The Cost Of Flying Private

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.

[Dezbo]

This is what it’s about. Many people think private jets are purely for luxury but in reality it’s an asset. These people’s time is worth so much that they’ll lose money if they don’t take the jet

[kingocowata]

Imagine making $18k today 😂
Damn, that would change my life.

[Jaysnipes]

Longs I can make 18 dollars a day. I can order the #7 ... it's worth it.

[Megan-pjk]

Your candor is always refreshing~ your rationale makes sense to me.

[gregabrams]

You can't work on a commercial flight?
Makes sense...

[AlbertoFigueroaArquitectura]

Just to realize that it could have been an email or videocall

[CharlyCD]

If you don’t fly private, you just made yourself $17, 000+ for the day 😮‍💨

[ConvictCorporate]

It seems so ridiculous only because we don’t have those levels of money solutions & problems

[roybaumanart]

I thought you were going to say that you will make more than $18, 000 during the flight

[MIEVAL]

Thinking is part of the process in working. Sketching, planning can BE done travelling.

[chonchjohnch]

The fact that his math is cutting into his profits makes me question this

[TheGreatEscape]

I make $18/Hr... and i gotta work 10hrs a day.. & I still cant afford rent. Bs.

[miftahulfadhli]

If it cost you $18, 000 or more taking regular airline then it’s worth it.

[OKTown]

Making $18k a day covers just your flight - you sure it's worth it? You'll need more like $50k a day

[JoseDiaz-sohf]

Whew! Thank God we took care of hunger in children first, before worrying about important things.

[Jackgtennislife]

Or fly for $200 dollars and bring your laptop

[mainman]

a day??

Alex don't humble brag on us.

we love you though.

[derrickjackson]

He is a little off on the worth it part. Only worth it if he can make more than 18k plus whatever you could have made where you were in the same time frame. But really who gives a shit when you make that kind of money. Do what you want and focused on what you want!

[RyanTrent]

Bro just get a pilots license and fly yourself

[poiss]

So working a full day to upgrade your 4h experience is worth it??