Lieberman Targets Spending 5-10 Hours Weekly per Portfolio Company
Alex Lieberman · The Multipreneur: He’s Building A $10M Portfolio of Income Streams · Nov 2, 2023 · at 9:00
Morning Brew co-founder Alex Lieberman explains his operational time commitment model across businesses in his personal holding company portfolio.
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“Hopefully we get to product market fit with the company by end of year, where ultimately I only spend five to 10 hours a week on the business. And that is kind of the time or investment trajectory that I hope to have with any business that I spin up.”
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