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May 19

Watch This If You Own a Service Business | Ep 971

Download your free personalized $100M scaling roadmap in under 30 seconds: https://www.acquisition.com/roadmap?el=yt-alex-486r&htrafficsource=youtube Cory, the owner of an HVAC cleaning and ductwork business, was stuck at $1.25M in revenue, 38% margins, and $60K in debt. In this episode, Alex diagnoses exactly what's holding the business back, from mispriced services to a leaking funnel, and offers a systematic game plan to scale. One year later, Cory has scaled from $1.25M to $2.5M, nearly doubled lead flow, and is eyeing a second location. In this episode 00:00 A review of Cory’s HVAC business 04:37 Game plan and Cory’s position on the roadmap 06:21 Pricing strategy: increasing prices for higher profits 09:27 Ads and landing page optimization 16:02 Reactivation emails, campaigns, and angles 21:01 Cross-platform retargeting and email sequences 24:00 Affiliate program strategy 30:28 Recap of the action plan and a look at one-year results More Value: Join The Live Scaling Workshop In Las Vegas: https://www.acquisition.com/o-vegas Download your free personalized $100M scaling roadmap in under 30 seconds: https://www.acquisition.com/roadmap?el=yt-alex-486r&htrafficsource=youtube Discover The Easiest Business I Can Help You Start (Free Trial): https://www.skool.com/hormozi Free Books and Video Courses: https://www.acquisition.com/training Get the $100M Book Bundle: https://shop.acquisition.com/pages/100m-book-bundle Follow Alex Hormozi’s Socials: ⁠⁠LinkedIn ⁠⁠ | ⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠ | ⁠⁠Facebook⁠⁠ | ⁠⁠YouTube ⁠⁠ | ⁠⁠Twitter⁠⁠ | ⁠⁠Acquisition ⁠ DISCLOSURE Information shared here is for educational purposes only. Individuals and business owners should evaluate their own business strategies, and identify any potential risks. The information shared here is not a guarantee of success. Your results may vary. Copyright © 2026.
Jun 2

The 4 Paths To Mega Money | Ep 975

Download your free personalized $100M scaling roadmap in under 30 seconds: https://www.acquisition.com/roadmap?el=yt-alex-486r&htrafficsource=youtube Many people stay broke chasing shortcuts. The wealthy play a different game. In this episode, Alex breaks down the four paths that create massive wealth and explains why nearly every billionaire follows at least one of them. From bootstrapping businesses to raising capital, the lesson is simple: wealth is about choosing the right game and playing it long enough. In this episode 00:00 Four wealth paths explained 01:44 Path #1: Bootstrapping a business with your own money 06:25 Path #2: Raising capital and using other people's money 11:31 Path #3: Investing in other people's businesses 16:48 Path #4: Fund management and maximum leverage 21:02 How to attract capital by finding exceptional deals More Value: Join The Live Scaling Workshop In Las Vegas: https://www.acquisition.com/o-vegas Download your free personalized $100M scaling roadmap in under 30 seconds: https://www.acquisition.com/roadmap?el=yt-alex-486r&htrafficsource=youtube Get the $100M Book Bundle: https://shop.acquisition.com/pages/100m-book-bundle Discover The Easiest Business I Can Help You Start (Free Trial): https://www.skool.com/hormozi Free Books and Video Courses: https://www.acquisition.com/training Follow Alex Hormozi’s Socials: ⁠⁠LinkedIn ⁠⁠ | ⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠ | ⁠⁠Facebook⁠⁠ | ⁠⁠YouTube ⁠⁠ | ⁠⁠Twitter⁠⁠ | ⁠⁠Acquisition ⁠ DISCLOSURE Information shared here is for educational purposes only. Individuals and business owners should evaluate their own business strategies, and identify any potential risks. The information shared here is not a guarantee of success. Your results may vary. Copyright © 2026.
May 28

The Bouquet Theory of Building a Brand From Zero | Ep 974

Join Alex at the 2-Day Interactive Scaling Workshop in Las Vegas: https://www.acquisition.com/o-vegas Most brands don't fail because of bad products but because they were not built on purpose. In this episode, Alex breaks down exactly what a brand is, why it makes money, and how to build a great one from scratch. He also shares the three metrics that tell owners whether their brands are working or dying. In this episode 00:00 Branding as a deliberate pairing of things 03:44 How to recover from bad pairings 05:29 Offering great products to reinforce great branding 07:35 The 3 metrics that measure brand strength 12:01 Tradeoffs can happen when you expand your audience 13:42 How Alex intentionally built his brand More Value: Download your free personalized $100M scaling roadmap in under 30 seconds: https://www.acquisition.com/roadmap?el=yt-alex-486r&htrafficsource=youtube Join The Live Scaling Workshop In Las Vegas: https://www.acquisition.com/o-vegas Discover The Easiest Business I Can Help You Start (Free Trial): https://www.skool.com/hormozi Free Books and Video Courses: https://www.acquisition.com/training Get the $100M Book Bundle: https://shop.acquisition.com/pages/100m-book-bundle Follow Alex Hormozi’s Socials: ⁠⁠LinkedIn ⁠⁠ | ⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠ | ⁠⁠Facebook⁠⁠ | ⁠⁠YouTube ⁠⁠ | ⁠⁠Twitter⁠⁠ | ⁠⁠Acquisition ⁠ DISCLOSURE Information shared here is for educational purposes only. Individuals and business owners should evaluate their own business strategies, and identify any potential risks. The information shared here is not a guarantee of success. Your results may vary. Copyright © 2026.
May 6

4 Ways to Use AI in Your Business | Ep 968

Download your free personalized $100M scaling roadmap in under 30 seconds: https://www.acquisition.com/roadmap?el=yt-alex-486r&htrafficsource=youtube You don’t need to become an AI company to win. Build a company that uses AI better than everyone else. In this episode, Alex breaks down exactly how AI is changing marketing, sales, customer support, and operations without replacing the fundamentals that actually make businesses win. He explains how most founders are using AI wrong and why proof will matter more than ever. The tools don’t matter. Outcomes do. In this episode 00:00 Using AI without becoming an AI business 02:25 Learning AI by automating tasks 06:10 How can AI reduce business risks? 07:20 Recognizing patterns to automate your workflow 09:43 Adding proof to AI content to stand out More Value: Join The Live Scaling Workshop In Las Vegas: https://www.acquisition.com/o-vegas Download your free personalized $100M scaling roadmap in under 30 seconds: https://www.acquisition.com/roadmap?el=yt-alex-486r&htrafficsource=youtube Discover The Easiest Business I Can Help You Start (Free Trial): https://www.skool.com/hormozi Free Books and Video Courses: https://www.acquisition.com/training Get the $100M Book Bundle: https://shop.acquisition.com/pages/100m-book-bundle Follow Alex Hormozi’s Socials: ⁠⁠LinkedIn ⁠⁠ | ⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠ | ⁠⁠Facebook⁠⁠ | ⁠⁠YouTube ⁠⁠ | ⁠⁠Twitter⁠⁠ | ⁠⁠Acquisition ⁠ DISCLOSURE Information shared here is for educational purposes only. Individuals and business owners should evaluate their own business strategies, and identify any potential risks. The information shared here is not a guarantee of success. Your results may vary. Copyright © 2026.
May 12

Solving 6 Scaling Problems | Ep 969

Download your free personalized $100M scaling roadmap in under 30 seconds: https://www.acquisition.com/roadmap?el=yt-alex-486r&htrafficsource=youtube Bigger businesses demand bigger tradeoffs, but most business owners just don’t want to pay them. In this episode, Alex coaches six business owners through the real bottlenecks stopping them from scaling. He breaks down why inbound and outbound sales teams should never mix, why premium businesses require premium talent, and why the fastest way to grow is often killing the thing that made you successful in the first place. In this episode 00:00 The real cost of scaling from $6M to $100M 07:14 Raising prices to fund staffing needs 10:46 Outreaches to get more “whale” HVAC partners 12:52 Building the dream team to handle high-end clients 18:18 Lead generation strategies for a roofing company 26:41 Doubling down on networking to generate more leads 27:55 Calculating the opportunity cost of exiting a business More Value: Join The Live Scaling Workshop In Las Vegas: https://www.acquisition.com/o-vegas Download your free personalized $100M scaling roadmap in under 30 seconds: https://www.acquisition.com/roadmap?el=yt-alex-486r&htrafficsource=youtube Discover The Easiest Business I Can Help You Start (Free Trial): https://www.skool.com/hormozi Free Books and Video Courses: https://www.acquisition.com/training Get the $100M Book Bundle: https://shop.acquisition.com/pages/100m-book-bundle Follow Alex Hormozi’s Socials: ⁠⁠LinkedIn ⁠⁠ | ⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠ | ⁠⁠Facebook⁠⁠ | ⁠⁠YouTube ⁠⁠ | ⁠⁠Twitter⁠⁠ | ⁠⁠Acquisition ⁠ DISCLOSURE Information shared here is for educational purposes only. Individuals and business owners should evaluate their own business strategies, and identify any potential risks. The information shared here is not a guarantee of success. Your results may vary. Copyright © 2026.
May 5

The 5 Things I Look For Before Starting Any Business | Ep 967

Download your free personalized $100M scaling roadmap in under 30 seconds: https://www.acquisition.com/roadmap?el=yt-alex-486r&htrafficsource=youtube Most struggling entrepreneurs are working hard in a bad business and don't even know it. In this episode, Alex breaks down the five structural advantages that separate businesses that compound from those that stall. No amount of hustle can fix a structurally bad business. Choosing the right industry does more work for founders than they'll ever do themselves. In this episode 00:00 Stickiness: logo vs. net revenue retention 03:50 Examples of sticky and non-sticky businesses 07:32 Pricing for high gross margins 09:41 Operating in expanding industries and markets 11:21 Low operational complexity and low capital expenditure 14:33 Building a moat with uniqueness, know-how, and branding More Value: Join The Live Scaling Workshop In Las Vegas: https://www.acquisition.com/o-vegas Download your free personalized $100M scaling roadmap in under 30 seconds: https://www.acquisition.com/roadmap?el=yt-alex-486r&htrafficsource=youtube Discover The Easiest Business I Can Help You Start (Free Trial): https://www.skool.com/hormozi Free Books and Video Courses: https://www.acquisition.com/training Get the $100M Book Bundle: https://shop.acquisition.com/pages/100m-book-bundle Follow Alex Hormozi’s Socials: ⁠⁠LinkedIn ⁠⁠ | ⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠ | ⁠⁠Facebook⁠⁠ | ⁠⁠YouTube ⁠⁠ | ⁠⁠Twitter⁠⁠ | ⁠⁠Acquisition ⁠ DISCLOSURE Information shared here is for educational purposes only. Individuals and business owners should evaluate their own business strategies, and identify any potential risks. The information shared here is not a guarantee of success. Your results may vary. Copyright © 2026.
Jun 4

How to Build a Brand in the Age of AI | Ep 976

Book Your Spot For The Live Scaling Workshop In Las Vegas: https://www.acquisition.com/o-vegas AI won't disrupt all creators equally. It's coming for those who never had a real reason to be trusted in the first place. In this episode, Alex breaks down the creator risk continuum, explaining exactly where AI will disrupt first, and lays out the only strategy that will keep brands alive in this era. The answer isn't more content but proof, demonstrated in real time, at scale. In this episode 00:00 The creator risk continuum 03:22 Why “B2 Prosumer” money advice needs credentials 05:22 B2B creator advantage: proof and credibility 07:42 How to provide proof at scale 11:43 Demonstrate and document delivery to build proof More Value: Join The Live Scaling Workshop In Las Vegas: https://www.acquisition.com/o-vegas Download your free personalized $100M scaling roadmap in under 30 seconds: https://www.acquisition.com/roadmap?el=yt-alex-486r&htrafficsource=youtube Get the $100M Book Bundle: https://shop.acquisition.com/pages/100m-book-bundle Discover The Easiest Business I Can Help You Start (Free Trial): https://www.skool.com/hormozi Free Books and Video Courses: https://www.acquisition.com/training Follow Alex Hormozi’s Socials: ⁠⁠LinkedIn ⁠⁠ | ⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠ | ⁠⁠Facebook⁠⁠ | ⁠⁠YouTube ⁠⁠ | ⁠⁠Twitter⁠⁠ | ⁠⁠Acquisition ⁠ DISCLOSURE Information shared here is for educational purposes only. Individuals and business owners should evaluate their own business strategies, and identify any potential risks. The information shared here is not a guarantee of success. Your results may vary. Copyright © 2026.
May 26

Most Businesses are Hard to Scale | Ep 973

Download your free personalized $100M scaling roadmap in under 30 seconds: https://www.acquisition.com/roadmap?el=yt-alex-486r&htrafficsource=youtube The difference between a business that compounds and one that bleeds isn't hustle but structure. In this episode, Alex breaks down the five structural advantages that separate businesses built to last from the rest. From retention math that lets owners predict their wealth to the moat framework top brands have used for decades, he provides the playbook every entrepreneur needs from the start to succeed. In this episode 00:00 Sticky businesses: logo vs. net revenue retention 03:50 Examples of sticky and non-sticky businesses 07:46 Expensive products: pricing for high gross margins 09:57 Operating in expanding industries and markets 11:39 Low operational complexity and low capital expenditure 14:52 Uniqueness: building a competitive moat More Value: Download your free personalized $100M scaling roadmap in under 30 seconds: https://www.acquisition.com/roadmap?el=yt-alex-486r&htrafficsource=youtube Join The Live Scaling Workshop In Las Vegas: https://www.acquisition.com/o-vegas Discover The Easiest Business I Can Help You Start (Free Trial): https://www.skool.com/hormozi Free Books and Video Courses: https://www.acquisition.com/training Get the $100M Book Bundle: https://shop.acquisition.com/pages/100m-book-bundle Follow Alex Hormozi’s Socials: ⁠⁠LinkedIn ⁠⁠ | ⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠ | ⁠⁠Facebook⁠⁠ | ⁠⁠YouTube ⁠⁠ | ⁠⁠Twitter⁠⁠ | ⁠⁠Acquisition ⁠ DISCLOSURE Information shared here is for educational purposes only. Individuals and business owners should evaluate their own business strategies, and identify any potential risks. The information shared here is not a guarantee of success. Your results may vary. Copyright © 2026.
May 14

Stop Waiting for Clarity | Ep 970

Join Alex At The Live Scaling Workshop in Las Vegas: https://www.acquisition.com/o-vegas Waiting to get clarity before taking action is a losing strategy. In this episode, Alex shares six principles for building capacity even when the next move isn't obvious. The secret, he argues, isn't knowing what to do. It's preparing so relentlessly that when the fat pitch finally comes, the prepared are already at the plate, warmed up, and swinging with everything they've got. In this episode 00:00 Build capacity before opportunities come 02:32 Save money aggressively 03:50 Invest in acquiring and practicing skills 05:42 Practical examples of skill stacking 08:05 Build an audience without a product 09:08 Create a waitlist to gauge interest and demand 09:37 Networking and going to opportunity hubs More Value: Download your free personalized $100M scaling roadmap in under 30 seconds: https://www.acquisition.com/roadmap?el=yt-alex-486r&htrafficsource=youtube Join The Live Scaling Workshop In Las Vegas: https://www.acquisition.com/o-vegas Discover The Easiest Business I Can Help You Start (Free Trial): https://www.skool.com/hormozi Free Books and Video Courses: https://www.acquisition.com/training Get the $100M Book Bundle: https://shop.acquisition.com/pages/100m-book-bundle Follow Alex Hormozi’s Socials: ⁠⁠LinkedIn ⁠⁠ | ⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠ | ⁠⁠Facebook⁠⁠ | ⁠⁠YouTube ⁠⁠ | ⁠⁠Twitter⁠⁠ | ⁠⁠Acquisition ⁠ DISCLOSURE Information shared here is for educational purposes only. Individuals and business owners should evaluate their own business strategies, and identify any potential risks. The information shared here is not a guarantee of success. Your results may vary. Copyright © 2026.
Jun 9

How to Trade Your Way to a Better Deal Without Moving Your Price | Ep 977

Book Your Spot For The Live Scaling Workshop In Las Vegas: https://www.acquisition.com/o-vegas Most people negotiate with two variables: price and a prayer. Alex uses 80. In this episode, he breaks down three street-tested negotiation tactics he's used to acquire and scale multiple businesses. He explains why negotiation is never zero-sum, how to trade small concessions for massive wins, and the framing trick that turns a cost into a free investment. In this episode 00:00 The 3 contexts where negotiation skills apply 00:57 Tactic #1: Multiple equivalent simultaneous offers (MESOs) 03:46 Tactic #2: Reciprocity and culture 08:00 Tactic #3: Framing offers as investments More Value: Download your free personalized $100M scaling roadmap in under 30 seconds: https://www.acquisition.com/roadmap?el=yt-alex-486r&htrafficsource=youtube Join The Live Scaling Workshop In Las Vegas: https://www.acquisition.com/o-vegas Get the $100M Book Bundle: https://shop.acquisition.com/pages/100m-book-bundle Discover The Easiest Business I Can Help You Start (Free Trial): https://www.skool.com/hormozi Free Books and Video Courses: https://www.acquisition.com/training Follow Alex Hormozi’s Socials: ⁠⁠LinkedIn ⁠⁠ | ⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠ | ⁠⁠Facebook⁠⁠ | ⁠⁠YouTube ⁠⁠ | ⁠⁠Twitter⁠⁠ | ⁠⁠Acquisition ⁠ DISCLOSURE Information shared here is for educational purposes only. Individuals and business owners should evaluate their own business strategies, and identify any potential risks. The information shared here is not a guarantee of success. Your results may vary. Copyright © 2026.

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Watch This If You Own a Service Business | Ep 971

The 4 Paths To Mega Money | Ep 975

The Bouquet Theory of Building a Brand From Zero | Ep 974

4 Ways to Use AI in Your Business | Ep 968

Solving 6 Scaling Problems | Ep 969

The 5 Things I Look For Before Starting Any Business | Ep 967

How to Build a Brand in the Age of AI | Ep 976

Most Businesses are Hard to Scale | Ep 973

Stop Waiting for Clarity | Ep 970

How to Trade Your Way to a Better Deal Without Moving Your Price | Ep 977

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