#78 What 5 Exits Taught Me About Business | Mike Koenigs

Mike Koenigs has exited five companies, written 19 bestselling books, and built entire businesses in a single week using AI, and in this episode, he explains exactly how a book you give away for free can make a million dollars in a day. Now you know the system behind building faster, partnering smarter, and using AI before everyone else figures out it’s already too late. I’ll see you in the next video! Learn what Wharton Business School will never teach you!  Sign up for the ANTI-MBA today: https://bit.ly/46vct60 Click here to order your personalized poster!: https://bit.ly/46J08MS Get Mike Koenigs’ book, “The AI Accelerator: How to 10X Your Productivity, Clone Your Smartest Employees, and Monetize Your IP in the New AI-Economy”: https://bit.ly/3Quv6mH Listen to "The Big Leap" on all your favorite platforms! Website: https://bit.ly/4xg9D1r Connect with Mike Koenigs Website: https://bit.ly/4fucPjB YouTube: https://bit.ly/4ed1Bhd Instagram: https://bit.ly/3QucumL Facebook: https://bit.ly/49MYFGH TikTok: https://bit.ly/4v5ZrY0 X: https://bit.ly/4uXaKkS LinkedIn: https://bit.ly/43jzGqO Timestamps 00:00 ​Intro of Show 02:13 Mike Koenigs’ Back Story 07:46 Digital Cafe, Chex Quest, and the First Exit 10:20 The Biggest Lessons from Five Exits 17:27 Structuring a Partnership that Doesn’t Self-Destruct 23:10 Honesty with Yourself before Honesty with Others 29:25 Writing and Publishing Books in Modern Times 39:14 How the Amazon Pre-Release Bestseller System Works 46:17 Techniques for Generating Pre-Sales 48:39 Mike’s Parenting Style 01:00:22 Lives Changed with Psychedelic Therapy 01:04:46 Where is AI going in 10 to 15 years? 01:11:07 Crypto, Insider Trading, and Why He Doesn’t Trust Zuckerberg 01:14:29 Connect with Mike Watch the “David Guttman Podcast” every Tuesday at 8 AM EST on YouTube: https://bit.ly/3ZGK2yv Connect with David Guttman Website: https://bit.ly/4jclYvK Instagram: https://bit.ly/4iARMe9 TikTok: https://bit.ly/3P19NVm Facebook: https://bit.ly/49CQjQx X: https://bit.ly/4gH28aR LinkedIn: https://bit.ly/3Bx7Tc2 SUBSCRIBE TO: https://www.youtube.com/@RealDaveGuttman Download the “David Guttman Podcast” on all your favorite podcast platforms: Spotify: ​​https://spoti.fi/3VE3fzV Apple Podcasts: https://bit.ly/3VLzm0v