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Alex HormoziMarch 20, 202644m
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Speaker's Background and Video Purpose0:00Chiropractor Stuck at $2.4M Revenue0:30$100M Scaling Roadmap Offer6:30Digital Marketing Agency for Australian SMBs7:00Website-as-a-Service Company at $20M12:30CFO Advisory at $2.9M18:00Addressing Supply Constraints in Service Businesses21:57Scaling Roofing Business from $6M to $100M26:31Free 10-Stage Roadmap to $100M+34:30Scaling Fence Company from $20M to $50M35:02Core Constraint: Attracting World-Class Talent42:33
In a Nutshell

Codex Jones shares tactical scaling advice for service businesses: fix demand constraints with attribution tracking, pricing, and multi-channel lead gen (ads first, then content); address supply via operating leverage (offshoring, data architecture, AI); avoid SMB volatility by going downmarket (cheap automated services) or upmarket (high-touch for proven clients). Prioritize world-class talent attraction through big visions and sales academies over distractions, using his $250M portfolio experience and free 10-stage $100M roadmap at acquisition.com/roadmap. Service businesses with low churn demand supply fixes before new ventures like courses.

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I've been in business for 14 years. I've scaled six brick-and-mortar gyms. I did 30 plus gym turnarounds across the country and built service companies to over $30 million a year. Today, our portfolio at acquisition.com is over $250 million annually. In this video, I'm answering questions about how to scale your service business with tactical answers you can use immediately.

Chiropractor at $2.4M revenue for 5 years, 30% profit margins ($600,000 profit), 100% owned. Goal: grow to $3.6M-$6M in main location (7,700 sq ft, occupying 4,700 sq ft) for family or exit. Not at capacity; shifted from supply issue to demand issue after hiring another doctor.

Customer sources: 50% referrals, 20% paid Meta ads, 20% Google (likely SEO/word-of-mouth), recently started content (4 long videos per month chopped into shorts).

Advice:

  • Lack attribution tracking; need input-output equation (e.g., $1 in → $5-$20 out) to define core actions driving revenue.
  • Demand-constrained: focus on lead gen (content, affiliates, paid ads).
  • Short-term: install data tracking, then ads funnel with simple local sales motion (1-2 call close, high ticket OK due to local trust). Leverage reputation/brand for ads effectiveness.
  • Dominate local market multi-prong: ads first, layer content for thought leadership/brand expansion (radius grows, people travel like Aien Clinic in New York).
  • Order of operations: 1) pricing/packaging for cash flow (biggest swamp issue), 2) data attribution, 3) ads, 4) increase content cadence.

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