myself and I’m sure plenty of other people

[kolmosenspora]

Eight (8) could be Time Management. Theres big difference in watching youtube videos and getting high of them versus really working for the next sale, next accomplishment, next meeting, next gig etc. Keep up good work alex, really enjoy your stuff.

[nconantable]

Alex, your relational and emotional “vibe” has matured and grown in the last 5 years. Your success has allowed you to become more humble, an admirable trait. I personally thank you for the effort time, value and passion you put out through your content.

[jadenkamau]

It resonated. Communication is the bridge to getting almost whatever you want. If a man believes he cannot do it no amount of effort will get him to do it.

[willg]

There’s “entrepreneur schools” but let’s be honest, they’re not legit. Hahaha love this. Gold sir 👍🏽

[marknum]

Great content. I would add at the foundation level „learning how to learn“, which is not taught well in schools and which most people don‘t master, but it is probably one of the most important skills one can have.

[PM-stvu]

These are the mental frameworks valuable for a lifetime. Thanks Alex!

[s.omarfarooque]

I always acknowledge that it is so lucky that Alex and I live in the same timeline of MEDIA.

[mynextmillion]

Emotional has been a HUGE one for me as the business has grown. It was something I never thought about before having my biz. And the great thing about it is... you're never done improving it.

[dawidstelmach]

Hi Alex, I found your channel yesterday and I can't stop watching your videos. You are so kind and helpful bro! Thank you so much for spreading your knowledge with us! Love from Poland.

[impact]

Congrats to 11k - you were poppin on my YT start screen yesterday - really like the content. I guess tomorrow i am done with all your videos. :D

[crunchylunchmunch]

Looking forward to the books, please keep us posted. I will read from front to back and spread the word.

[cristianvillegas]

Clear and crisp thinking. Volume + Skill (one begets the other). Good shit. Thanks!

[brooksjenkins]

It’s insane to me how there are not more views on these.... HE GIVES NOTHING BUT VALUE 🙏🏼💪🏼🔥 thank you Alex

[David-nxzq]

This video really inspired me to try and work on these things. What can feel frustrating is knowing you’re deficient in an area of life but not knowing exactly how to improve. If I could surround myself with people such as yourself I think breakthroughs would happen so much faster. It’s difficult because we’re so used to our comfort zone in life, friends and family that will not be the source of that leveling up.

[RA-pvbr]

Love these, Alex. Where can I find you diving into your current philosophical beliefs & specifically how they've evolved over time? Thanks man!😁❤