Brandon Bowsky

$1,500.

$1,500.

How's it going? Thanks for having me, Dan. Appreciate you. Let's see. Background was a professional gamer when I dropped out of school at 15, got into DJing and producing electronic music. After that, ended up doing a brief stint as a manager of electronic artists. Partner screwed me over. Had a subscription box startup in 2015 when that was still hot. Brand new. Failed miserably.

How's it going? Thanks for having me, Dan. Appreciate you. Let's see. Background was a professional gamer when I dropped out of school at 15, got into DJing and producing electronic music. After that, ended up doing a brief stint as a manager of electronic artists. Partner screwed me over. Had a subscription box startup in 2015 when that was still hot. Brand new. Failed miserably.

And then ended up living in my car. And somebody said, go try insurance. So I did. and ended up growing a pretty big agency, hundreds of employees from 30 at the time when I started there. Left that, started my own thing, made a few million dollars, and then that turned into wanting to buy a watch. Ex-girlfriend didn't want me to spend money, so I decided I would make the money on the side.

And then ended up living in my car. And somebody said, go try insurance. So I did. and ended up growing a pretty big agency, hundreds of employees from 30 at the time when I started there. Left that, started my own thing, made a few million dollars, and then that turned into wanting to buy a watch. Ex-girlfriend didn't want me to spend money, so I decided I would make the money on the side.

She couldn't get mad. That led to a lead gen empire that did hundreds of millions of dollars and powered over a billion dollars in revenue for clients. Well over $5 billion, probably close to $10 billion now in insurance premiums. And then now today just focused on scaling, you know, coaching and mentorship programs that can help people get the lives of their dreams.

She couldn't get mad. That led to a lead gen empire that did hundreds of millions of dollars and powered over a billion dollars in revenue for clients. Well over $5 billion, probably close to $10 billion now in insurance premiums. And then now today just focused on scaling, you know, coaching and mentorship programs that can help people get the lives of their dreams.

I think the majority of people just don't want to put themselves out there and they're deathly afraid of failure. And they're even more afraid of being perceived publicly failing to me. And I'm sure you've had this happen. Failure just happens. It's just life. And if you're not failing, you're probably not going to learn because you only learn from your mistakes.

I think the majority of people just don't want to put themselves out there and they're deathly afraid of failure. And they're even more afraid of being perceived publicly failing to me. And I'm sure you've had this happen. Failure just happens. It's just life. And if you're not failing, you're probably not going to learn because you only learn from your mistakes.

You don't learn as much from your successes. Your successes are usually blind luck. It's like, we had this idea. The idea did well. Okay, great. Now that doesn't universally apply to every idea we're ever going to have. We're going to try tons of, I had a gym over a million dollar loss, biohacking gym before it's time. Now there's tons of biohacking stuff.

You don't learn as much from your successes. Your successes are usually blind luck. It's like, we had this idea. The idea did well. Okay, great. Now that doesn't universally apply to every idea we're ever going to have. We're going to try tons of, I had a gym over a million dollar loss, biohacking gym before it's time. Now there's tons of biohacking stuff.

It's a craze, but in COVID during a pandemic, having a gym, major L. And I've had a million other ideas. I mean, dude, I've had over 100 registered corps. I probably only made money at 15, 20 companies. And a lot of people don't see that part. They just see the flashy cars, the nice houses, living in a million cities, private jets, all that stuff, and think, oh, yeah, it must be nice.

It's a craze, but in COVID during a pandemic, having a gym, major L. And I've had a million other ideas. I mean, dude, I've had over 100 registered corps. I probably only made money at 15, 20 companies. And a lot of people don't see that part. They just see the flashy cars, the nice houses, living in a million cities, private jets, all that stuff, and think, oh, yeah, it must be nice.

Or, oh, that guy got lucky. It's like, no, you just fail a lot. And a lot of people are very, very afraid to fail.

Or, oh, that guy got lucky. It's like, no, you just fail a lot. And a lot of people are very, very afraid to fail.

Yeah, so I mean, I wanna agree, never quit your day job. I tell people that no matter what they plan on doing, pivoting to, if you have a stable source of income and you don't have a massive surplus of savings, like a big war chest, do not quit your job that provides you the meals. Because otherwise you're screwed. And a lot of people are like, I want my back up against the wall. No, you don't.

Yeah, so I mean, I wanna agree, never quit your day job. I tell people that no matter what they plan on doing, pivoting to, if you have a stable source of income and you don't have a massive surplus of savings, like a big war chest, do not quit your job that provides you the meals. Because otherwise you're screwed. And a lot of people are like, I want my back up against the wall. No, you don't.

You really don't.

You really don't.