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5 min readHunter Hammonds has launched four businesses in four months, each a productized service built in partnership with a well-known creator, and each already generating over a million dollars in annual recurring revenue. He runs a company called Assembly, which aims to build 12 creator-led B2B brands in 12 months, targeting a million-dollar run rate for each within its first 30 days. The businesses include Hey Friends (a done-for-you YouTube agency with Ali Abdaal), Off Menu (a full-service design agency), Viral Cuts (a premium short-form content agency with Sam Parr and Cody Sanchez), and Keyframe (an animation studio with Dan Coe). Hammonds estimates that Off Menu alone will hit a $5 million run rate by the end of October. This is not his first rodeo—he spent 15 years building and failing at businesses before arriving at this model.
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What you'll learn
- 1 (01:26) **Hunter’s Background & The “Assembly” Thesis** - Host Pat Walls introduces Hunter Hammonds, who has launched four businesses in four months using a productized-services model, with the goal of building a million-dollar business every 30 days.
- 2 (03:18) **Portfolio Performance & Revenue Breakdown** - Hunter shares hard numbers on how each business is performing just four months in.
- 3 (03:49) **The Productized Service Model** - Hunter defines the core operating model: a clear, predefined service for a fixed monthly fee.
- 4 (04:25) **Hunter’s 15-Year Entrepreneurial Journey** - The backstory of failures and burnout that led to the current approach.
- 5 (05:57) **The Origin of Assembly: “12 in 12”** - How a single phone call with Sawhill Bloom crystallized the strategy of launching 12 businesses in 12 months.
- 6 (08:56) **How to Validate a Productized Service Idea** - Hunter’s framework for picking which markets to enter and how to win.
- 7 (09:48) **The Opportunity & Downside of Productized Services** - Hunter explains why the model is so powerful, but also admits its hidden weakness.
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Show Notes
He's Launching A New $1M Business Every Month 📚 Make Your First $1 (10x Faster) with Case Studies - https://www.starterstory.com/?utm_source=youtube&utm_campaign=hunter&yts=true📩 Business Ideas Newsletter - https://www.starterstory.com/newsletterIn this video, I flew out to Chicago to meet Hunter Hammonds - the guy who's on a mission to build a 12 $1,000,000 businesses in 12 months. He shared everything about the method he's using to do it, how he's scaling so fast, and how the productized service is acting as a launchpad for an even bigger vision. Hope you guys get some inspiration from this!Follow Hunter & The Businesses 🐦 Twitter - https://twitter.com/_hunterhammondsOur Links 🔔 Subscribe - https://www.youtube.com/@starterstory 📸 Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/starter_story/ 🐦 Twitter - https://twitter.com/thepatwalls Sharing ideas that make money!Disclaimer: This podcast is published by a viewer using content from Starter Story's YouTube channel with the goal of making his valuable insights more accessible to those who prefer audio formats, helping more people discover and learn from the insights shared in his videos. It is not an official production of Starter Story. For any requests from Starter Story, please don't hesitate to get in touch. ---------- Keywords: app flipping, make money online, saas business, app marketing, side hustle, revenue stories
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