When you see something that makes so much sense and you see how much money is being made, don't go do something else. What happens with a lot of these entrepreneurs, they start becoming successful. They get criticized by their group because here's the thing. Success comes with a whole new series of conditions. And then you finally succeed. Those same people say, oh, they got lucky. This is Brandon Dawson. He built his first company at 26 and sold it for millions.

But that was just the beginning.

Over the next two decades, he mastered the game of scaling businesses, taking one to a valuation of over $150 million.

Then he walked away.

Not because he had to, but because he wanted to build something bigger.

If you look at the top three reasons, business owners state that they fail, which is a majority of business owners, it's because they, no demand for product or service, can't find great people or can't make money. All three of those are an excuse. And then you say, well, there's no good people. Good people don't work for shitty business owners. Today, he partners with some of the most ambitious entrepreneurs in the world, but the road hear, it's filled with lessons few dare to share. And the blueprint you're about to hear could change the trajectory

of your entire business. The rules of investing are simple. Invest in yourself, invest in the thing

that generates the money, and then when you have access capital, go invest in something that you

don't have put your energy into and let it compound for you. What I found in life is the more interested you are in somebody, the more interesting they become to you.

If you can't be something for somebody else, nobody can ever be that for you.

My favorite part of your story is that all this started with a 2.4 GPA.

So take me back to that 2.4 GPA, Brandon, talk to me about a major inflection point that sort of pushed you on the path

that you're on today.

Well, I mean, you know, I hate it.

I hated school.

And, and, and so, and I wasn't good at it.

I love sports.

And I only was reasonably enough, good enough to get out of school.

So my dad wouldn't, because he told me you don't get at least a 2.4. You can't play sports. So I was a 2.4. Yeah. If you just had three, I don't know that I would have played sports, right? But but I could not wait to get out of this little town. I wanted to do something cool. I wanted to do something fun. I was a hard worker. I loved making money. I liked to be an independent. Those things I liked, but I couldn't stand sitting in a classroom.

I liked, but I couldn't stand

sitting in a classroom. I mean, I just, that wasn't my style. And so as soon as I got out of high

school, then I moved up to Portland and I thought, well, I'll do a little bit of college of Portland

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