In this unfiltered and mind-blowing conversation, Ben sits down with Andrew Cartwright, a man who built his first business at 12, scaled to 200 employees by 17, retired by 26, and now runs multiple multimillion-dollar companies in real estate, finance, and tech.
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They dive deep into:
💼 How to buy businesses the right way
📉 Why recessions create millionaires
🏦 Secrets of debt structuring and private lending
🎬 What Clint Eastwood taught him about ownership and legacy
🧠 How your ego might be the reason you're brokeAndrew shares decades of high-stakes business lessons, from Hollywood to high finance, and teaches you how to thrive—even when the economy is tanking.
⏱️ TIMESTAMPS
00:00 From broke at 12 to building businesses by 15
05:30 How Andrew scaled to 200 employees at 17
10:00 Exclusive rights & trademarks: the business moat play
14:30 Why business school doesn’t prepare you for business
19:00 How Clint Eastwood changed his mindset
24:00 Lessons from acting, Robin Williams & Hollywood
30:00 Owning vs. begging: the real power of production
36:00 What drives Andrew? (It’s not money)
41:00 Recession-proof business models & private lending
47:30 Why most people lose during booms
52:00 $68 trillion in business transfers: how to take your piece
56:30 The #1 mistake young entrepreneurs make
59:00 How to buy a business without getting screwed
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