How I Turned $300 Into $5.1 Billion

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✉️ Get my free guide on how to start a business while working a day job: https://okdork.com/DayJob John Paul DeJoria is the founder of Paul Mitchell Systems (hair care) and Patron (tequila). In this video, I learn how he went from being homeless and living out of his car, to building two billion dollar global business empires in totally separate industries. ☮️❤️😃 All ad revenue from this video will be donated to Jean Paul’s Peace, Love, and Happiness Foundation: https://peacelovehappinessfoundation.org/ Timestamps: 00:00 - Intro 00:42 - How Jean Paul became homeless 03:15 - Living off of $2.50/day 05:06 - Overcoming homelessness 06:34 - From $0 to $1M 07:44 - Partnering with Paul Mitchell 09:23 - How to sell products 14:24 - From $1M to $1B 15:52 - Start a business while working a day job 16:23 - Patron’s origin story 18:23 - No one wanted Patron at first 19:10 - Bruce Springsteen x Patron 22:35 - Selling Patron for billions 22:54 - The $50 million check 24:08 - The Clint Eastwood story 25:39 - Hairdressers helped Patron 26:19 - Hiring/growth philosophy 27:55 - What does rich mean? 28:46 - Jean Paul was a successful janitor 30:10 - Advice for people just starting out 31:15 - Is the American dream still alive? 33:55 - When he knew he ‘made it’ 34:26 - How to get over regret 35:38 - #1 book recommendation 36:26 - Be a kind person 36:54 - What’s a great life? 37:08 - The richest man in the world was unhappy 🔔 Subscribe: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCF2v8v8te3_u4xhIQ8tGy1g?sub_confirmation=1 ✉️ My Newsletter (I reply to emails): https://okdork.com/ 📸 Connect on IG. I reply to DMs. https://www.instagram.com/noahkagan/ 👉 Need help getting started with your own business? Sign up at http://monthly1k.com