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Gray says his post-wealth lifestyle is the founder end game
“I think I'm like the end game that a lot of people are thinking about how to get to, and they want to make a business and they want to be successful, but for what? And so there's a lot of talk about when is enough. And I think I found enough and this is what h…”
Gray: Building a white-label B2B sales team guarantees an acqui-hire
“If you are looking for an aqua hire, salespeople are in high demand. If you have guys that can sell and girls that can sell, this company will get bought. I don't care what you're selling, but start collecting salespeople and build a sales team. You'll either …”
Gray rejects advice to prioritize marriage over early business success
“I also do not agree with the critiques that say, just get married as soon as you can. Business will follow. Get married first above all else. Make that your priority.”
Gray: Building a business while pursuing a relationship is almost impossible
“If you're listening to this podcast because you want to be financially successful, I think you need to have priorities in life, and it is very hard to run and be laser focused on your business when you're trying to build a relationship. Dare I say it's almost …”
Gray faked an Equinox pool closure on his blog to cut crowds
“I made my own list of all the Equinox gyms with swimming pools. It started to rank pretty quickly as the number one search result for other people searching for the same thing. Unfortunately, my gym started to get very crowded and I would have to wait for the …”
Gray: Dinner parties are a recipe for failure for first-time hosts
“Do not do a dinner party. I talk about why dinner parties are a recipe for failure for new first time hosts.”
Gray uses structured agendas and custom Keynotes for social lunches
“A hundred percent with agendas and sometimes even my own keynote presentations.”
Gray: Most lifestyle upgrades people want at $10M only require $1M
“The vast majority of things we say that we would do differently at ten million dollars, actually, you only need a million dollars to get there.”
Gray: Access ultra-successful people by befriending their friends instead
“If you are looking to make contact with some of these ultra successful people, there's no way that you will. They have pretty much too much inbound, but you can befriend their friends. And that can be your foot in the door.”
Gray: Revive personal blogging to feed AI scrapers and boost discoverability
“Bring back blogging. You need to fill the AIs, and the AIs need to have data from the public web to scrape.”
Gray: Use a harmonica instead of a whistle for crowd control
“I use this harmonica at all my events as a crowd control device. And I think if my legacy has anything, it's that the harmonica can be a helpful crowd control device and that you can get people's attention in a calm, cool manner without a whistle or like a bum…”
Gray's family business closed a $1M deal via niche SEO in 2009
“Search engine optimization played a huge role within the business and searching for FAA certified in-flight monitors. What a niche thing. And yet all we needed was one and we really got a million dollar deal From the SEO because I bought every domain name. I w…”
Brent Beshore's private equity firm acquired a professional matchmaking business
“There's a huge range, and actually, PE companies do like to buy these businesses. I've heard of two of them. Brent Beshore's company has bought one, and someone else we both know looked at acquiring one of them.”
Gray personally led museum tours for two years before hiring
“I built a multi-million dollar business out of being a tour guide. Every Friday and Saturday night, I was literally leading people at the museum, and I did that for two years before I even hired my first person.”
Gray: A two-hour cocktail networking party should cost under $100
“Each party should cost you less than a hundred dollars.”