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The Calum Johnson ShowHow A 29 Year Old HUSTLER Built A $10.1M Business From His Laptop | Justin Phillips
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WHAT IT’S REALLY ABOUT
Justin Phillips: From Fatherless Hustler to Seven-Figure E-Commerce Founder
- Justin Phillips grew up in Houston without his father, who was in prison from when Justin was two until he was 17, and he traces his drive for approval and his work ethic to that upbringing and to his mother's example.
- After seeing guns drawn during illegal activity and seeing relatives sleeping on his floor, he chose to change his physical and digital environment, reading books, buying courses, and moving to Atlanta.
- He put his last $10,000 into the Support Black Colleges business, and using paid ads, influencer marketing, grassroots marketing, and content creation he grew it to a million dollars a month.
- He describes a lean $100 clothing-brand launch, using friends-and-family and free-giveaway tests to validate demand, and design-heavy or functional products to stand out.
- After the business fell from $1.1M in the bank to $12,000 and from 30 employees to 3, he learned to separate identity from business and to fight ego, and he ends by stressing family and relationships over money.
IDEAS WORTH REMEMBERING
5 ideasYour environment shapes who you become
Justin says that after reading Brian Tracy's No Excuses he changed both his physical environment and his digital environment, consuming mindset content and courses to build belief.
Skin in the game forces commitment
He wired his last $10,000 to his partner without saying it was all he had, reasoning that he quit things before because he wasn't invested enough.
A clothing brand can launch for about $100
He breaks it down as roughly $10 for a domain, $30 or more for a design from an Instagram designer, and a roughly $50 sample, then free TikTok and Instagram content and pre-orders so no inventory is needed.
Test demand by giving the product away
If friends and family won't take it, or a Facebook giveaway gets no leads at a decent cost, he says you can't sell it. New brands should lean on design or utility rather than just a logo.
Beat analysis paralysis with one mentor and a 1:1 study-to-action ratio
He followed one credible YouTube creator's blueprint, launched a $50-a-day Facebook campaign, and matched every hour of study with an hour of execution.
WORDS WORTH SAVING
5 quotesperfectionism is just procrastination in a suit.
— Justin Phillips
It's okay to be a copycat as long as you're copying the right cat.
— Justin Phillips
Because the business failed does not make you a bad person. It means that you have a skillset that is lacking, but that's okay 'cause you can fix that if you choose to.
— Justin Phillips
What does it cost you not to do it? Because if I wouldn't have ever invested that $100 into myself, it would've cost me everything that I have right now.
— Justin Phillips
So once that crashed, once the car crashed, my ego crashed.
— Justin Phillips
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SPEAKERS
Justin Phillips
guestE-commerce entrepreneur who built a multi-million-dollar online business from his laptop.
Calum Johnson
hostPodcast host of The Calum Johnson Show who interviews entrepreneurs and business builders.
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