Skool Stories (Matthew Thompson)

Alexander Lorenzo is a futurist and blockchain researcher who currently runs two communities in the top 20 of The Skool Games' leaderboard.

In this episode, we talk about:

• The importance of integrity in an age of crypto-scams
• Staying hyperconnected to his audience via DMs
• Why our number one job as coaches should be getting people to interact
• How a miraculous encounter radically transformed his life
• Losing millions in previous crypto cycles
• (And how this humbling experience led him to Skool)
• Taking the time to answer your community’s questions “for real” rather than “just getting it done”
• His plans for adding a 3rd Skool Community
• Why innovation should always come before revenue
• And his plans to launch a world-class research group and hedge fund from his Skool community.

Check it out!

Alex’s Skool: https://www.skool.com/fundamental-secrets-7951/about

Alex’s life story: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XakjZRx4pMc&pp=ygUkcmljaGFyZCBsb3JlbnpvIGpyIGNycHRvIGNyYXp5IGplc3Vz

JOIN SKOOL FOR FREE: http://tinyurl.com/skool-games

This episode was recorded live at an invite-only mastermind in Belfast.

There were so many insane gem dropped that we felt like it was unfair for us not to share it.

Enjoy!

Calvin’s Waiting List: https://skool-communities.de/skool-international-warteliste

JOIN SKOOL: http://tinyurl.com/skool-games

Reducing churn is the most powerful way to increase the lifetime value of your Skool community.

To help you crack the code, we caught up with Team Captivate (aka THE CHURNBUSTERS) in Vegas 3-days ago to discuss:

- How to wrap broccoli in bacon

- Creating a sticky “community identity”

- Hormozi's Guru vs Community Model

- (And how it will forever change the way you think about Skool)

- Helping your community members fall in love with each other

- The magic of “inter-community” events

- And some secret rainbow sauce that will turbo-charge your community's engagement

Check it out!

@Goose Dunlavey, @Jeffrey Buoncristiano and @Nav Pabla

@Devon Meadows lives in a forest with his wife and two-year-old daughter.

He also runs a successful Skool Community.

Here's how.

Devon's Skool: https://www.skool.com/fbads/about

LAUNCH A SKOOL FOR FREE: http://tinyurl.com/skool-games

JOIN DOUG’S FREE COMMUNITY: https://www.skool.com/community-merge-mastery-2687

6 years ago, Doug Boughton was waiting tables in a restaurant.

He was $114k in debt, hated his job and was hungry for “more.”

Just 2 years later, he ended up speaking on stage with Russell Brunson after doing over $1M in online sales.

Now, he’s one of the most successful community builders on the planet.

Here’s how he did it.

JOIN SKOOL NOW: http://tinyurl.com/skool-games Armin Shafee is a master storyteller, founder of HTC University, and an early investor in Skool. In this episode, we talk about: - The primal storytelling trick that ACTIVATES people’s emotions - Creating content that GENERATES more sales than you can handle - And his plan to build a long-term, SUSTAINABLE business that changes lives on Skool. Check it out!

JOIN SKOOL FOR FREE: http://tinyurl.com/skool-games

Laura Buhl is a mom, journal-lover and Skool Games Winner.

In this episode, we talk about:

- Starting a 7-figure business by accident

- The “slow-growth method” that took her to $23k/month

- And how to beat your competition by creating “beautiful things”

Check it out.

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Laura's Skool: https://www.skool.com/impactstationery

JOIN SKOOL FOR FREE: http://tinyurl.com/skool-games

Ted Carr is a million-dollar community builder, Skool Games Winner and an early investor in Skool.

He’s also a pretty weird guy (he’s technically homeless, only eats fruit, and is from Canada).

But what’s even weirder is his plan to go from millionaire to billionaire in the next few years.

In this episode, I caught up with him in Vegas to find out:

- His roadmap to $1,000,000,000

- The secrets to his Skool Success

- Myths that hold beginners back from greatness

- And the bizzare events that led to him investing in Skool before most people even knew about it.

Check it out.

Ted's Skool: https://www.skool.com/contentpreneurship

JOIN SKOOL: http://tinyurl.com/skool-games

Sifu John Cogan runs Wing Chun Academy, a Kung Fu Skool that makes over $25k per month.

In this episode, we talk about:

• Growing up with anger and aggression being a big part of his life
• Reflections from a night in prison as a 17-year-old
• How getting flicked across a room by an old man made him fall in love with Kung Fu
• (And “what the balls is going on” to even make that possible)
• Moving to Hong Kong to study his craft
• Opening up his own in-person teaching facility
• Starting his Skool after seeing the logo during a deep meditation
• Using Skool to get better results for his IRL students
• And his plan on winning The Skool Games by being a good student!

Check it out!

John's Skool: https://www.skool.com/wing-chun-kung-fu-school-4312/about

JOIN SKOOL: http://tinyurl.com/skool-games

Kai Nemzer is a Geometry Dash content creator and Skool community curator. In this episode, we talk about:

• Why his first Skool flopped
• (Even though he spent thousands of dollars on it)
• Helping out "the younger version of himself"
• How all businesses are in the "people transformation business"
• Striking a deal with the biggest influencer in his niche
• Fulfilling "the three dreams” of your target customer
• And his patient approach to winning The Skool Games

Check out Kai's free community here: https://www.skool.com/dashacademy/about

JOIN SKOOL FOR FREE: http://tinyurl.com/skool-games

Keitron Rankin is a Cybertruck winner, back-to-back Skool Games Champ and all-time leaderboard legend.

You’ve seen him flex online, smack-talk the competition and surge $50k+ MRR in 24 hours.

- But who is he REALLY?

- How is he dominating on Skool so quickly?

- And what's motivating him to make so much money?

Click here to find out👇🏼

Keitron's Skool: https://www.skool.com/billiondollarcircle/about

JOIN SKOOL: http://tinyurl.com/skool-games Ryan Schrope is a successful online business owner who... lives in a truck along with his wife Haley. In this episode I caught up with him to find out: - Why he lives in a truck (despite owning several houses) - Succeeding without an audience through "the watering-hole method" - And his number rule: "no hypotheticals" Check it out.

JOIN SKOOL FOR FREE: http://tinyurl.com/skool-games

Shariff Dyer II is a Skool Games Winner who has done over 5000+ sales calls.

In this interview, he reveals “the sales cheatcode” you can steal to 10x your number of paying members on Skool — even if you’ve never been on a sales call before.

Check it out.

Shariff's Skool: https://www.skool.com/wealth-mindset-3527

JOIN SKOOL: http://tinyurl.com/skool-games

Andrew Kirby is the official host of The Skool Games. In this episode, we talk about:

• The crazy rollercoaster journey of the last month
• How The Skool Games has changed the platform
• Predictions and expectations for the March Games
• The importance of authenticity in your content
• What to expect from the full-day Vegas-recordings with Hormozi
• Why making things simple is such hard work
• And an exciting announcement about Andrew's upcoming LIVE CALLS with February’s winners

Check it out!

JOIN SKOOL: http://tinyurl.com/skool-games

Erika Kulpina works as Community Support & Vibe Architect at Skool. In this episode, we talk about:

• Why humans want to be part of something bigger than themselves
• Essential ingredients for building online communities that satisfy this need
• Top tips for making sure your Skool is filled with the RIGHT kinds of people
• (+ a secret back-end trick to help facilitate this)
• Strategies to boost engagement
• Red flags to look out for in potential members
• And how she ended up working at Skool

Check it out!

JOIN SKOOL FOR FREE: http://tinyurl.com/skool-games

Turning broke mom’s into filthy rich Wall Street Traders might seem like a strange niche…

But it’s the idea that catapulted @Team Forex For Women to $116k monthly recurring revenue and the #1 spot on the All-Time Leaderboard 🐐

The good news is, success leaves clues.

All you gotta do is copy them.

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Forex For Women Skool Community: https://www.skool.com/forex-for-women-vip-members-4710/about

JOIN SKOOL: http://tinyurl.com/skool-games

Alexander Lorenzo is a Skool Games Winner and a Crypto-Millionaire who lost it all and rebuilt everything from scratch (twice).

In this episode, we talk about:

- The 3-step process he followed for building wealth

- How his first success set him up for failure

- Getting in on Ethereum the day before JP Morgan invested

- Missing out on a $500 million opportunity as a kid

- Going from 40 to 0 employees when the market crashed

- How Sam Ovens coaches us as business owners through the software of Skool

- And the ONLY THING early-stage entrepreneurs should focus on.

Check it out!

Alex’s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/alexanderoncrypto/?hl=en

JOIN SKOOL FOR FREE: http://tinyurl.com/skool-games

@Jack Roberts and @Adam Luke are the two friends behind a $100k/month AI community on Skool.

In this episode, we talk about:

- The power of hosting in-person meetups

- Using “Leaderboard Unlocks” to supercharge engagement

- And how they cut their churn in half

Check it out.

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Join Jack's Skool here: https://www.skool.com/ai-automations-by-jack-4235/about

JOIN SKOOL: http://tinyurl.com/skool-games

Wiktor Romanowicz is on the Growth Team at Skool. In this episode, we talk about:

• Why YouTubers struggle to make money
• (Even if they have a huge following)
• The treadmill of making content vs the joy of serving a community
• How to not feel scammy while monetizing
• Strategies he's used to bring some of the biggest creators onto the platform
• The opportunity to partner with big influencers to co-create Skool communities together
• Why community is the answer to the loneliness epidemic
• And the #1 YouTuber he'd like to see join Skool

Check it out!

JOIN SKOOL: http://tinyurl.com/skool-games

Daddy Wellness, aka Richie Lovelace, is the cult social media icon behind Dialed University and a winner of the March Skool Games.

In this episode, we talk about:

• Why he tracks the step count of people inside his community
• Trying to win The Skool Games during his last 30 days of college
• Why people crave “authentic” content on social media
• Having moderation in everything… including moderation
• The secrets behind his meteoric rise on social media
• Leaving behind the world of Growth Equity to focus on the wellness niche
• And why you should give away 10 months of value before making an ask for your audience.

Check it out!

Richie’s Skool: https://www.skool.com/dialed-university-6199/about

JOIN SKOOL: http://tinyurl.com/skool-games

Evelyn Weiss is currently #3 on The Skool Games Leaderboard. In this episode, we talk about:

• Why she's been trying to keep her group a secret
• (And how it ended up hitting $10k MRR in three days anyway)
• Her decision to go for low-ticket instead of high-ticket
• Using your community as a market research group
• 100xing the value members get
• And her plan to win The Skool Games

Check it out!

JOIN SKOOL: http://tinyurl.com/skool-games

Evelyn Weiss is a Skool Games Winner, legendary online community builder, and a hugely valuable member of the Skool Community.

In this episode, she over-delivers once again, diving deep into:

• The superpowers she’s had from childhood
• Why she hated school (even though she was a straight-A student)
• Being bullied for writing her first book
• Leaving home at 16 to become a waitress
• How she became a wizard at running ads
• Her unbelievable journey to becoming “The Queen of Low-Ticket”
• The relationship between co-dependency and sensitivity
• Learning to set boundaries as an empath
• The true cost of growth
• And how business has radically transformed her life and the lives of so many people other people around the world.

Check it out!

Evelyn’s Skool: https://www.skool.com/digital-offer-builders

JOIN SKOOL: http://tinyurl.com/skool-games

Jade Jemma is a Sales Strategist and the SASSIEST user on Skool.

In this episode, we talk about:

• Offending Americans with her English sense of humour
• Building a huge community on Meetup 15 years ago
• How she found her niche
• Ditching corporate life
• Getting up to mischief on the platform
• And why using Skool feels like escaping into Narnia

Check it out!

Jade's Skool: https://www.skool.com/house/about

JOIN THE GAMES NOW: http://tinyurl.com/skool-games Andrew Kirby is a 22-year old, financially free YouTuber with 650k subs — and the official host of The Skool Games! In this episode we talk about: - “Rowing hard” vs “being on the right boat” (ft. Warren Buffet) - How to become a “Synthesizer” - And why The Skool Games the single greatest opportunity on the internet right now Click here to join now: http://tinyurl.com/skool-games

JOIN SKOOL: http://tinyurl.com/skool-games

Michele Oneil runs Digital Growth Community: the #3 engaged community on Skool. In this episode, we talk about:

• Creating a business that pays you every single day
• How her 3-year-old grand-daughter kickstarted her digital marketing journey
• Making a million dollars online in under 17-months
• Using daily videos to supercharge momentum inside her Skool
• Going on a cruise with her community
• Leaving a legacy to her 6 kids and 5 grandkids
• Growing the skin of the rhinoceros.
• And the number one piece of advice she'd give to people at the start of their Skool journey

Check it out!

Michele's Skool: https://www.skool.com/digital-elearning-platform-9510/about

JOIN SKOOL: http://tinyurl.com/skool-games

Daniel Iles is the founder of Viral Coach the #6 community in the Skool Games and a business that has helped their clients get billions of view on social media.

In this episode, we talk about:

• Why he kicked 3000+ people out of his paid community
• How to compete against HUGE content creators that spend $100k+ on social media every month
• Why posting several times per day as a small creator doesn’t make any sense
• Ascending community members into high-ticket packages
• The #1 mistake new creators make online
• How to reach strangers as a nobody online
• Why obsessing over what colour of captions to use will never make you famous
• “With or without you energy”
• The expert-experience-observation continuum
• And why organic content beats ads for growing your Skool Community

Check it out!

Daniel’s Skool: https://www.skool.com/viralcoach/about

Discover if Skool is right for you: http://tinyurl.com/skool-games

@Nicholas Fowler is a full-time, active-duty member of The US Military.

He also came 1st in the August Skool Games with $50k MRR added in 30 days.

(With only 3 hours a day to dedicate to Skool after “work”).

In this episode, we talk about:

- Turning his mum into a 6-figure TikToker

- Making more money in a month than most people do in a year

- And his daily schedule during The Skool Games

Check it out.

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Nick’s Skool: [https://www.skool.com/formula](https://www.skool.com/formula/about)

JOIN SKOOL NOW: http://tinyurl.com/skool-games In this episode, Doug Boughton shares how he earns $80,000 per month with Skool, including: - Tactics for "closing” customers without sales calls - Avoiding the entrepreneurial trap of "reinventing the wheel” - Gamification techniques that lead to massive client results in his communities - How his Skool community bought a house for someone who needed it - And his plan for winning The Skool Games Check it out! Doug on Skool: https://www.skool.com/@doug-boughton-...

JOIN SKOOL FOR FREE: http://tinyurl.com/skool-games

30 days ago, @Stephen G. Pope “decided” to win the Skool Games by building a $35k per month business from scratch.

But how do you become the sort of person who can “decide” to do something like this?

What are the skills, qualities, and traits you need to achieve in one month what many people struggle to do in five years?

The good news is we caught up with Stephen in Vegas to share his secret.

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Stephen’s Free Skool: https://www.skool.com/content-academy

Stephen’s Paid Skool: https://www.skool.com/no-code-architects/about

Video documenting his full Skool journey and process: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xUXsQyaYvow

David Ondrej is a 22-year-old from Czech Republic who is making $45k per month with his AI Skool Community.

In this episode, we talk about:

• If the hype around AI is real or fake
• How AI Agents will allow you to "build your own team members”
• Quitting his 400k subscriber YouTube Channel to go all-in on Skool
• Coming from a small village with less than 500 people
• And why the smart will get smarter

Check it out!

David's Skool: https://www.skool.com/new-society

JOIN SKOOL: http://tinyurl.com/skool-games

Faye Ng runs the #1 community on Skool and a YouTube Channel with over 1 million subscribers.

In this episode, we talk about:

• Why she plays Call of Duty as soon as she wakes up
• “Accidentally” becoming an influencer
• How one viral video changed her life
• Why her boyfriend wanted her to join Skool
• The “ripple-effect” she wants to have on the world
• How Skool builds deeper relationships with her “besties”
• 24/7 efforts to ensure her community is a safe space
• Why she wants to finish uni despite having the opportunity to be a full-time content creator
• Driving crazy engagement with her “Focus50 Challenge”
• And her plan to win The Skool Games

Check it out!

Faye’s community: https://www.skool.com/fayefilmsacademy

JOIN SKOOL: http://tinyurl.com/skool-games

Jed Dorsey founded Acrylic University, an online Skool that helps people reconnect with their dream of becoming an artist.

In this episode, we talk about:

• Having the courage to quit his job to pursue art
• How getting featured in a TV show made him go viral
• (At a time when he had no paintings to sell!)
• The difference between a craftsman and a businessman
• Spending 6-months recording his first course
• (Only to re-do it after getting feedback from customers!)
• Why he STOPS people from joining his Skool most of the year
• And how teaching others makes him a better artist

Check it out.

Jed's Skool: https://www.skool.com/acrylic-university/about

JOIN SKOOL FOR FREE: http://tinyurl.com/skool-games

The School Of Hard Knocks have amassed over 2.5 billion views and 6 million followers on social media by asking some of the wealthiest people on the planet how they made their money.

You’ve probably seen their clips… Lots of them.

But what you haven’t seen is the hard work, failures and risks behind-the-scenes while building their massive media empire.

In this episode, we ask the question-askers what they’ve learned from rubbing shoulders with billionaires that you can apply to your life and Community today.

Check it out.

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School of Mentors Community: https://www.skool.com/school-of-mentors-1850/about

JOIN THE SKOOL GAMES: http://tinyurl.com/skool-games

Max Perzon is a Swedish entrepreneur who has made over a million dollars teaching others how to make money online. He's also a winner of the first Skool Games.

In this episode, we talk about:

• Why he dropped out of "real school"
• Getting punched in the face by his girlfriend's dad
• (And how it was a huge wake-up moment in his life)
• Paying $50 dollars to interview an important mentor
• Losing it all and having to move back with his parents at 25
• Making $600k in his first year on Skool WITHOUT a paid community
• Becoming an “egotistical utilitarian”
• How he created his 7-hour masterclass over one weekend
• What he would do differently if we was competing in The Games again
• And how winning The Skool Games is just the beginning of his journey

Check it out!

Max's Skool: https://www.skool.com/maxpremium/about

After grinding on Skool for over two years with two failed groups and no money to show for it, Kai Nemzer launched a new community that hit $57k in one month — and won the Skool Games.

In this rollercoaster conversation, we talk about:

• The one tweak he made that changed everything
• Why his parents being therapists helped him get a billion views
• Going all-in on YouTube instead of going to college
• How insane amounts of failure and pain helped him (eventually) win
• And the cheat codes he wishes he had known when starting off.

Enjoy!

Kai's Skool: https://www.skool.com/ytgrowth

JOIN SKOOL: http://tinyurl.com/skool-games

Mankz & Fahad run operations for Eddie Abbew's Skool: a community focused on losing weight and gaining muscle.

In this episode, we talk about:

• Discovering Eddie on social media
• Why they knew he had huge potential to make money online
• Driving down to meet him and strike a deal
• How Eddie gained 2 million followers in under 2 years
• Details on their funnel and current growth strategy
• Useful tool that saves them 100+ hours on IG
• Their retention strategy for Skool
• And how they've been personally transformed along the way

Check it out!

Eddie's Skool: https://www.skool.com/abbewcrew/about

JOIN SKOOL: http://tinyurl.com/skool-games

Hakeem Hoang is a Skool Games winner and the owner of Barber Accelerator.

In this episode, we talk about:

• Quitting medical school to start cutting hair
• Growing up as an immigrant in Australia
• What it felt like to retire his mum at such a young age
• Discovering his granda was a commander in the Vietnam War
• Having a machine gun vs a sniper approach to social media
• Increasing his prices from “free dollars” to $350
• How he blew up on TikTok posting "before vs after" style content
• Barbering and men's mental health
• Tips and techniques for starting conversations and developing deep connections with strangers
• Why barbering is the ultimate training ground for entrepreneurship
• And the most he’s ever charged for a haircut

Check it out!

Hakeem’s Skool: https://www.skool.com/barber-accelerator-9139/about

JOIN SKOOL FOR FREE: http://tinyurl.com/skool-games

Patrice's Skool: https://www.skool.com/herizon/about

Nav Pabla is a mental health content creator with 300k+ followers on Instagram and a thriving Skool community.

In this episode, we talk about:

• Revealing her face and real name online for the first time
• How she felt when Hormozi roasted her about page
• Wild theories on why Skool is resonating with people on a deeply emotional level
• Hot takes on how “every Skool community is it's own planet”
• How she got her first members
• And her MRR goals for Christmas this year

Check it out!

Nav's Skool: https://www.skool.com/the-phoenix-field-7722/about

JOIN SKOOL FOR FREE: http://tinyurl.com/skool-games

Andrew Kirby is a YouTuber with 600k subscribers and the Host of The Skool Games.

By age 21, he had made over $1M online and scaled 3 different businesses to $100k/mo.

Now, he’s on a mission to find the easiest way for you to hit your first $10k month on Skool.

In this episode, we talk about:

- Why he quit YouTube to get a 9-5 job

- How he ended up working with Skool

- His biggest lessons from Sam Ovens + Alex Hormozi

- And the fastest path to 10k/mo.

Check it out!

Dylan Beese is a 23-year-old, 7-figure entrepreneur from Wales who is currently #9 on The Skool Games leaderboard.

In this episode, we talk about:

• The misconceptions around what he does for a living
• How he started working with OnlyFans creators
• Getting over shiny object syndrome
• Scaling his agency to $500k per month
• The #1 thing you need to do before sending a DM
• "Selling the call, not the service”
• His secret Instagram strategy
• How his mum's cancer diagnosis motivated his entrepreneurial journey
• And why he believes he's already won The Skool Games

Check it out!

Dylan's Skool: https://www.skool.com/ofm-insiders/about

JOIN SKOOL FOR FREE: http://tinyurl.com/skool-games

Benny D is a rapper-turned-entrepreneur.

After hitting rock bottom in his music career, he joined a Skool Community to learn Copywriting.

Now... just a few years later, he runs an online business with @Ted Carr that makes $1M/year.

In this episode, we talk about:

- His rise from Skool Community Student to COO

- How to build out a world-class team who will never leave you

- And the importance of operating in your ZONE OF GENIUS

Check it out.

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Connect with Benny D on Skool: https://www.skool.com/@bennydlowkey?g=community

Ilana and Daniel Bissonnette are the mother-son duo behind a successful female health business. In this episode, we talk about: - The pros and cons of going into business with your family - Having the courage to be different to the people around you - And why they decided to win The Skool Games together Check it out! Ilana's Skool Community: https://www.skool.com/method/about

JOIN SKOOL: http://tinyurl.com/skool-games

Alberto Riehl runs Predictable Premium, an Insurance community that’s currently ranked #1 on The Skool Games leaderboard.

In this episode, we talk about:

• Why he believes high-ticket is dead
• The benefits of Skool forcing us to “win our customers business every month”
• Strategically positioning big events/high-energy activities at the end of the month to help with retention
• Using AI to turn his “shittiest leads” into sales
• Why wanting to quit 50 times per year is normal (and how to combat that feeling)
• How text messages are the “new email”
• His deeply personal connection to the insurance niche
• Why he joined Sam Ovens’ mastermind 8-years-ago
• The power of executing
• And sage advice he’d give to a 20-year-old version of himself.

Check it out!

Alberto’s Skool: https://www.skool.com/predictable-premium-live-7361/about

JOIN SKOOL: http://tinyurl.com/skool-games Isaiah Rivera Colon is a pro dunker with the world's highest vertical and the #3 community on Skool. In this episode we chat about: - Growing his Skool to 20k+ people - Converting Instagram comments into customers - Treating social media content like a science-project - Patience in the monetization process - And his game plan to meet Alex Hormozi Check it out! Isaiah's Skool: https://www.skool.com/thp/about

JOIN SKOOL: http://tinyurl.com/skool-games

Scott Haug is a Skool Games Winner and the owner of the Energetics Program.

In this episode, we talk about:

• The story of the fly and the window
• How he made his first “quantum leap”
• Putting his last dollar towards a Bob Proctor conference
• Writing his life’s dream down on a napkin in a Vegas Casino
• (And seeing it come true!)
• The importance of IMPLEMENTING instead of always “just learning”
• Why Skool has transformed his business
• And the “cosmic dream” for the future of his community

Check it out!

Scott’s Skool: https://www.skool.com/scotthaugprogram/about

JOIN SKOOL NOW: http://tinyurl.com/skool-games

Max Perzon is a Swedish entrepreneur who has made over $650k on Skool and is now on a mission to help you do the same.

In this episode, we talk about:

• How he got 30k members in his community MaxFree
• The power of giving away massive FREE value to your audience
• Managing free vs paid communities
• And why SKOOL is about to go TO THE MOON!

Ready to get started?

JOIN SKOOL NOW: http://tinyurl.com/skool-games

JOIN SKOOL: http://tinyurl.com/skool-games

Hamza is the cult leader behind Adonis School, a Skool Community that currently generates over $2 million in annual recurring revenue.

In this episode, we talk about:

• His deeply personal origin story
• The "spider-bite” that kickstarted his hero journey
• Why he chose to embrace the suffering of YouTube
• (And why he continues to choose it today)
• The struggle of trying to monetise without “selling out”
• How Skool changed everything for him
• Stacking the value of his community by 10x
• The power of selling with conviction
• And where he sees the future of his community going

Check it out!

Hamza's Skool: https://www.skool.com/adonis/about

JOIN SKOOL: http://tinyurl.com/skool-games

Samuel Earp quit his corporate job to pursue his childhood dream of becoming an artist. He now makes a full-time wage teaching others to paint on Skool!

In this episode, we talk about:

• How lifting weights makes him a better painter
• Becoming “comfortable with being uncomfortable”
• How Skool changed his life
• Putting a price on something as subjective as “art”
• How he became a full-time artist without ever going to Art School
• The importance of getting your “brush mileage in”
• And advice he’d give to anyone starting out on Skool

Check it out!

Sam’s Skool: https://www.skool.com/samuel-earp-online-art-school/about

JOIN SKOOL: http://tinyurl.com/skool-games

Kenneth Smith is the owner of The Creditprenuer Group ****and is currently ranked #6 on The Skool Games Leaderboard.

In this episode, we talk about:

• How he started making money online
• Discovering his niche
• Getting paid to help people improve their credit
• Creating a $600k business in under 60 days
• Using insanely valuable free gifts to encourage people to join his community
• How he upsells people into his high ticket offers
• And why he never sends traffic to the Skool About page.

Check it out!

Kenny's Skool: https://www.skool.com/creditprenuer/about

JOIN SKOOL: http://tinyurl.com/skool-games

Jennifer Gizzi is an ex-airforce influencer mom of 4 who will eat your excuses for breakfasts.

Jennifer Gizzi is an ex-airforce influencer mom of 4 who won the May Skool Games while moving house

In this episode, we talk about:

- Why it's never a good time to start your business

- Having to step up after her husband recently lost her job

- Launching "too early” and having $8k not counted towards leaderboard

- Dealing with burnout

- And how she won the games by ONLY selling through DMs

Check it out!

Jennifer's Skool: https://www.skool.com/elite-influencer-coaching-8221/about

JOIN SKOOL: http://tinyurl.com/skool-games

Sam Ovens is the founder & CEO of Skool. In this episode, we talk about:

• Art, nostalgia and the glory-days of the internet
• His personal transformation from "corporate” to "fun”
• Selling consulting.com to go all-in on Skool
• How he raised $5 million in 20 minutes
• Partnering up with Alex Hormozi for The Skool Games
• “Hooking up his consciousness” to the Skool platform
• And his vision for reaching 1 billion users

Check it out!

JOIN SKOOL FOR FREE: http://tinyurl.com/skool-games

Bijan's Skool: https://www.skool.com/@bijanizadi

JOIN SKOOL: http://tinyurl.com/skool-games

Nick Guadagnoli is Chief of Staff at Skool. In this episode, we talk about:

• Why 10-true regulars is all you need
• How Skool discovered it's power users
• The power of treating your online community like an in-person event
• Art, programming, play & emergence theory
• Coming up with minimal viable solutions to problems
• Ways Skool keeps their internal culture strong
• And how we can do the same in our communities

Check it out!

JOIN SKOOL FOR FREE: http://tinyurl.com/skool-games

Dan Sullivan has been coaching entrepreneurs for 50+ years. His workshop-based community Strategic Coach makes $40M+ ARR.

(Yes, that’s forty million dollars of annual recurring revenue).

In this interview, he reveals:

- The 4C formula that will change the way you think about business

- Why you should never retire

- And the one question that will make you more money than you could possibly imagine.

Check it out.

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Dan’s Book “10X Is Easier Than 2x”: https://geni.us/3TJimw

JOIN SKOOL: http://tinyurl.com/skool-games

Cody Dunlap is the owner of the SBE Content Creators Skool. In this episode, we talk about:

• Why you don't have to reach a big audience if your niche is lucrative
• Success stories from his students who make thousands with less than 200 followers
• Making $400k in January alone
• The future of online education and how Skool will lead the way
• And why investing in yourself is the fastest way to personal growth/transformation

Check it out!

JOIN SKOOL: http://tinyurl.com/skool-games

Kyle Henris is a few hours away from winning The April Skool Games by adding $70k+ MRR to his 100 Days To Freedom Journey Community.

In this episode, we talk about:

• How a relationship breakdown kickstarted his entrepreneurial journey
• Quitting a steady job as an accountant to pursue the path to freedom
• Ripping up his retirement plans to start living retired while he was young
• Discovering the mad and crazy world of ClickFunnels
• Having 1 person show up to his webinar after 6+ months of prep
• Picking himself up again to double down on making money online
• How he discovered Skool and ended up winning the games
• The one feature request he wishes Skool had
• And what he'd do to rebuild if he lost it all tomorrow

Check it out!

Kyle's Skool: https://www.skool.com/investceo-with-kyle-henris-4723/about

Dan Harrison and Alexander Om are some of the earliest community builders on Skool.

Since then, they've won the Skool Games thrice, hosted 10+ in-person masterminds and learned a TONNE about letting the right people into their community — while keeping the wrong people out.

I caught up with them on the beach in LA to find out:

Check it out <3

JOIN SKOOL: http://tinyurl.com/skool-games

Levi Patton & Christian Crenshaw are the co-founders of Muzic Money, a community that helps people in the music industry make a killing doing what they love.

In this episode, we talk about:

• Becoming locally famous in their city
• Booking 21 Savage, Kodak Black and Wacka Flacka for college shows
• Losing their identity over COVID
• Partnering with industry-goat Zaytoven
• Winning The Skool Games
• And their plan to create the "Harvard” of the music industry

Check it out!

Muzic Money VIP: https://www.skool.com/mfm-millionz-from-music-5010/about

Muzic Money Free: https://www.skool.com/muzic-money/about

JOIN SKOOL: http://tinyurl.com/skool-games

Maximilian Saal and Eric Steigner launched their community with no course, no audience and no plan.

9 months later, they've made over 2 million dollars using The Pioneer Group Method**™.**

In this episode, they share the EXACT step-by-step blueprint of how they did it so you can COPY their strategy and apply it to your niche.

👇🏼 Check it out 👇🏼

Speak German? Check out their free German Speaking community here: https://www.skool.com/mission-1-3765/about

JOIN SKOOL: http://tinyurl.com/skool-games Seth Godin is a world-renowned marketer, entrepreneur and the best-selling author of 21 best-selling books, including: The Dip, Linchpin, Purple Cow, Tribes, and This Is Marketing. In this episode we talk about: - The two questions that will unlock your business - How 1000 true fans is all you need - (And why 5 might even be enough) - "Shunning the non-believers" - His experience running some of the most successful online communities to ever exist - And the power of "shipping your work" daily. Check it out! // JOIN SKOOL: http://tinyurl.com/skool-games //

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Dan Harrison is one of the most successful and earliest creators on Skool. In this episode, we talk about:

• Why he kicks so many people out of his communities
• Staying laser-focused on a niche
• (Even when you could reach more people)
• Closing $10k coaching programs with no sales calls
• And why switching from a transactional to a relational mindset will skyrocket your success on Skool

Check it out!

Dan on Skool: https://www.skool.com/@dan-harrison

JOIN SKOOL: http://tinyurl.com/skool-games

Shadriq Khan is a Skool Games Winner and the owner of the Gladiators community.

In this episode, we talk about:

• Quitting his safe and secure Cybersecurity job to become an entrepreneur
• Working as a milk boy in Walmart to save for his first course
• “Reparenting” his mind
• The recession-proof business model that made him $75k per month
• Shutting down a $250k/month agency to pursue community
• An Instagram Reel “boost strategy” that helped him win the Games
• The power of shifting the identity of your Skool members
• And why it’s essential to get out from the sidelines and into the arena

Check it out!

Shark’s Skool: https://www.skool.com/gladiatorprogram/about

JOIN SKOOL: http://tinyurl.com/skool-games

Khan Magne runs the Happy Small Business Community on Skool.

In this episode, we talk about:

• Crafting a small business where EVERYBODY wins
• Why telling the truth is the best business tactic
• “Creating your own clients” instead of running ads
• Making $141k in 8 days on Skool
• Transitioning from the stress of a service-based agency
• His “zero manipulation” policy with customers
• Running his business without sales calls
• (And freeing up countless hours in the process)
• How pirating Sam Oven’s courses led to him becoming a loyal customer
• And the importance of sowing seeds instead of always going for the harvest

Check it out!

Khan’s Skool: https://www.skool.com/happy-small-business-community-9971/about

JOIN SKOOL: http://tinyurl.com/skool-games

Max Perzon is the first person to win the Skool Games twice. To celebrate, Wiktor Romanowicz and I caught up with him in Vegas to discover:

- A nugget from the 1st mastermind that doubled his sales in 30 days

- The right time to hire people (and how to do it)

- What a “Skool Specialist” is & how they can make a lot of money

- His #1 idea for reducing churn/increasing retention

- Why the MaxPremium Metaverse failed

- And the most bulletproof way to reprogram your mind to become a successful person

Check it out!

Max's Skool: https://www.skool.com/masterclass/about

JOIN SKOOL: http://tinyurl.com/skool-games

Three months, ago Patrice Moore quit her job to go all-in on Skool… Now she's about to hit her first $10k month!

In this episode, we talk about:

- The importance of her first sale (and how she got it)

- Going from no niche → sales-call confident in less than 30-days

- How she built a community without any audience or expertise to sell

- And the exact playbook she'd use if starting from scratch again today.

Check it out!

Patrice's Skool: https://www.skool.com/branded/about

JOIN SKOOL: http://tinyurl.com/skool-games Calvin Hollywood is the secret retention expert Skool Games Winners DM when they need help. His approach to LEADING communities is extremely counter-cultural. But the results speak for themselves.

JOIN SKOOL: http://tinyurl.com/skool-games

Ryan Duncan is a leaderboard menace and the co-founder of GIF.

In this episode, we talk about:

• How many hours he spends per day on the platform
• Single-handedly raising the Skool GIF bill
• Trying to win the Games with a $1 dollar community
• His monitor set-up for having 3 Skool tabs open at once
• Getting challenged to fight by a professional boxer on Skool
• And the hidden keyword to Sam Ovens' favourite GIF

Check it out!

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Ryan's Skool: https://www.skool.com/gif/about

Sam's interview with Shana: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j5c5EsKVXdM

Join Skool: https://www.skool.com/games?ref=ef9ab8589baa43298d5b59362e460ae0 Today we’re joined by Mike & Troy, who: - Run Midas Touch Trading Group (the #1 Trading Community on Skool) - Offer LIVE follow-along trading where you can see exactly what they're doing to accelerate your own learning. - And make $100k+ a month doing so! Enjoy!

JOIN SKOOL: http://tinyurl.com/skool-games

Jeffrey Buoncristiano is a Skool Games winner and the co-founder of Captivate.

In this episode, we talk about:

• His big duck energy
• The behind-the-scenes reality of winning the games
• A sponge metaphor that will change the way you do business
• The power of following your gut
• Crying tears of joy
• And how Skool has allowed him to finally find his people

Check it out!

Buon's Skool: https://www.skool.com/unfckd/about

JOIN THE SKOOL GAMES: http://tinyurl.com/skool-games

Ted Carr is an early investor in Skool and a February Games winner.

In this episode, we talk about his key insights from the 1-day with Hormozi, including:

• x4 quotes that will change his business forever
• Maker vs Manager Schedules
• Taking the leap from solopreneur to CEO
• Having a "WHO NOT HOW" mentality
• Adding $50k MRR to his business in 1 month
• And how The Skool Games has changed the trajectory of his entrepreneurial journey
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Check it out!

Ted's Skool: https://www.skool.com/contentpreneurship/about

Salha Aziz won The Skool Games while taking care of her kids at home.

In this episode, we talk about:

- Losing her job as a Zumba instructor because of COVID

- Overcoming her fear of speaking on camera

- And transitioning from "doing" to "coaching"

Check it out.

Salha's community: https://www.skool.com/beyondthebranddeals

Start your own community on Skool: http://tinyurl.com/skool-games

JOIN SKOOL FOR FREE: http://tinyurl.com/skool-games

🎉 Skool History has officially been made 🎉 These two crazy dudes (@Valdo Ai + @CreatorPascal aka. Pascio) just sold their Community! To celebrate, I hopped on a quick call to figure out how they did it. (And how you could too). 👇🏼

Valdo's Skool Profile: https://www.skool.com/@valdo-ai-3481

Pascal’s Skool Profile: https://www.skool.com/@notion-pascio-6264

JOIN SKOOL: http://tinyurl.com/skool-games

Antonio Centeno is a YouTuber with 3.5 million subs, fashion entrepreneur, father of 7 kids and the founder two of the biggest Skool communities on the platform — Real Men Real Style and The Brotherhood of Scent.

In this episode, we talk about:

• The first time he got a tailor-fitted suit (it's not what you think)
• How to use style as a tool
• Hormozi's “uniform”
• Putting his kids to work in the community
• Sending hand-written letters and gifts to reward engagement
• A crazy tactic for helping people jump to level 3 with their first comment
• And the best gift he's ever received.

Check it out!

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Fashion community: https://www.skool.com/rmrs/about

Scent community: https://www.skool.com/bos/about

Contact form: https://www.realmenrealstyle.com/contact/

Interview with Sam he referenced: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j5c5EsKVXdM

JOIN SKOOL: http://tinyurl.com/skool-games

Yogi Bryan & Builder Eric are the genius’ behind "Release Your F*cks”, the #5 most engaged community on Skool.

In this episode, we talk about:

• How combining surprising ingredients (like meditation and f-bombs) can create powerful niches
• The secret sauce behind their insane engagement
• Using a 90-day challenge to deliver incredible results
• Stacking gamification to never-seen-before levels inside Skool
• Why their tribe are so passionate
• “Shunning the non-believers”
• And their master plan for winning The Skool Games

Check it out!

Bryan & Eric's free community: https://www.skool.com/release-your-fcks-4327

Bryan & Eric's paid community: https://www.skool.com/yogi-bryan/about

JOIN SKOOL: http://tinyurl.com/skool-games

Daniel Bissonnette runs "The Skool Games Mastermind" Community on Skool. In this episode, we talk about:

• Starting his entrepreneurial journey at 9-years-old
• Why he deleted social media and walked away from being an influencer
• One dinner with Ted Carr that changed his life
• Discovering "The COO Method”
• How it now helps him make $30k p/m without showing his face and working crazy hours
• And how you can use it to succeed on Skool!

Check it out!

Daniel's webinar: https://www.contentpreneurs.net/yes

JOIN SKOOL FOR FREE: http://tinyurl.com/skool-games

@Max Perzon is a 4-time Skool Games Winner, Battle Royale Champ and recent Cybertruck owner 😉

In this episode, we talk about:

- Finding the right rocket ship to go all-in on

- Turning team members into life-long friends

- And why IRL events are the future of Skool

Check it out!

Max's Skool: https://www.skool.com/masterclass

JOIN SKOOL: http://tinyurl.com/skool-games

Rashida Robinson is a Skool Games Winner and the owner of Mogul Elite Club Community.

In this episode, we talk about:

• Driving Uber at 27-years old to make ends meet
• Moving to LA to become a professional dancer
• Getting fed up with being a struggling artist
• Losing everything after being fired from her corporate job
• Accidentally stumbling across a free webinar that changed her life
• Why failure is the cheat code to success
• Leveraging the power of partnerships for success
• Adding $20k MRR to her Skool Community in 30 days
• Her goal of bringing in 1-million per month via Skool
• And advice she’d give to her younger self.

Check it out!

Rashida’s Skool: https://www.skool.com/student-hot-seat-6431/about

JOIN SKOOL: http://tinyurl.com/skool-games.

Ian Macklin runs Elite Sales Alliance, the #6 community on Skool.

In this episode, we talk about:

• Being raised by his military mum in a single-parent household
• How a superstar cars salesman turned him and his twin brother's life around
• Becoming the top salesperson at Nissan
• Meeting Andy Elliott
• Building a 9-figure business from scratch
• Investing 40-50k into their Skool community
• The power of being SUPER clear on who your community is for
• (And who it's not for!)
• How their community prevented someone from committing suicide
• And his plans to win the Skool Games

Check it out!

Ian's Skool: https://www.skool.com/elitesalesalliance/about

JOIN SKOOL: http://tinyurl.com/skool-games

Justin Georgopoulos is a 26-year-old entrepreneur who runs a hugely successful painting business and the Trade Launch Skool Community.

In this episode, we talk about:

• Pretending he knew how to debone a chicken to get a job
• The mythical movie moment of meeting his mentor
• Selling over $500k in paint jobs without knowing how to paint
• (Or having any painters on payroll!)
• The power of viewing your struggles in the context of a story
• Hiring his roommates and friends to keep up the pace of his business
• Having his work van stolen… thrice!
• A nifty door-to-door closing technique you can use online
• How he built up demand for his community pre-launch
• Learning to chew faster after biting off more than you can chew!
• And how Skool allows you to profit from your pain and previous business problems

Check it out!

Justin's Skool: https://www.skool.com/paintprofit/about

JOIN SKOOL FOR FREE: http://tinyurl.com/skool-games

8-months ago, Farhoon Asim didn't have enough money for lunch.

Now he's a Skool Games Winner who makes $55k per month.

In this episode, we explore how.

Farhoon's Skool: https://www.skool.com/international-hustlers-academy/about

JOIN SKOOL: http://tinyurl.com/skool-games

Goose Dunlavey is a Skool Games winner and the co-founder of Captivate.

In this episode, we talk about:

• Why he's so colourful
• Becoming a jack-out-of-the-box
• Straight rainbows
• And why being authentic online makes you more money

Check it out!

Goose's Skool: https://www.skool.com/unfckd/about