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Meet the real-life cowboy behind Yellowstone - Taylor Sheridan. In 2015, after two decades as a struggling actor living in his car, he switched to screenwriting at age 40 and created a neo-Western TV empire. After watching traditional Westerns disappear from screens, Sheridan convinced Paramount to take a chance on "Yellowstone," a series about a powerful rancher fighting to protect his land from developers, politicians, and a neighboring Native American reservation. When the show exploded to 15 million viewers, he leveraged his success by creating spinoffs like "1883" and "1923," bringing Hollywood legends like Harrison Ford into his world. The breakthrough came when Sheridan purchased the historic 6666 Ranch for $320 million with investors. He now films his own shows on his own property, charging Paramount $50,000 weekly for location use, plus fees for his cattle and "cowboy camp" training. Today, the Yellowstone franchise is worth $500 million, with spinoffs continuing to expand his empire. What transformed a struggling actor into a half-billion dollar showrunner? Authentic Storytelling: By drawing from his real ranching experience, Sheridan created a world that resonated with audiences overlooked by Hollywood. Complete Creative Control: Unlike most showrunners, Sheridan writes every episode himself, maintaining a singular vision that connects with viewers. Business Integration: Rather than separating his creative and business ventures, Sheridan built a vertically integrated empire where his shows promote his ranches and vice versa. Sheridan's story demonstrates that sometimes the biggest opportunities come from personal experience. By turning his childhood ranch background into television's most successful franchise, he created an empire that transformed the modern Western genre. #taylorSheridan #yellowstone #paramount #KevinCostner #1883
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Meet the real-life cowboy behind Yellowstone - Taylor Sheridan. In 2015, after two decades as a struggling actor living in his car, he switched to screenwriting at age 40 and created a neo-Western TV empire. After watching traditional Westerns disappear from screens, Sheridan convinced Paramount to take a chance on "Yellowstone," a series about a powerful rancher fighting to protect his land from developers, politicians, and a neighboring Native American reservation. When the show exploded to 15 million viewers, he leveraged his success by creating spinoffs like "1883" and "1923," bringing Hollywood legends like Harrison Ford into his world. The breakthrough came when Sheridan purchased the historic 6666 Ranch for $320 million with investors. He now films his own shows on his own property, charging Paramount $50,000 weekly for location use, plus fees for his cattle and "cowboy camp" training. Today, the Yellowstone franchise is worth $500 million, with spinoffs continuing to expand his empire. What transformed a struggling actor into a half-billion dollar showrunner? Authentic Storytelling: By drawing from his real ranching experience, Sheridan created a world that resonated with audiences overlooked by Hollywood. Complete Creative Control: Unlike most showrunners, Sheridan writes every episode himself, maintaining a singular vision that connects with viewers. Business Integration: Rather than separating his creative and business ventures, Sheridan built a vertically integrated empire where his shows promote his ranches and vice versa. Sheridan's story demonstrates that sometimes the biggest opportunities come from personal experience. By turning his childhood ranch background into television's most successful franchise, he created an empire that transformed the modern Western genre. #taylorSheridan #yellowstone #paramount #KevinCostner #1883
This guy turns a gas station into a $2B road-trip empire! ⛽🐻 Arch Aplin III grows up in Texas, the son of a construction worker. In 1980, he sees what everyone else ignores: every gas station is dirty and forgettable. So he takes out a loan and opens the first Buc-ee’s in Lake Jackson, naming it after his childhood nickname, Beaver. ✓ He does the opposite—spotless bathrooms, high pay, Texas BBQ, fudge, and fun merch ✓ Opens a mega-store in Luling: 66 pumps, 5,000 sq ft, $28M in year one ✓ Refuses to franchise—keeps full control, handpicks every location ✓ Builds Buc-ee’s into a cult road-trip destination, not just a gas stop One store → 54 locations in 9 states → world’s largest convenience store → $2B+ family-owned empire. Sometimes, the best way to win is to obsess over the details everyone else ignores. What boring business would you turn into a cult by doing the opposite? 🤔 #Business #Retail #Texas #Success #Entrepreneur
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This guy turns a gas station into a $2B road-trip empire! ⛽🐻 Arch Aplin III grows up in Texas, the son of a construction worker. In 1980, he sees what everyone else ignores: every gas station is dirty and forgettable. So he takes out a loan and opens the first Buc-ee’s in Lake Jackson, naming it after his childhood nickname, Beaver. ✓ He does the opposite—spotless bathrooms, high pay, Texas BBQ, fudge, and fun merch ✓ Opens a mega-store in Luling: 66 pumps, 5,000 sq ft, $28M in year one ✓ Refuses to franchise—keeps full control, handpicks every location ✓ Builds Buc-ee’s into a cult road-trip destination, not just a gas stop One store → 54 locations in 9 states → world’s largest convenience store → $2B+ family-owned empire. Sometimes, the best way to win is to obsess over the details everyone else ignores. What boring business would you turn into a cult by doing the opposite? 🤔 #Business #Retail #Texas #Success #Entrepreneur
This guy got fired from a $6M-a-year job after a fight with a billionaire, then built a rival company that went public for $500M 🇸🇪💰 Fredrik Karlsson was CEO of Lifco for 20 years, turning it into a $10B Swedish giant. In 2019, he was fired after a pay dispute with billionaire owner Carl Bennet. Most would retire. Fredrik built a rival. ✓ Founded Röko in 2019 with ex-Nordstjernan CEO - positioned as "perpetual owner" that never sells ✓ Acquired 33+ companies in 6 years - only buys businesses with 15%+ EBITA margins ✓ Gave managers freedom but brutal targets - hit numbers or you're out ✓ Used cash flow from stable businesses to fund high-growth acquisitions - compounding machine Fired 2019 → Founded Röko → 33 acquisitions → 30% annual earnings growth → $500M IPO March 2025. Fredrik didn't need the billionaire who fired him. He took the same playbook, built a rival, and proved it worked without Lifco. Sometimes the best revenge is building something better. What company could you build after getting fired from the one you made successful? 🤔 #Business #Acquisitions #Sweden #Success #SerialAcquirer
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This guy got fired from a $6M-a-year job after a fight with a billionaire, then built a rival company that went public for $500M 🇸🇪💰 Fredrik Karlsson was CEO of Lifco for 20 years, turning it into a $10B Swedish giant. In 2019, he was fired after a pay dispute with billionaire owner Carl Bennet. Most would retire. Fredrik built a rival. ✓ Founded Röko in 2019 with ex-Nordstjernan CEO - positioned as "perpetual owner" that never sells ✓ Acquired 33+ companies in 6 years - only buys businesses with 15%+ EBITA margins ✓ Gave managers freedom but brutal targets - hit numbers or you're out ✓ Used cash flow from stable businesses to fund high-growth acquisitions - compounding machine Fired 2019 → Founded Röko → 33 acquisitions → 30% annual earnings growth → $500M IPO March 2025. Fredrik didn't need the billionaire who fired him. He took the same playbook, built a rival, and proved it worked without Lifco. Sometimes the best revenge is building something better. What company could you build after getting fired from the one you made successful? 🤔 #Business #Acquisitions #Sweden #Success #SerialAcquirer
How do you turn a bold idea into a brand new market? 🚀 Meet Driss El Faria, the entrepreneur reshaping Europe’s beverage scene. 🍸 Back in 2019, Driss didn’t enter the industry with deep pockets or decades of legacy. He entered with a question: what products don’t exist yet — but should? 💡 That mindset led to some of Italy’s fastest-selling beverage launches: ✨ Glittery sparkling wines that dominated Amazon charts 🥂 AU Vodka collabs with rapper Sfera Ebbasta ⚽ Celebrity-backed beers with Juventus, Napoli & AC Milan He wasn’t copying trends. He was creating them. Then in July 2024, Driss made his boldest move yet: launching Tequiero Tequila with Italian rapper Gué. 🥃 Why tequila? Because it’s the fastest-growing spirit worldwide, yet no European company had ever launched a 100% agave tequila brand. Driss saw the gap — and filled it. Alongside premium tequila, he introduced a ready-to-drink Paloma can 🍹 — tapping into convenience culture and bringing tequila into new occasions. Just 2 months after launch, Tequiero signed an exclusive Italian distribution deal with Compagnia dei Caraibi, putting the brand on a fast track to dominate Europe. 🌍 The lesson? Innovation isn’t about inventing something completely new. It’s about spotting where demand will be tomorrow — and building it today. 🔑
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How do you turn a bold idea into a brand new market? 🚀 Meet Driss El Faria, the entrepreneur reshaping Europe’s beverage scene. 🍸 Back in 2019, Driss didn’t enter the industry with deep pockets or decades of legacy. He entered with a question: what products don’t exist yet — but should? 💡 That mindset led to some of Italy’s fastest-selling beverage launches: ✨ Glittery sparkling wines that dominated Amazon charts 🥂 AU Vodka collabs with rapper Sfera Ebbasta ⚽ Celebrity-backed beers with Juventus, Napoli & AC Milan He wasn’t copying trends. He was creating them. Then in July 2024, Driss made his boldest move yet: launching Tequiero Tequila with Italian rapper Gué. 🥃 Why tequila? Because it’s the fastest-growing spirit worldwide, yet no European company had ever launched a 100% agave tequila brand. Driss saw the gap — and filled it. Alongside premium tequila, he introduced a ready-to-drink Paloma can 🍹 — tapping into convenience culture and bringing tequila into new occasions. Just 2 months after launch, Tequiero signed an exclusive Italian distribution deal with Compagnia dei Caraibi, putting the brand on a fast track to dominate Europe. 🌍 The lesson? Innovation isn’t about inventing something completely new. It’s about spotting where demand will be tomorrow — and building it today. 🔑
This guy beat cancer, then used the payout to build a 900-store açaí empire across 45 countries 🫐🌎 Georgios Frangulis grows up in São Paulo and studies law, but he's an entrepreneur at heart. Living in the US, he spots what everyone misses: açaí is blowing up as a superfood, but the bowls are watered down, dyed, and loaded with syrup—the real Brazilian berry is nowhere. So in 2016 he takes his last €30,000 and opens a single açaí shop in São Paulo, 100% natural. ✓ Sells it pure—no dyes, no syrup, no shortcuts ✓ Keeps the footprint tiny and franchises aggressively ✓ Produces his own açaí, straight from the Amazon to the bowl ✓ Opens a new store every three days One shop in São Paulo → a new store every 3 days → $67M raised + an F1 sponsorship → 900 stores in 45 countries. Sometimes the biggest opportunity is doing the real thing in a market full of fakes. What everyday product would you win just by refusing to cut corners? 🤔 #Business #Franchise #Brazil #Success #Açaí georgiosfrangulis @oakberry
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This guy beat cancer, then used the payout to build a 900-store açaí empire across 45 countries 🫐🌎 Georgios Frangulis grows up in São Paulo and studies law, but he's an entrepreneur at heart. Living in the US, he spots what everyone misses: açaí is blowing up as a superfood, but the bowls are watered down, dyed, and loaded with syrup—the real Brazilian berry is nowhere. So in 2016 he takes his last €30,000 and opens a single açaí shop in São Paulo, 100% natural. ✓ Sells it pure—no dyes, no syrup, no shortcuts ✓ Keeps the footprint tiny and franchises aggressively ✓ Produces his own açaí, straight from the Amazon to the bowl ✓ Opens a new store every three days One shop in São Paulo → a new store every 3 days → $67M raised + an F1 sponsorship → 900 stores in 45 countries. Sometimes the biggest opportunity is doing the real thing in a market full of fakes. What everyday product would you win just by refusing to cut corners? 🤔 #Business #Franchise #Brazil #Success #Açaí georgiosfrangulis @oakberry
This guy bought a single cargo ship for $6.5M and turned it into a $50B cruise empire by inventing an industry that didn't exist 🚢💰 Ted Arison was running a small cargo shipping operation in the 1960s. In 1972, he bought a retired ocean liner for $6.5M. Cruising was expensive, formal, and only for wealthy retirees. Traditional cruise lines thought it would never be mass-market. ✓ Repositioned cruising as affordable fun for middle-class families - not luxury for elites ✓ Stripped formal dress codes and stuffy dining - added casinos, discos, buffets ✓ Launched "The Fun Ships" tagline 1972 - marketed as party vacations, not voyages ✓ Went public 1982, acquired Holland America, Costa, Princess, Cunard - bought the snobs who mocked him $6.5M ship → IPO 1982 → Acquired competitors 1990s-2000s → 90+ ships → $50B valuation today. Traditional cruise lines laughed at Ted for "cheapening" the experience. He democratized cruising and built a $50B empire. Sometimes the best way to dominate an industry is to make it accessible to everyone. What luxury industry could you democratize by making it affordable for the masses? 🤔 #Business #Cruises #Travel #Success #Acquisitions
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This guy bought a single cargo ship for $6.5M and turned it into a $50B cruise empire by inventing an industry that didn't exist 🚢💰 Ted Arison was running a small cargo shipping operation in the 1960s. In 1972, he bought a retired ocean liner for $6.5M. Cruising was expensive, formal, and only for wealthy retirees. Traditional cruise lines thought it would never be mass-market. ✓ Repositioned cruising as affordable fun for middle-class families - not luxury for elites ✓ Stripped formal dress codes and stuffy dining - added casinos, discos, buffets ✓ Launched "The Fun Ships" tagline 1972 - marketed as party vacations, not voyages ✓ Went public 1982, acquired Holland America, Costa, Princess, Cunard - bought the snobs who mocked him $6.5M ship → IPO 1982 → Acquired competitors 1990s-2000s → 90+ ships → $50B valuation today. Traditional cruise lines laughed at Ted for "cheapening" the experience. He democratized cruising and built a $50B empire. Sometimes the best way to dominate an industry is to make it accessible to everyone. What luxury industry could you democratize by making it affordable for the masses? 🤔 #Business #Cruises #Travel #Success #Acquisitions
This guy borrowed $5,000 to buy a tire shop doing $32K/year and turned it into a $1.6 billion empire Les Schwab dropped out in 8th grade and delivered newspapers, running 9-10 miles daily because he couldn't afford a bike. In 1952, at 33, he bought a failing tire shop. He'd never fixed a flat tire in his life. ✓ Gave managers 50% profit share - turned employees into partners from day one ✓ Kept stores obsessively clean - waxed display tires daily when competitors didn't ✓ Trained employees to run out and greet every customer no matter the weather ✓ Rode the Japanese tire wave when big companies tried to squeeze him out $32K/year shop → $150K first year → 100+ stores by 1980s → $1.6B revenue today. Les said "If I give away half the profits, I still have half." Most owners wanted 100% of nothing. He took 50% of everything and built an empire. #Business #Entrepreneurship #TireIndustry #Success #ProfitSharing
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This guy borrowed $5,000 to buy a tire shop doing $32K/year and turned it into a $1.6 billion empire Les Schwab dropped out in 8th grade and delivered newspapers, running 9-10 miles daily because he couldn't afford a bike. In 1952, at 33, he bought a failing tire shop. He'd never fixed a flat tire in his life. ✓ Gave managers 50% profit share - turned employees into partners from day one ✓ Kept stores obsessively clean - waxed display tires daily when competitors didn't ✓ Trained employees to run out and greet every customer no matter the weather ✓ Rode the Japanese tire wave when big companies tried to squeeze him out $32K/year shop → $150K first year → 100+ stores by 1980s → $1.6B revenue today. Les said "If I give away half the profits, I still have half." Most owners wanted 100% of nothing. He took 50% of everything and built an empire. #Business #Entrepreneurship #TireIndustry #Success #ProfitSharing
This guy started with a single garbage truck and turned it into a $20 billion empire by buying out every trash company in America 🚛💰 Wayne Huizenga grew up in his family's garbage business. In 1962, he borrowed $5K and bought one garbage truck in Florida. The waste industry was fragmented with thousands of small family-owned companies. Nobody was consolidating. ✓ Bought small trash companies at low multiples in every city across America ✓ Consolidated routes and operations to cut costs and improve efficiency ✓ Used cash flow from each acquisition to fund the next one ✓ Took the company public in 1971 to access capital - acquired 100+ companies per year $5K single garbage truck → 1,000+ acquisitions by 1983 → Largest waste company in the world → $20B+ revenue today. Built three separate billion-dollar companies using the exact same strategy. Sometimes the most boring businesses make the most money. Wayne's "unsexy" trash collection became the blueprint for serial acquisition empires. What fragmented industry could you consolidate using Wayne's exact playbook? 🤔 #Business #Acquisition #RollUp #Success #WasteManagement
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This guy started with a single garbage truck and turned it into a $20 billion empire by buying out every trash company in America 🚛💰 Wayne Huizenga grew up in his family's garbage business. In 1962, he borrowed $5K and bought one garbage truck in Florida. The waste industry was fragmented with thousands of small family-owned companies. Nobody was consolidating. ✓ Bought small trash companies at low multiples in every city across America ✓ Consolidated routes and operations to cut costs and improve efficiency ✓ Used cash flow from each acquisition to fund the next one ✓ Took the company public in 1971 to access capital - acquired 100+ companies per year $5K single garbage truck → 1,000+ acquisitions by 1983 → Largest waste company in the world → $20B+ revenue today. Built three separate billion-dollar companies using the exact same strategy. Sometimes the most boring businesses make the most money. Wayne's "unsexy" trash collection became the blueprint for serial acquisition empires. What fragmented industry could you consolidate using Wayne's exact playbook? 🤔 #Business #Acquisition #RollUp #Success #WasteManagement
From Goldman Sachs to $80M Bee Empire: Carly Kremer’s Beekeeper Naturals🐝💊 @beekeepers_naturals While working in finance, Carly Kremer found relief from an autoimmune condition using propolis—an immune-supporting compound from the beehive. Conventional medicine failed her, but this natural remedy didn’t. She realized more people deserved access to nature-powered solutions. In 2017, she founded Beekeeper’s Naturals, blending clean ingredients with scientific rigor. At a time when wellness brands made vague claims, Carly brought Wall Street discipline and formed a medical advisory board to ensure every product was backed by both science and nature. Her biggest insight? Don’t just target wellness enthusiasts—serve mainstream families. While others stayed niche, she created practical, science-backed products like their best-selling Propolis Throat Spray, now sold every 15 seconds. Today, Beekeeper’s Naturals is in 18,000+ stores. Their kids’ line has grown 750% YoY, showing families are ready for clean, effective alternatives to conventional medicine. Their 3 key strategies: • Combine traditional remedies with modern science to earn trust • Design for families, not just health fanatics • Build from personal problems—Carly’s own health journey gave her unique insight Beekeeper’s Naturals isn’t just a wellness brand—it’s redefining the modern medicine cabinet. #BeekeepersNaturals #Propolis #NaturalWellness #CleanMedicine #FemaleFounder #EntrepreneurJourney #BeeProducts #KidsHealth #HealthInnovation
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From Goldman Sachs to $80M Bee Empire: Carly Kremer’s Beekeeper Naturals🐝💊 @beekeepers_naturals While working in finance, Carly Kremer found relief from an autoimmune condition using propolis—an immune-supporting compound from the beehive. Conventional medicine failed her, but this natural remedy didn’t. She realized more people deserved access to nature-powered solutions. In 2017, she founded Beekeeper’s Naturals, blending clean ingredients with scientific rigor. At a time when wellness brands made vague claims, Carly brought Wall Street discipline and formed a medical advisory board to ensure every product was backed by both science and nature. Her biggest insight? Don’t just target wellness enthusiasts—serve mainstream families. While others stayed niche, she created practical, science-backed products like their best-selling Propolis Throat Spray, now sold every 15 seconds. Today, Beekeeper’s Naturals is in 18,000+ stores. Their kids’ line has grown 750% YoY, showing families are ready for clean, effective alternatives to conventional medicine. Their 3 key strategies: • Combine traditional remedies with modern science to earn trust • Design for families, not just health fanatics • Build from personal problems—Carly’s own health journey gave her unique insight Beekeeper’s Naturals isn’t just a wellness brand—it’s redefining the modern medicine cabinet. #BeekeepersNaturals #Propolis #NaturalWellness #CleanMedicine #FemaleFounder #EntrepreneurJourney #BeeProducts #KidsHealth #HealthInnovation
This guy made BILLIONS by doing the exact OPPOSITE of private equity. While most firms buy a business, improve it and resell it a few years later, Will Thorndike NEVER sells! Instead, he follows a simple playbook since the 90s: Find small, recurring revenue off market businesses. Buy them with minimal equity. Install first time CEOs. And hold them indefinitely, while compounding through organic growth and bolt on acquisitions. This resulted in 30% ANNUAL RETURNS and 3 to 4x CAPITAL MULTIPLES for Will's firm, Housatonic Partners. This guy made billions by doing the exact opposite of private equity - he never sells. While most PE firms flip businesses in 3-5 years, Will Thorndike holds forever. He finds small recurring revenue businesses off-market, buys them with minimal equity, and compounds indefinitely through organic growth and bolt-ons. ✓ Targets essential recurring-revenue businesses in fragmented overlooked markets ✓ Structures deals with minimal upfront equity using seller financing and SBA debt ✓ Installs first-time CEOs and empowers them with long-term support ✓ Holds indefinitely - growth through patient reinvestment and disciplined add-ons Minimal equity → 30% annual returns → 3-4x capital multiples. Never exits. Most PE firms optimize for the exit. Will optimized for infinite compounding. The best returns don't come from flipping businesses - they come from never selling the right ones. What business could you hold forever? #Business #PrivateEquity #Investing #Success #Compounding
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This guy made BILLIONS by doing the exact OPPOSITE of private equity. While most firms buy a business, improve it and resell it a few years later, Will Thorndike NEVER sells! Instead, he follows a simple playbook since the 90s: Find small, recurring revenue off market businesses. Buy them with minimal equity. Install first time CEOs. And hold them indefinitely, while compounding through organic growth and bolt on acquisitions. This resulted in 30% ANNUAL RETURNS and 3 to 4x CAPITAL MULTIPLES for Will's firm, Housatonic Partners. This guy made billions by doing the exact opposite of private equity - he never sells. While most PE firms flip businesses in 3-5 years, Will Thorndike holds forever. He finds small recurring revenue businesses off-market, buys them with minimal equity, and compounds indefinitely through organic growth and bolt-ons. ✓ Targets essential recurring-revenue businesses in fragmented overlooked markets ✓ Structures deals with minimal upfront equity using seller financing and SBA debt ✓ Installs first-time CEOs and empowers them with long-term support ✓ Holds indefinitely - growth through patient reinvestment and disciplined add-ons Minimal equity → 30% annual returns → 3-4x capital multiples. Never exits. Most PE firms optimize for the exit. Will optimized for infinite compounding. The best returns don't come from flipping businesses - they come from never selling the right ones. What business could you hold forever? #Business #PrivateEquity #Investing #Success #Compounding
This guy sold his company for $158M — then spent it trying to save a generation of young men 💰🧠 Scott Galloway starts L2 in 2010, a marketing consulting firm in New York. The business is boring: it ranks how brands perform online, builds something called the Digital IQ Index, and sells the data to giants like Samsung and Procter & Gamble. In 2017, he sells L2 for $158M. Most people would take the money and disappear. ✓ Digs back into the data and spots a crisis—one in seven men has no friends ✓ Sounds the alarm—men account for three of every four deaths in America ✓ Warns there's nothing more dangerous than a lonely, broke young man ✓ Writes books and takes the message to every stage and podcast he can Boring data firm → $158M exit → 1 in 7 men with no friends → a mission to save a generation. Sometimes the most valuable thing you can build with your money isn't another company—it's a warning loud enough that people finally listen. What crisis is hiding in the data that everyone keeps scrolling past? 🤔 #Business #Marketing #ScottGalloway #Success #MensMentalHealth @profgalloway
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This guy sold his company for $158M — then spent it trying to save a generation of young men 💰🧠 Scott Galloway starts L2 in 2010, a marketing consulting firm in New York. The business is boring: it ranks how brands perform online, builds something called the Digital IQ Index, and sells the data to giants like Samsung and Procter & Gamble. In 2017, he sells L2 for $158M. Most people would take the money and disappear. ✓ Digs back into the data and spots a crisis—one in seven men has no friends ✓ Sounds the alarm—men account for three of every four deaths in America ✓ Warns there's nothing more dangerous than a lonely, broke young man ✓ Writes books and takes the message to every stage and podcast he can Boring data firm → $158M exit → 1 in 7 men with no friends → a mission to save a generation. Sometimes the most valuable thing you can build with your money isn't another company—it's a warning loud enough that people finally listen. What crisis is hiding in the data that everyone keeps scrolling past? 🤔 #Business #Marketing #ScottGalloway #Success #MensMentalHealth @profgalloway
These two girls dropped out of Stanford to build the “Google Flights of fashion.” Meet Phoebe Gates (yes, Bill Gates’ daughter) and Sophia Kianni, co-founders of Phia. After getting rejected from Stanford’s elite startup class, they said screw it—dropped out, moved to New York, and went all in. Their idea? A free Safari shopping tool that follows you while you browse, pulls price and product data from 40,000+ sites, and tells you instantly if there’s a better deal or a more sustainable version available. No more 15 tabs. No more guessing. Just smarter shopping in one click. Since launching just 2 months ago, Phia has already: – Secured funding from Kris Jenner and Sheryl Sandberg – Been featured in The New York Times and Call Her Daddy – Hit 300,000+ downloads – Become one of the most popular shopping apps in the U.S. Oh, and they’re also behind the viral podcast “The Burnouts” under Alex Cooper’s Unwell Network, reaching 20M+ people a month organically. They didn’t build a brand. They built a movement. Phia is making fashion shopping faster, smarter, and finally aligned with Gen Z values.
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These two girls dropped out of Stanford to build the “Google Flights of fashion.” Meet Phoebe Gates (yes, Bill Gates’ daughter) and Sophia Kianni, co-founders of Phia. After getting rejected from Stanford’s elite startup class, they said screw it—dropped out, moved to New York, and went all in. Their idea? A free Safari shopping tool that follows you while you browse, pulls price and product data from 40,000+ sites, and tells you instantly if there’s a better deal or a more sustainable version available. No more 15 tabs. No more guessing. Just smarter shopping in one click. Since launching just 2 months ago, Phia has already: – Secured funding from Kris Jenner and Sheryl Sandberg – Been featured in The New York Times and Call Her Daddy – Hit 300,000+ downloads – Become one of the most popular shopping apps in the U.S. Oh, and they’re also behind the viral podcast “The Burnouts” under Alex Cooper’s Unwell Network, reaching 20M+ people a month organically. They didn’t build a brand. They built a movement. Phia is making fashion shopping faster, smarter, and finally aligned with Gen Z values.
This guy bought a failing ski jacket company for peanuts and turned it into a $16 billion luxury empire 🧥💰 Remo Ruffini bought 52% of Moncler for about $1 million in 2003. The company was nearly bankrupt and everyone thought it would flop. He didn't lower prices to sell more. He did the opposite. He wanted to turn Moncler into an iconic luxury brand. ✓ Collaborated with top designers to make it a status symbol ✓ Raised prices dramatically - $100 jackets now $1,000 ✓ Moved from mountain ski shops to exclusive boutiques in Paris, Milan, Geneva ✓ Repositioned as luxury, not sportswear Then celebrities started wearing it. Suddenly, Moncler wasn't just a jacket - it was THE jacket. $1M investment → $500M sales → $16B valuation. Ruffini still owns 24%. Sometimes the best move is to raise prices, not lower them. Remo's "bankrupt" ski jacket became the ultimate status symbol. What struggling brand could you transform by going premium instead of cheap? 🤔 #Business #Luxury #Fashion #Success #Acquisition
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This guy bought a failing ski jacket company for peanuts and turned it into a $16 billion luxury empire 🧥💰 Remo Ruffini bought 52% of Moncler for about $1 million in 2003. The company was nearly bankrupt and everyone thought it would flop. He didn't lower prices to sell more. He did the opposite. He wanted to turn Moncler into an iconic luxury brand. ✓ Collaborated with top designers to make it a status symbol ✓ Raised prices dramatically - $100 jackets now $1,000 ✓ Moved from mountain ski shops to exclusive boutiques in Paris, Milan, Geneva ✓ Repositioned as luxury, not sportswear Then celebrities started wearing it. Suddenly, Moncler wasn't just a jacket - it was THE jacket. $1M investment → $500M sales → $16B valuation. Ruffini still owns 24%. Sometimes the best move is to raise prices, not lower them. Remo's "bankrupt" ski jacket became the ultimate status symbol. What struggling brand could you transform by going premium instead of cheap? 🤔 #Business #Luxury #Fashion #Success #Acquisition
This guy starts by clearing tables and builds a $10B empire! 🍽️💰 Tilman Fertitta grows up in Texas, bussing tables at his family’s restaurant. He drops out of college, hustles in hospitality, and buys a controlling stake in Landry’s in his 20s. While big investors avoid failing restaurant chains and casinos, Tilman does the opposite. ✓ Buys struggling brands for pennies and rolls them into Landry’s ✓ Centralises operations and uses cash from strong brands to fund new deals ✓ Acquires Chart House and other failing chains, turning Landry’s into a billion-dollar company ✓ After the 2005 Vegas crash, buys five Golden Nugget casinos for $500M and builds a casino empire Busboy → Landry’s king → $5B+ annual revenue → world’s richest restaurateur. Sometimes, the best move is to buy what everyone else is running from—and turn it into gold. What overlooked business would you bet on next? 🤔 #Business #Acquisitions #Restaurants #Success #Rollup
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This guy starts by clearing tables and builds a $10B empire! 🍽️💰 Tilman Fertitta grows up in Texas, bussing tables at his family’s restaurant. He drops out of college, hustles in hospitality, and buys a controlling stake in Landry’s in his 20s. While big investors avoid failing restaurant chains and casinos, Tilman does the opposite. ✓ Buys struggling brands for pennies and rolls them into Landry’s ✓ Centralises operations and uses cash from strong brands to fund new deals ✓ Acquires Chart House and other failing chains, turning Landry’s into a billion-dollar company ✓ After the 2005 Vegas crash, buys five Golden Nugget casinos for $500M and builds a casino empire Busboy → Landry’s king → $5B+ annual revenue → world’s richest restaurateur. Sometimes, the best move is to buy what everyone else is running from—and turn it into gold. What overlooked business would you bet on next? 🤔 #Business #Acquisitions #Restaurants #Success #Rollup
These guys sell a million cookies a day and build a $1B brand in just five years—with zero baking experience! 🍪💰 In 2017, Jason McGowan and Sawyer Hemsley are tech entrepreneurs who notice nobody has modernized America’s favorite dessert. Instead of opening a traditional bakery, they test 40+ recipes and launch their first 900 sq ft store with $10K in savings. Their twist? Only chocolate chip plus four rotating flavors each week. ✓ Limit the menu—focus on quality and anticipation ✓ Turn cookies into content—announce new flavors weekly on TikTok and Instagram ✓ Create huge, Instagrammable cookies that go viral ✓ Scale from 1 Utah store to 800+ locations in all 50 states—over $1B valuation No baking experience → 1 store → 1M cookies a day → $1B brand. Sometimes, the best move is to reinvent a classic—and make it social. What everyday product would you turn into a viral sensation? 🤔 #Business #Crumbl #Cookies #Success #Branding
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These guys sell a million cookies a day and build a $1B brand in just five years—with zero baking experience! 🍪💰 In 2017, Jason McGowan and Sawyer Hemsley are tech entrepreneurs who notice nobody has modernized America’s favorite dessert. Instead of opening a traditional bakery, they test 40+ recipes and launch their first 900 sq ft store with $10K in savings. Their twist? Only chocolate chip plus four rotating flavors each week. ✓ Limit the menu—focus on quality and anticipation ✓ Turn cookies into content—announce new flavors weekly on TikTok and Instagram ✓ Create huge, Instagrammable cookies that go viral ✓ Scale from 1 Utah store to 800+ locations in all 50 states—over $1B valuation No baking experience → 1 store → 1M cookies a day → $1B brand. Sometimes, the best move is to reinvent a classic—and make it social. What everyday product would you turn into a viral sensation? 🤔 #Business #Crumbl #Cookies #Success #Branding
Here's how these deals are actually structured. You find a freight company making $2M in EBITDA trading at 5x EBITDA - that's a $10M sale price. But with an SBA loan and seller financing, you can put down as little as 10%. That's $1M. ✓ Control $10M company with $1M of your own capital on day one ✓ Clean up pricing, tighten operations, professionalize management ✓ Grow EBITDA from $2M to $3M in two years ✓ Bigger companies trade at 7x+ instead of 5x $1M down → $10M company → $3M EBITDA at 7x multiple → $21M value in 2 years. Used $1M to create $21M. Leverage in business acquisitions turns $1M into $21M in just two years. #Business #Acquisition #Leverage #SBALoan #Wealth
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Here's how these deals are actually structured. You find a freight company making $2M in EBITDA trading at 5x EBITDA - that's a $10M sale price. But with an SBA loan and seller financing, you can put down as little as 10%. That's $1M. ✓ Control $10M company with $1M of your own capital on day one ✓ Clean up pricing, tighten operations, professionalize management ✓ Grow EBITDA from $2M to $3M in two years ✓ Bigger companies trade at 7x+ instead of 5x $1M down → $10M company → $3M EBITDA at 7x multiple → $21M value in 2 years. Used $1M to create $21M. Leverage in business acquisitions turns $1M into $21M in just two years. #Business #Acquisition #Leverage #SBALoan #Wealth
From self-doubt to $250M beauty empire: Selena Gomez’s Rare Beauty 💄🌟 @rarebeauty @selenagomez In 2020, Selena Gomez launched Rare Beauty—not just another celebrity makeup brand, but a powerful mission. After years in the spotlight, Selena saw how beauty standards were becoming toxic. Makeup was no longer about creativity or confidence—it was about hiding imperfections. She wanted to change that. With just a small team and a bold vision, she created Rare Beauty: a line of easy-to-use, inclusive products designed for real people. 48 foundation shades. Lightweight textures. And packaging made for everyone—including those with limited mobility. But the genius move? She paired the launch with a cause: 1% of all Rare Beauty sales go toward mental health services through the Rare Impact Fund, with a goal of raising $100 million over 10 years. While traditional beauty brands sold perfection, Selena sold self-acceptance. The result? Rare Beauty became one of Sephora’s fastest-growing brands and is now valued at over $250 million. But more importantly, it’s helped millions feel beautiful exactly as they are.
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From self-doubt to $250M beauty empire: Selena Gomez’s Rare Beauty 💄🌟 @rarebeauty @selenagomez In 2020, Selena Gomez launched Rare Beauty—not just another celebrity makeup brand, but a powerful mission. After years in the spotlight, Selena saw how beauty standards were becoming toxic. Makeup was no longer about creativity or confidence—it was about hiding imperfections. She wanted to change that. With just a small team and a bold vision, she created Rare Beauty: a line of easy-to-use, inclusive products designed for real people. 48 foundation shades. Lightweight textures. And packaging made for everyone—including those with limited mobility. But the genius move? She paired the launch with a cause: 1% of all Rare Beauty sales go toward mental health services through the Rare Impact Fund, with a goal of raising $100 million over 10 years. While traditional beauty brands sold perfection, Selena sold self-acceptance. The result? Rare Beauty became one of Sephora’s fastest-growing brands and is now valued at over $250 million. But more importantly, it’s helped millions feel beautiful exactly as they are.
This guy goes from sleeping in a tent and living off canned cat food to building a $3B business—then gives it all away! 🏔️💰 Yvon Chouinard is a dirtbag climber in 1950s Yosemite, living off spare change and forging his own gear from junkyard scrap. He starts selling climbing gear out of his trunk, and by the 1960s, he’s accidentally built America’s largest climbing gear company. One day, climbing in an old rugby shirt, he launches Patagonia—durable clothing that sells out faster than he can make it. ✓ Forges his own gear out of necessity—sells it from his car ✓ Launches Patagonia after a rugby shirt sparks an idea ✓ Grows Patagonia into a multi-billion dollar brand with $100M+ annual profit ✓ In 2022, gives away 100% ownership—now every dollar of profit fights climate change Tent dweller → $3B company → gives it all away for the planet. Sometimes, the best business is built by accident—and the greatest legacy is giving it all back. What would you do if you built a billion-dollar brand? 🤔 #Business #Patagonia #Entrepreneur #Success #Impact
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This guy goes from sleeping in a tent and living off canned cat food to building a $3B business—then gives it all away! 🏔️💰 Yvon Chouinard is a dirtbag climber in 1950s Yosemite, living off spare change and forging his own gear from junkyard scrap. He starts selling climbing gear out of his trunk, and by the 1960s, he’s accidentally built America’s largest climbing gear company. One day, climbing in an old rugby shirt, he launches Patagonia—durable clothing that sells out faster than he can make it. ✓ Forges his own gear out of necessity—sells it from his car ✓ Launches Patagonia after a rugby shirt sparks an idea ✓ Grows Patagonia into a multi-billion dollar brand with $100M+ annual profit ✓ In 2022, gives away 100% ownership—now every dollar of profit fights climate change Tent dweller → $3B company → gives it all away for the planet. Sometimes, the best business is built by accident—and the greatest legacy is giving it all back. What would you do if you built a billion-dollar brand? 🤔 #Business #Patagonia #Entrepreneur #Success #Impact
This ex-drug dealer turns a failing bakery into a billion-dollar bread brand! 🍞💰 Dave Dahl spends 15 years in prison for burglary, armed robbery, and drug offenses. In 2004, he’s out, searching for purpose, when his brother gives him one last shot at their family’s bankrupt bakery. Dave experiments with new recipes—adding seeds and protein—while the family thinks he’s crazy. But at their first farmers market, the bread sells out in an hour. ✓ Reinvents the bakery with protein-packed, seeded bread ✓ Puts his face and story on every package—“Just Say Yes” to second chances ✓ Hires other ex-cons, turning the brand into a movement ✓ Sells Dave’s Killer Bread to Flowers Foods for $275M in 2015 From prison to a million loaves sold daily in 22,000 stores—now over $1B in annual sales. Sometimes, the best comeback is betting on yourself—and giving others a shot, too. What second-chance story would you put on your brand? 🤔 #Business #Comeback #Bread #Success #SecondChances
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This ex-drug dealer turns a failing bakery into a billion-dollar bread brand! 🍞💰 Dave Dahl spends 15 years in prison for burglary, armed robbery, and drug offenses. In 2004, he’s out, searching for purpose, when his brother gives him one last shot at their family’s bankrupt bakery. Dave experiments with new recipes—adding seeds and protein—while the family thinks he’s crazy. But at their first farmers market, the bread sells out in an hour. ✓ Reinvents the bakery with protein-packed, seeded bread ✓ Puts his face and story on every package—“Just Say Yes” to second chances ✓ Hires other ex-cons, turning the brand into a movement ✓ Sells Dave’s Killer Bread to Flowers Foods for $275M in 2015 From prison to a million loaves sold daily in 22,000 stores—now over $1B in annual sales. Sometimes, the best comeback is betting on yourself—and giving others a shot, too. What second-chance story would you put on your brand? 🤔 #Business #Comeback #Bread #Success #SecondChances
This guy paid $25 million for a chocolate company… and turned it into a billion-dollar cash machine. See’s Candies started in a black-and-white kitchen in Pasadena, where a widowed mom named Mary See made candy by hand.  Her son Charles turned her recipes into a business and made buying chocolate feel like an event: Harley-Davidson deliveries to Hollywood stars… and a candy studio with giant glass windows so customers could watch it being made. Fast forward to 1972. Warren Buffett is hunting for cheap, beaten-down companies when Charlie Munger points him to See’s. But Warren isn’t impressed. Yet Munger convinces him because he sees customers waiting in long lines, paying premium prices, and coming back year after year. The family asks for $30 million. Buffett caps it at $25 million and nearly walks away over $5 million. The family finally agrees — and Buffett gets See’s for $25 million. Instead of expanding fast or cutting prices like every other business, Buffett does the OPPOSITE.  He keeps the stores small, limited, and hard to find.  Then he raises prices 10% every single year. His customers? They don't care. They keep buying. By 2007, See’s had generated $1.35 billion in profit. #seescandies
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This guy paid $25 million for a chocolate company… and turned it into a billion-dollar cash machine. See’s Candies started in a black-and-white kitchen in Pasadena, where a widowed mom named Mary See made candy by hand.  Her son Charles turned her recipes into a business and made buying chocolate feel like an event: Harley-Davidson deliveries to Hollywood stars… and a candy studio with giant glass windows so customers could watch it being made. Fast forward to 1972. Warren Buffett is hunting for cheap, beaten-down companies when Charlie Munger points him to See’s. But Warren isn’t impressed. Yet Munger convinces him because he sees customers waiting in long lines, paying premium prices, and coming back year after year. The family asks for $30 million. Buffett caps it at $25 million and nearly walks away over $5 million. The family finally agrees — and Buffett gets See’s for $25 million. Instead of expanding fast or cutting prices like every other business, Buffett does the OPPOSITE.  He keeps the stores small, limited, and hard to find.  Then he raises prices 10% every single year. His customers? They don't care. They keep buying. By 2007, See’s had generated $1.35 billion in profit. #seescandies

The Venture (@theventure) Instagram Stats & Analytics

The Venture (@theventure) has 132K Instagram followers with a 3.60% engagement rate over the past 12 months. Across 70.0 posts, The Venture received 96.5K total likes and 2.72M impressions, averaging 1.38K likes per post. This page tracks The Venture's performance metrics, top content, and engagement trends — updated daily.

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The Venture received 96.5K total likes across 70.0 posts in the last 12 months, averaging 1.38K likes per post.
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