How to Grow Your Business SO Fast in 2026 It Feels ILLEGAL
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this was very valuable for someone freshly taking a big step into business. it was a lot lol but feels encouraging
If you're new to my channel, my name is Alex Hormozi. I'm the founder and managing partner of Acquisition.com. It's a family office, which is just a formal way of saying we invest our own money into companies. Our 10 portfolio companies bring in over $250,000,000+ per year. Our ownership stake varies between 20% and 100% of them. Given this is a YT channel, and anyone can claim anything, I'll give you some stuff you can google to verify below.
How I got here…
tip: use a bonus or an better ending, alux does it and i love it, i literally just watched you for an hour, give me something fun at the end.
21: Graduated Vanderbilt in 3 years Magna Cum Laude, and took a fancy consulting job.
23 yrs old: Left my fancy consulting job to start a business (a gym).
Thanks! Alex💯
24 yrs old: Opened 5 gym locations.
26 yrs old: Closed down 6th gym. Lost everything.
I don't know what to do ...I have lost all my reviews on Google maps. I rely on them to prove our worth. Now I'm stuck, I can't just tell clients that this has happened and I'm hoping that it can be recovered.
26 yrs old: Got back to launching gyms (launched 33). Then, lost everything for a 2nd time.
26 yrs old: In desperation, started licensing model as a hail mary. It worked.
Well... I make pasta really well. 😅
Your rock, Alex! 🤘
27 yrs old: "Gym Launch" does $3M profit the next 6 months. Then $17M profit next 12 months.
28 yrs old: Started Prestige Labs. $20M the first year.
Lots of truth nuggets outside of business in this one. 👍
29 yrs old: Launched ALAN, a software company for agencies to work leads for customers. Scaled to $1.7mmo within 6 months.
31 yrs old: Sold 75% of UseAlan to a strategic buyer in an all stock deal.
Did this work for anyone?
31 yrs old: Sold 66% of Gym Launch & Prestige Labs at $46.2M valuation in all-cash deal to American Pacific Group. (you can google it)
31 yrs old: Started our family office Acquisition.com. We invest and scale companies using the $42M in distributions we had taken + the cash from the $46.2M exit.
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32 yrs old: Started making free content showing how we grow companies to make real business education accessible to everyone (and) to attract business owners to invest or scale their businesses.
34 yrs old: I became co-owner of https://Skool.com, which is a platform for people to build communities online, making a living doing what they love, with people like them.
36 yrs old: I did a $106M book launch selling 3.6M copies of my $100M Money Models book, in 72 hours, breaking the Guinness world record for the fastest selling non-fiction book of all time.
Today: Our portfolio now does $200M/yr between 10 companies. The largest doing $100M/yr the smallest doing $5M per year. Our ownership varies between 20% and 100% ownership of the companies. Many of them we invested in early and helped grow (which is how we make our money - not youtube videos).
The reason your companies made that much money so fast is because people know you… people don’t know an average Joe…
To all the gladiators in the arena, we're all in the middle of writing our own stories. The worse the monsters, the more epic the story.
You either get an epic outcome or an epic story. Both mean you win.
i am a 19 yo and learning business from you< btw my business is doing amazing, 56:15 , plus keep going man
Keep crushing. May your desires be greater than your obstacles.
Never quit,
Alex
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that's really feels illegal
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Looking back, the biggest improvements in my life came after I stopped consuming information and started implementing it.
@realaarontranThis video remind me how my life completely turned around, I hit $1M this year, two years ago, I was sleeping in a basement apartment with zero savings and mounting debt. I stopped chasing 'get rich quick' schemes and started focusing on risk management and one solid edge. Today, I just cleared my 2026 financial goal. It's not about where you start, it's about the process
@RaynerTeo-m6tI have a great business I just have no funding what do I do
@KevinCraig-q3lThis is beautiful ❤
@ChidinmaChinwubamy ai agent suggest this video for me :D
@abood6688Alex assumes my business has infinite capital. How can I increase ad spend when I have no money
@alphabeta8284Alex changing the year from 2025 to 2026 proves the importance of the Hook.
@doublec118656:20 yeahhhh u the best Alex
@ArcobalenojajaSo far the estimate in the observable universe is 2 trillion galaxies - and as the universe seems flat and matter should cause it to curve means it's likely much much bigger. Like how the ocean looks flat when you are on a boat. *tangent*. Great video on size and scale business owners including myself often struggle with this.
@steve-obrienI am one of your 11%!!!
@projectultimatelifeI love 🎉
@CargoVargoI really needed to hear this!
@AlhanRahimiSaw you years ago. Now im listening. Prime knowledge for the people. You’re a goat for that my brother. 🤝🏆
@earthschampionAlex. I have a question if you don't mind. Do you have any advice for someone who would like to start their own business, but does not have anything to start with weather it's financial or business plan?
@jaun-renojordaan6166This info is gold
@MrPuppet760I like buddhas quotes. If we would be so sceptical and say: Buddha never existed.
We cant deny, that there was someone who was smart as f*ck and invented quotes,
that are meant to be lifed and can actually be lifed.
And as a bonus: He said, that you can never be on the wrong path. I think its greate, because we never talk about negativ flow state, where you dont get what you want, it looks like everything hates you, but you get the possibility to rearrange your desires and clear your brain of random rubish by not wanting it with all will power you got inside.
These are golden advice ❤
@hoorayfor😮
@zyntraclips-dailyBOOMC!
@imDerek-_0Love u
@Elitist_coFinally … someone actually sharing comprehensible information… he broke it down so well
@adineatkinson7477This was super helpful, thanks!
@BilliBzhyanThis hit hard - the 'clear not clever' point is exactly why most small business content flops. I kept trying to sound smart instead of sounding useful. Cutting my copy to 3rd grade reading level literally doubled my reply rate. Saving this one.
@crescitalyLove it. Thank you
@SaedKarzounI'm very excited to be among the 11 % of women in your corner
@LovindaEmmanuelThis was exactly what I needed, thanks!
@ModestoMinter-c9tThank you for this very informative video. I took so many notes my hand hurts lol. Thank you for helping me and my business grow from a small mental health clinic to one of the largest mental health clinics in my area.
@NikkiVenereBrennerThis man has so many acronyms i cant keep up
@zeninvites320930 minute mark. leaving a comment so i can get back here.
i better get back here..
You’re my favorite Alex 😁
@renaissanceresurrectionthank you recovering a biz i see here some things i did right now i can dbl down
@chriscahill4435I have a question he went to a 5th grade reading level on content but on one on one sales does he calibrate to the customer's words?
@ZackAngsterASX looking strong today—nice to see the market trending upward!
@poshghurlLove your content
@S1createsThe “nobody knows you exist” line stings. I use Teract AI to keep up daily, but I still treat visibility like a side quest sometimes.
@him8873