“We never paid ourselves… all going into future acquisitions and improvements… I take a very modest salary”

Acquiring Minds · Side Hustle Acquisition to $5m in Revenue

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reinvested all earnings back into the business and took only a modest salary, using his day-job income to fund growth

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