What's up, guys. Welcome back to the Action Academy podcast. Today we have a short, sweet, actionable

episode for you guys that actually features me as a guest on the epic real estate investing

podcast. We talked super briefly on my backstory and how I was able to replace my corporate job,

and then we dive headfirst into small business acquisition. Over the next 30 minutes, I'm going to

break down

about four or five key mistakes that you will most likely make on your acquisition journey

if you are buying your first business. Hopefully after finishing today's show, you will be able

to avoid those mistakes and have a thriving business as your first acquisition. As always,

if you guys are listening to this and you have made the decision that you are buying a small

business, go check out our Action Academy community. This is where we freaking kick your tail and hold you accountable to doing the thing. This is the information. The community is the implementation. You can go in the show description, click the link, book a call. Guys, let's get to me.

Do you have this goal to touch one million entrepreneurs?

And I want to hear all about that.

But you went through the journey yourself and left corporate America to become an entrepreneur.

So I guess get a starter right there.

Tell us how you did that.

Sure, Matt.

So I started, of course, as everybody else did with a small loan for my family of $10 million.

Through a lot of hard work, turned it into $9 million.

So, no, I graduated college, and I went into this thing called Sales because I realized that commission I could control my own destiny.

So I made it to the top of a Fortune 500 company.

I was number eight out of 5,079, and their souls organization was making a quarter million dollars in my mid-20s.

Everything was good until it wasn't because what happens is you get promoted and promoted and you climb up this corporate ladder.

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