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Neil Patel

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Money Rehab with Nicole Lapin
Neil Patel Risked His Parents’ Life Savings… Then Built a $100M Marketing Empire. Here’s How He Did It

Call it $20 to $30 on the high end.

Money Rehab with Nicole Lapin
Neil Patel Risked His Parents’ Life Savings… Then Built a $100M Marketing Empire. Here’s How He Did It

So that's our sweet spot.

Money Rehab with Nicole Lapin
Neil Patel Risked His Parents’ Life Savings… Then Built a $100M Marketing Empire. Here’s How He Did It

No, I talk to them before.

Money Rehab with Nicole Lapin
Neil Patel Risked His Parents’ Life Savings… Then Built a $100M Marketing Empire. Here’s How He Did It

Not right before, like maybe a month before.

Money Rehab with Nicole Lapin
Neil Patel Risked His Parents’ Life Savings… Then Built a $100M Marketing Empire. Here’s How He Did It

Because then the rest is, you know, they're still going through legal and all that kind of stuff.

Money Rehab with Nicole Lapin
Neil Patel Risked His Parents’ Life Savings… Then Built a $100M Marketing Empire. Here’s How He Did It

It takes at least six months to buy a company.

Money Rehab with Nicole Lapin
Neil Patel Risked His Parents’ Life Savings… Then Built a $100M Marketing Empire. Here’s How He Did It

So for the first five months, I don't really talk to them.

Money Rehab with Nicole Lapin
Neil Patel Risked His Parents’ Life Savings… Then Built a $100M Marketing Empire. Here’s How He Did It

And then month five, I usually talk to them on six.

Money Rehab with Nicole Lapin
Neil Patel Risked His Parents’ Life Savings… Then Built a $100M Marketing Empire. Here’s How He Did It

We tend to do the transaction.

Money Rehab with Nicole Lapin
Neil Patel Risked His Parents’ Life Savings… Then Built a $100M Marketing Empire. Here’s How He Did It

If it's small, like let's say it was like five million dollars.

Money Rehab with Nicole Lapin
Neil Patel Risked His Parents’ Life Savings… Then Built a $100M Marketing Empire. Here’s How He Did It

I may just talk to them kind of after.

Money Rehab with Nicole Lapin
Neil Patel Risked His Parents’ Life Savings… Then Built a $100M Marketing Empire. Here’s How He Did It

It's perspective, right?

Money Rehab with Nicole Lapin
Neil Patel Risked His Parents’ Life Savings… Then Built a $100M Marketing Empire. Here’s How He Did It

I look at us as a really tiny company.

Money Rehab with Nicole Lapin
Neil Patel Risked His Parents’ Life Savings… Then Built a $100M Marketing Empire. Here’s How He Did It

I don't think we do that well.

Money Rehab with Nicole Lapin
Neil Patel Risked His Parents’ Life Savings… Then Built a $100M Marketing Empire. Here’s How He Did It

I look at NVIDIA as someone who does extremely well.

Money Rehab with Nicole Lapin
Neil Patel Risked His Parents’ Life Savings… Then Built a $100M Marketing Empire. Here’s How He Did It

So for NVIDIA, the CEO probably doesn't get on the phone for someone when they buy a company for $500 million, right?

Money Rehab with Nicole Lapin
Neil Patel Risked His Parents’ Life Savings… Then Built a $100M Marketing Empire. Here’s How He Did It

Maybe I'm wrong here, but you get the point.

Money Rehab with Nicole Lapin
Neil Patel Risked His Parents’ Life Savings… Then Built a $100M Marketing Empire. Here’s How He Did It

If it's $100 million, he probably doesn't even know about the deal and someone did it without his knowledge.

Money Rehab with Nicole Lapin
Neil Patel Risked His Parents’ Life Savings… Then Built a $100M Marketing Empire. Here’s How He Did It

Those are my comps and I don't think in my lifetime I'll ever build a successful company like that.

Money Rehab with Nicole Lapin
Neil Patel Risked His Parents’ Life Savings… Then Built a $100M Marketing Empire. Here’s How He Did It

I don't think I'll be able to get there.