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From Working at $11/Hour to a $1 Million-Run Rate Business
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06:27 - 11:37 (05:10)

Alan, the founder of Spy Guy, utilized his learning from working at a spy camera-selling store for $11/hour and founded his own online security store, which reached a $1 million-run rate before hiring any employees or turning 30.

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Alan Butler, founder of Spy Guy, learned the spy camera business while working for a store selling them for $11/hour, and used that knowledge to create a successful online security store that reached $1 million in run rate before hiring employees.
06:27 - 08:45 (02:18)
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Online Business
Summary

Alan Butler, founder of Spy Guy, learned the spy camera business while working for a store selling them for $11/hour, and used that knowledge to create a successful online security store that reached $1 million in run rate before hiring employees.

Chapter
From Working at $11/Hour to a $1 Million-Run Rate Business
Episode
#351: Real 4-Hour Workweek Case Studies — Allen Walton and SpyGuy, The Path to Seven Figures
Podcast
The Tim Ferriss Show
A bookstore owner discovers that customers are seeking high-tech surveillance equipment after watching a TV show about catching cheating partners.
08:45 - 11:37 (02:51)
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Surveillance Technology
Summary

A bookstore owner discovers that customers are seeking high-tech surveillance equipment after watching a TV show about catching cheating partners.

Chapter
From Working at $11/Hour to a $1 Million-Run Rate Business
Episode
#351: Real 4-Hour Workweek Case Studies — Allen Walton and SpyGuy, The Path to Seven Figures
Podcast
The Tim Ferriss Show