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Jul 2023
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How I Turned $300 Into $5 Billion (w/ Jo...

Noah Kagan
About this episode

In today’s episode, I talk to John Paul Dejoria of Paul Mitchell haircare and Patron Tequila.

 

John Paul is a BILLIONAIRE. Both of his companies are billion-dollar empires, but this dude didn’t just have everything handed to him.

 

He grew up on the streets of LA, started his hair care company out of his car, lived off $2 dollars per day, and HUSTLED to make his dreams happen.

 

And now, he gives a ton of it back to charity.

 

If you’ve ever wanted to learn about how to scale billion-dollar brands in totally unrelated industries, you’ll love this episode.

 

In this conversation, you’ll enjoy 3 BIG things:

- How knocking on doors made him a billionaire

- Why you DO NOT want to be in the “selling” business

- And why you can’t believe what people tell you about yourself

 

Enjoy those 3 things… plus a bunch more ear nuggets along the way.

 

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