“A really successful small business that generates $4 million in sales a year, but is totally profitable, and the founders are walking away with a million dollars”

How I Built This with Guy Raz · 10 Years of How I Built This: A Decade of Innovation, Risk and Reinvention

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built a women's sports apparel brand without raising any outside investment, focusing on sustainable profitability rather than rapid scaling

$4 million in annual sales; founders walk away with $1 million profit

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“I would actually do like a consumer private equity fund. I would raise $500 million and I would invest into the fastest growing consumer brands… alongside a lead gen content business.”
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Said on The Gstaad Guy Podcast
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Larry Williams
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“We did some modelling for clients recently who were pursuing a financial independence goal. We found that if they wanted to achieve their goal without needing to sell down any investments, they could both cease work at age 55.”
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Paul Benson
Financial Autonomy ·
Hard number age 55 without selling down; age 48 with selling down Share this moment

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