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5 min read8 Entrepreneurs Compete for $100,000
Eight entrepreneurs who met with Alex Hormozi 90 days earlier returned to compete for a $100,000 investment and a year of guidance from his team. The qualification round was brutal: four of eight would be eliminated based purely on revenue growth since implementing Hormozi's custom roadmap. What followed was a demonstration of what happens when founders commit fully to a clear, specific plan—and a window into how Hormozi evaluates which businesses to back.
The constraint-first approach to rapid growth
Hormozi began each relationship by identifying a single binding constraint per business. For Tina, who coaches parents of children with autism and ADHD, the bottleneck was herself. For Ziad, running a concierge medicine practice, it was marketing. For Paul, who operated an adventure park, it was cash flow. For Caleb, a roofer six weeks into business, it was too few leads. For Hasi, whose father was the only dentist across three locations, it was clinical capacity capped by one person's calendar.
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What you'll learn
- 1 (00:00) **Competition Introduction & Stakes** - Alex Hormozi introduces eight entrepreneurs competing for $100,000 and a year of guidance from his team.
- 2 (01:31) **Tina Sue: Autism Parent Coaching** - Tina presents her business coaching parents of children with autism/ADHD, growing from $918k to $1.84M run rate in 90 days.
- 3 (02:42) **Ziad: Concierge Preventative Medicine** - Ziad runs a $3.2M concierge medicine practice; his constraint was marketing.
- 4 (03:59) **Mim Denkinson: Sticker Teaching Business** - Mim teaches crafters how to make stickers, growing from ~$850k to $1.76M run rate.
- 5 (05:17) **Nas: Moving Company** - Nas runs Flix Study Moving, a moving service growing from $360k to $1.03M run rate.
- 6 (06:43) **Paul Fontanelli: Adventure Park** - Paul runs Boulder Adventure Park at $4.8M run rate; his constraint was cash flow.
- 7 (08:43) **First Elimination: Paul** - Paul is eliminated for having the least growth.
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Show Notes
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Eight entrepreneurs, $100,000, and a golden ticket on the line. Ninety days after Alex gave each founder a scaling roadmap, they return to prove they ran the plan. The founders share their revenue growth stats, adherence to the plan, and greatest surprises in the implementation process. One leaves with the price and a year of guidance from the Acquisition.com team.
In this episode
00:00 Golden ticket stakes and round one rules
01:34 Contestants’ 90-day results and eliminations
17:13 Joey’s scaling roadmap deep dive
20:32 Kaleb’s implementation review
23:44 Tina’s pricing overhaul and mindset shift
26:17 Hasee’s hiring, sales, and content creation wins
29:36 Adherence round eliminations
34:11 Tina and Joey’s final sales pitches
42:32 Judges deliberate and reveal the winner
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