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5 min readGreg Reisenberg runs a holding company called Late Checkout that generates eight figures in revenue and mid-seven figures in profit across six businesses. He started them all with zero dollars. His path to this model came from a painful lesson: after working at WeWork, a venture-backed company that went from a $47 billion valuation to near collapse, he decided he would never again build an unprofitable, VC-dependent business. Instead, he developed a repeatable system for launching profitable businesses from day one, a model he calls multipreneurship.
The ACP Funnel: Audience, Community, Product
The core of Reisenberg's approach is what he calls the ACP funnel. It reverses the typical startup sequence. Instead of building a product first and then trying to find customers, he starts with an audience. He builds a social media following—on Twitter, Instagram, or TikTok—around a specific interest or niche. "Anyone can get to 10,000 followers," he says, noting that this is a modest and achievable starting point.
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What you'll learn
- 1 (02:11) **Introducing Greg and the Multipreneur Model** - Greg Reisenberg, CEO of Late Checkout, runs six businesses doing eight figures in revenue with mid-7 figures of profit.
- 2 (04:03) **Origin Story: From School Shooting to WeWork** - Greg's early life and the pivotal moment that shaped his drive.
- 3 (06:26) **First Business: LCA Innovation Agency** - How Greg launched his first post-WeWork company using the ACP funnel.
- 4 (08:27) **Transition to Multipreneur: Learning from Failure** - Greg's pivot from a failed product-first business back to the ACP funnel.
- 5 (09:48) **Hiring Strategy: Community and Cold DMs** - How Greg finds operators to run his businesses.
- 6 (10:32) **Idea Discovery and Rapid Building** - Greg's tools and process for finding and validating business ideas.
- 7 (11:44) **Multipreneurship vs. Solopreneurship** - Why Greg advocates for the multipreneur model and how to transition.
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The Multipreneur: He Makes $10M/Year With 6 Businesses
This is the breakdown of how Greg Isenberg makes over $10M/year with 6 businesses.
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