MFM #169: How One Man Has Built 5, Billion Dollar Companies

No more small boy spreadsheets, build your business on the free HubSpot CRM: https://mfmpod.link/hrd - No Shaan today, but Sam is joined by Andrew Wilkinson to chat billionaires. The guys break down how Bradley Jacobs is able to consistently spin up companies and how Dan Gilbert built an empire from scratch. Andrew also has an amazing Warren Buffett story! — Check Out Shaan's Stuff: • Shaan's weekly email - https://www.shaanpuri.com • Visit https://www.somewhere.com/mfm to hire global talent (like Shaan does) and get $500 off for being an MFM listener. Hire developers, assistants, marketing pros, sales teams and more for 80% less than their US equivalents. — Check Out Sam's Stuff: • Hampton - https://www.joinhampton.com/ • Ideation Bootcamp - https://www.ideationbootcamp.co/ • Copy That - https://copythat.com • Hampton Wealth Survey - https://joinhampton.com/wealth 💰 Pitch your startup for a shot at a $1M investment with Sam Parr as the MC https://clickhubspot.com/pitch Links: • Check out our website for more business ideas: https://link.chtbl.com/rPGsR42X • Subscribe to the podcast if you’d like to listen instead: https://link.chtbl.com/PZPArqRA --------- * Want to be featured in a future episode? Drop your question/comment/criticism/love here: https://www.mfmpod.com/p/hotline/ * Support the pod by spreading the word, become a referrer here: refer.fm/million * Have you joined our private Facebook group yet? Go to https://www.facebook.com/groups/ourfirstmillion and join thousands of other entrepreneurs and founders scheming up ideas. --------- Sam Parr (@TheSamParr) and Andrew Wilkinson (@awilkinson) discuss: * (0:00) Intro * (5:35) Bradley Jacobs: the man who's built 5, billion-dollar companies * (28:28) Dan Gilbert: how he started with nothing, built Quicken Loans and eventually, an empire * (41:30) What talking to Warren Buffett is like *(43:20) Dan Gilbert continued *(51:10) The guys reflect on the episode * (1:00:07) How Andrew lost $10m #mfm