Real quick, you guys already know that I don't run any ads on this, and I don't sell anything,

and so the only ask that I can ever have are you guys that you help me spread the words,

we can not more entrepreneurs, make more money, feed their families, make better products,

and have better experiences for their employees and customers.

And the only way we do that is if you can rate and review and share this podcast.

So the single thing that I have to do is you can just leave a review,

but take you 10 seconds or one type of the thumb, it would mean the absolute world to me,

and more importantly, it may change the world of someone else.

I think that's why in a lot of ways general entrepreneurship is about being a jack of all trades

master of none, which is that you have to know enough to be dangerous, you have to know enough

to recognize what the true constraint is at a macro level, and recognize what has to happen to

de-constraining it. Welcome to the game where we talk about how to sell more stuff to more people

in more ways and build businesses worth owning. I'm trying to build a billion dollar thing with

acquisition.com. I always wish pesos, musk and buffet had documented their journey,

so I'm doing it for the rest of us. Please share and enjoy.

Over the last three years, I've invested in 22 companies, either as majority owner, where I took

over control of the business, or a minority owner where I just assisted in the growth of the business.

And each of these businesses are doing over a million dollars a year in profit,

so not top line, but bottom line. And I want to share with you the lessons that I've learned

in investing and growing those companies and some of the mistakes I've made so that you can

make better decisions in investing and growing in your business or investing and growing in other

people's. And if you have any interest in becoming a portfolio company, I'm going to give you

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