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The Game with Alex Hormozi

Alex Hormoziwww.acquisition.com
Welcome to The Game w/Alex Hormozi, hosted by entrepreneur, founder, investor, author, public speaker, and content creator Alex Hormozi. On this podcast you’ll hear how to get more customers, make more profit per customer, how to keep them longer, and the many failures and lessons Alex has learned on his path from $100M to $1B in net worth.
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Episodes

The Barbell Strategy for Surviving the AI Shift | Ep 982

Download your free personalized $100M scaling roadmap in under 30 seconds: https://www.acquisition.com/roadmap?el=yt-alex-486r&htrafficsource=youtube The rules haven't changed. Superior technology still beats inferior technology, every single time, from the Stone Age to right now. In this episode, Alex explains what AI means for business owners, why the last thing people will ever get paid to do is take risks, and how to position a business on the right side of the biggest economic shift in ...

Jun 25, 202612 min

The Psychological Power That Wins Every Negotiation Before You Sit Down | Ep 981

Download your free personalized $100M scaling roadmap in under 30 seconds: https://www.acquisition.com/roadmap?el=yt-alex-486r&htrafficsource=youtube Negotiation feels like guesswork when parties walk into a deal without leverage, structure, or language. In this episode, Alex Hormozi breaks down field-tested tactics he’s used across employees, vendors, and multimillion-dollar deals to systematically shift outcomes in his favor. This isn’t theory. It’s how real deals get done. In this episode...

Jun 23, 202611 min

I Caught My Employee Stealing. What Should I Do? | Ep 980

Download your free personalized $100M scaling roadmap in under 30 seconds: https://www.acquisition.com/roadmap?el=yt-alex-486r&htrafficsource=youtube Ethical decisions can cost something in the short term but pay premium dividends for decades. In this live hotline call, a business owner mid-sale discovers a key employee skimming. Alex breaks down exactly what to do legally, ethically, and strategically. From the reps and warranties liability that could blow up the deal, to why firing someone...

Jun 18, 202610 min

Why Trust Is a Bad Bet | Ep 979

Download your free personalized $100M scaling roadmap in under 30 seconds: https://www.acquisition.com/roadmap?el=yt-alex-486r&htrafficsource=youtube What does trust actually mean? How do you know that you trust someone? In this episode, Alex defines four types of trust and the two variables that determine each type. He offers a precise framework for understanding trust in relationships, becoming trustworthy, and how a single act of betrayal can undo years of trust overnight. In this episode...

Jun 16, 202610 min

Stop Trying to Fix the Thing That's Working | Ep 978

Download your free personalized $100M scaling roadmap in under 30 seconds: https://www.acquisition.com/roadmap?el=yt-alex-486r&htrafficsource=youtube Many entrepreneurs hide behind the belief that their businesses aren’t scalable. They want problems to stop so they can scale easier and faster. In this episode, Alex busts this myth, arguing that the demand for a problem-free business is the biggest problem. The edge isn't speed. It's staying with what works long after everyone else has quit. ...

Jun 11, 202613 min

How to Trade Your Way to a Better Deal Without Moving Your Price | Ep 977

Book Your Spot For The Live Scaling Workshop In Las Vegas: https://www.acquisition.com/o-vegas Most people negotiate with two variables: price and a prayer. Alex uses 80. In this episode, he breaks down three street-tested negotiation tactics he's used to acquire and scale multiple businesses. He explains why negotiation is never zero-sum, how to trade small concessions for massive wins, and the framing trick that turns a cost into a free investment. In this episode 00:00 The 3 contexts where ne...

Jun 09, 202611 minEp. 984

How to Build a Brand in the Age of AI | Ep 976

Book Your Spot For The Live Scaling Workshop In Las Vegas: https://www.acquisition.com/o-vegas AI won't disrupt all creators equally. It's coming for those who never had a real reason to be trusted in the first place. In this episode, Alex breaks down the creator risk continuum, explaining exactly where AI will disrupt first, and lays out the only strategy that will keep brands alive in this era. The answer isn't more content but proof, demonstrated in real time, at scale. In this episode 00:00 ...

Jun 04, 202614 minEp. 983

The 4 Paths To Mega Money | Ep 975

Download your free personalized $100M scaling roadmap in under 30 seconds: https://www.acquisition.com/roadmap?el=yt-alex-486r&htrafficsource=youtube Many people stay broke chasing shortcuts. The wealthy play a different game. In this episode, Alex breaks down the four paths that create massive wealth and explains why nearly every billionaire follows at least one of them. From bootstrapping businesses to raising capital, the lesson is simple: wealth is about choosing the right game and playi...

Jun 02, 202625 minEp. 982

The Bouquet Theory of Building a Brand From Zero | Ep 974

Join Alex at the 2-Day Interactive Scaling Workshop in Las Vegas: https://www.acquisition.com/o-vegas Most brands don't fail because of bad products but because they were not built on purpose. In this episode, Alex breaks down exactly what a brand is, why it makes money, and how to build a great one from scratch. He also shares the three metrics that tell owners whether their brands are working or dying. In this episode 00:00 Branding as a deliberate pairing of things 03:44 How to recover from b...

May 28, 202615 minEp. 981

Most Businesses are Hard to Scale | Ep 973

Download your free personalized $100M scaling roadmap in under 30 seconds: https://www.acquisition.com/roadmap?el=yt-alex-486r&htrafficsource=youtube The difference between a business that compounds and one that bleeds isn't hustle but structure. In this episode, Alex breaks down the five structural advantages that separate businesses built to last from the rest. From retention math that lets owners predict their wealth to the moat framework top brands have used for decades, he provides the ...

May 26, 202620 minEp. 980

How to Monetize an Audience Without Selling Out | Ep 972

Join Alex At The Live In-Person Scaling Workshop In Las Vegas: https://www.acquisition.com/o-vegas Many business owners are chasing the wrong metrics on social media. Alex pulled 3 billion impressions and 4.5 million new subscribers in 12 months, not by chasing views, but by obsessing over the right viewers. In this episode, he reveals the vanity metrics trap, why interest media is the game now, and the volume math that separates winners from losers. In this episode 00:00 Raw vs. curated social ...

May 21, 20268 minEp. 979

Watch This If You Own a Service Business | Ep 971

This episode features Alex Hormozi consulting with Corey, an HVAC business owner aiming to scale beyond $1.25M while tackling debt and lead generation issues. Alex provides a systematic game plan focusing on increasing prices, optimizing ad funnels, enhancing customer reactivation emails, and developing a robust affiliate program. A year later, Corey successfully implemented these tactics, doubling his revenue to $2.5M, significantly boosting lead flow, and planning a second location, demonstrating the power of incremental, data-driven improvements.

May 19, 202636 minEp. 978

Stop Waiting for Clarity | Ep 970

Join Alex At The Live Scaling Workshop in Las Vegas: https://www.acquisition.com/o-vegas Waiting to get clarity before taking action is a losing strategy. In this episode, Alex shares six principles for building capacity even when the next move isn't obvious. The secret, he argues, isn't knowing what to do. It's preparing so relentlessly that when the fat pitch finally comes, the prepared are already at the plate, warmed up, and swinging with everything they've got. In this episode 00:00 Build c...

May 14, 202612 minEp. 977

Solving 6 Scaling Problems | Ep 969

Download your free personalized $100M scaling roadmap in under 30 seconds: https://www.acquisition.com/roadmap?el=yt-alex-486r&htrafficsource=youtube Bigger businesses demand bigger tradeoffs, but most business owners just don’t want to pay them. In this episode, Alex coaches six business owners through the real bottlenecks stopping them from scaling. He breaks down why inbound and outbound sales teams should never mix, why premium businesses require premium talent, and why the fastest way t...

May 12, 202634 minEp. 976

4 Ways to Use AI in Your Business | Ep 968

Download your free personalized $100M scaling roadmap in under 30 seconds: https://www.acquisition.com/roadmap?el=yt-alex-486r&htrafficsource=youtube You don’t need to become an AI company to win. Build a company that uses AI better than everyone else. In this episode, Alex breaks down exactly how AI is changing marketing, sales, customer support, and operations without replacing the fundamentals that actually make businesses win. He explains how most founders are using AI wrong and why proo...

May 06, 202617 minEp. 975

The 5 Things I Look For Before Starting Any Business | Ep 967

Download your free personalized $100M scaling roadmap in under 30 seconds: https://www.acquisition.com/roadmap?el=yt-alex-486r&htrafficsource=youtube Most struggling entrepreneurs are working hard in a bad business and don't even know it. In this episode, Alex breaks down the five structural advantages that separate businesses that compound from those that stall. No amount of hustle can fix a structurally bad business. Choosing the right industry does more work for founders than they'll ever...

May 05, 202620 minEp. 974

The Two Changes That Grew This Business 44% in One Year | Ep 966

Download your free personalized $100M scaling roadmap in under 30 seconds: ⁠ https://www.acquisition.com/roadmap?el=yt-alex-486r&htrafficsource=youtube ⁠ Luis runs an online railing store earning millions in revenue. A year ago, 81% of his customers came from a single traffic source, his data attribution was completely broken, and he had nothing to show for his agency fees. Alex laid out a step-by-step system to double margins, triple leads, and build a customer base that kept coming back. O...

Apr 30, 202626 minEp. 973

How My $250 Million Portfolio Actually Makes Money | Ep 965

Book Your Spot for the Live Scaling Workshop in Las Vegas: https://www.acquisition.com/o-vegas Acquisition.com does more than selling books and advising entrepreneurs. Today, Alex breaks down ACQ’s flywheel from converting eyeballs into email lists, books, and school communities to ascending the right people into different tiers of the advisory experience. The revenue is then deployed into real estate, ventures, and private equity, creating a moat that is hard to replicate. In this episode 00:00...

Apr 28, 202616 minEp. 972

Before You Run Ads, Fix This One Thing First | Ep 964

Alex Hormozi advises several business owners on scaling, emphasizing the importance of dominating local markets and fixing internal issues before expanding nationally. Discussions include leveraging content, adjusting pricing strategies, effective brand management, and addressing customer churn in coaching models. The episode highlights common pitfalls of over-expansion and provides actionable insights for sustainable growth.

Apr 23, 202625 minEp. 971

Stop Ignoring AI | Ep 963

Download your free personalized $100M scaling roadmap in under 30 seconds: https://www.acquisition.com/roadmap?el=yt-alex-486r&htrafficsource=yout AI is here, and businesses that don’t adapt will be left behind. In this episode, Alex explains why adopting AI should be the top priority for any entrepreneur, leader, or employee. He shares insights on how AI-first businesses are already outpacing their competitors and why leveraging AI for automation, workflow optimization, and growth is critic...

Apr 21, 202624 minEp. 970

How to Scale an E-Commerce Business Past the $10M Wall | Ep 962

Download your free personalized $100M scaling roadmap in under 30 seconds: https://www.acquisition.com/roadmap?el=yt-alex-486r&htrafficsource=yout In this Q&A episode, Alex advises business owners on how to overcome growth bottlenecks by optimizing ad spend, testing new keywords, and building a defensible brand. He also tackles challenges around talent acquisition, outsourcing, and improving financial forecasting to scale e-commerce businesses effectively. In this episode 00:00 Lead gene...

Apr 16, 202641 minEp. 969

Embrace The Cringe | Ep 961

Join Alex Hormozi at the 2-Day, Interactive Scaling Workshop in Las Vegas: https://www.acquisition.com/o-vegas In this Q&A episode, Alex, who sold his e-commerce company for $46.2 million and set a Guinness World Record, answers key questions from business owners looking to scale. He advises them on how to overcome growth bottlenecks by optimizing ad spend, testing new keywords, and building a defensible brand. He also tackles challenges around talent acquisition, outsourcing, and improving ...

Apr 14, 20268 minEp. 968

One Step Away From Collapse (Here’s How We Fixed It) | Ep 960

Download your free personalized $100M scaling roadmap in under 30 seconds: https://www.acquisition.com/roadmap?el=yt-alex-486r&htrafficsource=youtube Joel built a $6.4M travel hedging company, but 85% of his customers come from one channel. If that channel dies, the business dies with it. In this episode, Alex Hormozi breaks down exactly how to fix this problem and turn a fragile business into a scalable business model. A good offer gets attention, but good systems scale the business. Focus ...

Apr 09, 202625 minEp. 967

How To Stop Solving Problems That Do Not Exist | Ep 959

Join Alex Hormozi At The Live Scaling Workshop in Las Vegas: https://www.acquisition.com/o-vegas Scaling any business requires a clear input-output equation that defines core actions to drive revenue growth. In this episode, Alex Hormozi (whose service companies generate over $30M annually) advises five entrepreneurs on how to scale their stagnant service businesses. To achieve success in entrepreneurship, you have to make consistent trade-offs between ambition, family time, distractions, and hi...

Apr 07, 202645 minEp. 966

How to Grow Your Brand In 2026 | Ep 958

Book Your Spot To Join The Live Scaling Workshop In Las Vegas: https://www.acquisition.com/o-vegas In the past 12 months, Alex Hormozi's social media exploded with 3 billion impressions and 4.5 million new subscribers, setting the stage for a record-breaking $105 million in sales for his books in one weekend. But how did he achieve this? Branding. In this episode, Alex breaks down his approach to creating an influential brand online, including leveraging emotional connections and associating a b...

Apr 02, 202638 minEp. 965

How To Sell Services To The Ultra Wealthy | Ep 957

This episode features Alex Hormozi advising two distinct businesses on overcoming growth hurdles. For a membership model, he outlines strategies to improve cash flow and lifetime value by restructuring annual offers with exclusive bonuses and strategic follow-up campaigns. For a service business targeting ultra-high-net-worth clients, Alex challenges their multi-tier pricing, suggesting a simpler, bespoke approach with a valuable, recurring retainer to foster long-term relationships and consistent revenue.

Mar 31, 202620 minEp. 964

$100M Offers Audiobook Part 4

Download Your Free Personalized $100m Scaling Roadmap In Under 30 Seconds: ⁠⁠ https://www.acquisition.com/roadmap ⁠⁠ “Most things that are hard to sell are typically easy to fulfill.” In this episode, Alex (@AlexHormozi) discusses the thought process behind creating a Grand Slam Offer, and shares tips on turning problems into solutions. Listeners will learn how to identify dream outcomes, list problems, and create solutions that provide tremendous value to prospects. Welcome to The Game w/Alex H...

Mar 26, 202635 minEp. 960

$100M Offers Audiobook Part 1

Download Your Free Personalized $100m Scaling Roadmap In Under 30 Seconds: ⁠ https://www.acquisition.com/roadmap ⁠ “The world needs more entrepreneurs.” In this episode, Alex (@AlexHormozi) discusses on how to make profitable offers using a combination of pricing, value, guarantees, and naming strategies. He also shares his personal journey from financial ruin to achieving enormous profits and success, emphasizing the importance of being bold and taking risks in business. Welcome to The Game w/A...

Mar 26, 202632 minEp. 957

$100M Offers Audiobook Part 3

Download Your Free Personalized $100m Scaling Roadmap In Under 30 Seconds: ⁠⁠ https://www.acquisition.com/roadmap ⁠⁠ “You can either be right or you can be rich.” In this episode, Alex (@AlexHormozi) discusses the Value Equation, a concept that can help businesses charge heinous amounts of money for their products or services. The episode includes tips on increasing the perceived likelihood of achievement, decreasing time delay, and decreasing effort and sacrifice to create more value for the cu...

Mar 26, 202628 minEp. 959

If You Want To Have $100K Saved, Do This | Ep 956

For the first time ever - get the $100M book bundle and just pay shipping: https://shop.acquisition.com/pages/100m-book-bundle Wealth begins the moment you stop worrying about tomorrow. For Alex Hormozi, that moment was hitting $100K in the bank. That’s when survival pressure disappeared, and long-term thinking finally became possible. In this episode, Alex lays out a 6-step roadmap to reach the 100K milestone. And getting there didn't mean just making more and more money. It meant being discipl...

Mar 26, 202616 minEp. 956
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