Back in 2015, when Mike Salguero set out to buy some grass-fed beef for himself and his wife, he had to meet a farmer in a parking lot, who handed him the beef in a trash bag. Naturally, Mike figured there had to be a better way. At the time, he was running a company that was slowly cratering, and he didn’t know the first thing about sourcing or packaging me ... Show More
Nov 2022
#280: Mike Salguero – ButcherBox CEO On Bootstrapping To $550,000,000
<p>Mike Salguero is the creator of ButcherBox, a company that is aiming to transform the meat industry. It started out as a lifestyle company. It has since become a life mission.</p>
<p>Timestamps:</p>
<p>(0:00) Intro</p>
<p>(1:13) The Importance of Sales</p>
<p>(4:11) Entreprene ... Show More
1h 8m
May 2025
192 - How ButcherBox Went From Zero to $600M (With No Investors)
Get JD's new playbook Website Selling Machine here. Today, Jon talks about Mike Salguero and his $600 million business ButcherBox. How did Mike navigate the chaos of 2020 and master logistics, marketing, and customer service to thrive without outside capital? Tune in and find out ... Show More
22m 34s
Apr 2023
20VC: The Memo: Scaling to $600M Revenues with No Venture Funding, The Most In Detail Breakdown of Consumer Subscription Unit Economics & Why D2C and Consumer Subscription is Not a VC Backable Model with Mike Salguero, Founder @ ButcherBox
<p><!-- wp:paragraph --></p> <p>Mike Salguero is the Founder and CEO @ <a href= "https://www.butcherbox.com/">ButcherBox</a>, the meat delivery subscription service that he has scaled to $600M in revenue, 215 employees and the national leader in the space. All of this achieved wh ... Show More
1h 18m
Dec 2023
How to Build a Start-Up — Without VC Funding
As interest rates have risen in recent years, venture capital funding has dried up. How can founders grow their companies in this new environment? In this episode, a founder who grew a $600 million company using just $10,000 of his own money, shares his strategy. Mike Salguero is ... Show More
32m 42s
Jun 2023
Why Entrepreneurs Don’t Need Venture Capital to Scale
With all the hype in the startup world around unicorns and hypergrowth, entrepreneurs feel enormous pressure to raise massive amounts of cash from venture capitalists. But now, as interest rates have risen, a lot of that funding has dried up. And a growing number of founders are ... Show More
30m 45s
Feb 2025
Cashflow, Unit Economics, and Bootstrapping $550M ButcherBox with Mike Salguero | Ep 819
Want to scale your business? Click here. Check out ButcherBox here. 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 ... Show More
1h 30m