This week is a bonus episode. We are cross posting a guest appearance I had on John Wilson's Owned and Operated podcast. I'm a big fan of John and enjoy his podcast immensely, and I wanted to share it with you all. In this episode, I share more about my philosophy behind the Operator's Handbook and all the ins and outs you want to know about podcasting. Near the end, I manage to turn the mic around on him and learn about his idea of bloating before optimizing and growing Wilson Plumbing and their other acquisitions. I hope you enjoy this Owned and Operated episode with John Wilson and myself.

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Links:

Owned & Operated Podcast

My First Million Podcast

Think Like An Owner Ep. 47 with John Wilson

Peter Attia’s private podcast

Knifepoint Horror Podcast - Apple Podcasts & Spotify

Grant’s Interest Rate Observer

The Economist

Harvard Business Review

BizBuySell

How to Get Rich by Felix Dennis

Topics:

(1:36) - Introducing Alex & discussing podcasting

(5:08) - Alex’s background, starting Think Like An Owner & The Operator’s Handbook

(9:34) - When did Think Like An Owner shift from being a hobby to a business?

(12:03) - The podcasting business model

(19:07) - Building The Operator’s Handbook and why Alex chose a print format

(31:20) - The process of creating one issue of The Operator’s Handbook

(35:39) - Subscriber growth from the first issue

(37:05) - The team behind The Operator’s Handbook

(39:16) - What’s the process like of bringing on a team?

(40:43) - Acquiring & growing publications and media outfits

(50:39) - John on growing his service businesses

(53:57) - Bloating with an imperfect process

(57:32) - Alex’s search for a media acquisition

(59:43) - Wrap up