I Sold My Business for 8 Figures. Here’s What I’d Build First: I EP 172

About this episode

Get The Profitable Personal Brand Playbook here: https://fos.now/xxvzfi Want to work with me? Go here: https://fos.now/wpiaho I sold my first business for eight figures. Looking back, the most valuable asset I've built is my personal brand and the audience around it. In this video, I walk you through the full story: growing up in Canada, building and selling Bitmaker, scaling Herb, and finding my way to Founder OS. I share the government raid that nearly shut us down, the acquisition offers I turned down, and what it took to rebuild my health and find work I wanted to do. You'll see how building an audience opened doors across my businesses, why it means I never have to start from zero, and what I'd prioritise if I were starting again. Chapters: 00:00 - The story behind my businesses 00:52 - Growing up in small-town Canada 02:37 - Leaving corporate life and starting Bitmaker 04:38 - The government raid that nearly shut us down 09:34 - Selling Bitmaker and what came next 10:45 - Finding my next business: Herb 13:39 - Raising investment for Herb 15:20 - Turning down the $50 million offers 16:19 - Layoffs, regret and burnout 20:28 - Getting sober and finding