Starting From Zero | Ep 452
The Game with Alex Hormozi
Alex Hormozi
4.9 • 4.8K Ratings
🗓️ 25 October 2022
⏱️ 19 minutes
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Summary
Desperation a lot of times leads to innovation. Today, join Alex (@AlexHormozi) as he talks about his experiences when starting out from ground zero, having a Plan B, and the kind of mindset you should have when starting out.
Welcome to The Game w/Alex Hormozi, hosted by entrepreneur, founder, investor, author, public speaker, and content creator Alex Hormozi. On this podcast you’ll hear how to get more customers, make more profit per customer, how to keep them longer, and the many failures and lessons Alex has learned on his path from $100M to $1B in net worth.
Timestamps:
(0:56) - Having a Plan B is beneficial due to unknowns.
(2:35) - Alex learned to sell, faced setbacks, but used earnings as capital.
(10:16) - Overcoming fear of money, focusing on learning, and mindset.
(11:50) - Alex reinvests earnings, maintaining a mindset of starting from zero.
(14:29) - Cash flow positive from the beginning, maintaining a zero-start mindset.
(16:17) - The questions you ask shape the problems you solve.
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Real quick, you guys already know that I don't run any ads on this and I don't sell anything. |
| 0:04.6 | The only ask that I can ever have are you guys that you help me spread the words. |
| 0:07.8 | We can not more entrepreneurs, make more money, feed their families, |
| 0:10.9 | make better products, and have better experiences for their employees and customers. |
| 0:14.9 | The only way we do that is if you can rate and review and share this podcast. |
| 0:19.4 | The single thing that I have to do is leave review. |
| 0:21.9 | I'll take you 10 seconds or one type of the thumb. |
| 0:23.9 | It would mean the absolute world to me. |
| 0:25.3 | More importantly, it may change the world of someone else. |
| 0:28.0 | So I started at zero when I started my first gyms. |
| 0:30.3 | With new knowledge, I started my turnkey sales company with zero. |
| 0:34.5 | And with new knowledge after that, I started the licensing business at zero once again. |
| 0:39.7 | Each time learning from the mistakes of my past. |
| 0:43.7 | The wealthiest people in the world see business as a game. |
| 0:46.0 | This podcast, the game, is my attempt at documenting the lessons I've learned on my way to |
| 0:49.3 | building acquisition.com into a billion dollar portfolio. |
| 0:52.0 | My hope is that you use the lessons to grow your business and maybe someday soon |
| 0:54.7 | partner with us to get $200 million in beyond. |
| 0:56.7 | I hope you share and enjoy. |
| 0:59.1 | When I had my job and I had a pretty decent job, I was making $50,000, $60,000 a year, |
| 1:02.9 | and I was 22-ish as a consultant. |
| 1:06.2 | And it was a good stable job and looked good on the resume. |
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