The Grant Owen Podcast

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• Why Cale Owen Left "Gym Launch" 10.07.2026 1h 18min

  Cale Owen was eight weeks from shutting his gym down, making $30K combined with his wife, and had just gotten a job to keep the lights on. Then he found Gym Launch, went all in, and eventually became CEO of the company. Then he walked away. This is what happened in between.In this episode, Cale sits down for one of the most honest conversations about building a business, losing yourself in it, and figuring out what actually matters. You'll hear about the home birth that almost took his daughter, going from 33 gym members to selling out a six-week challenge in one night, what it felt like to hit $1 million in his bank account and immediately want ten more, the moment his wife told him he was a shell of who he used to be, and why he resigned from one of the fastest growing companies in the fitness industry. This is a conversation about money, identity, faith, and what it means to run a good race. Chapters:0:00 There's More to Life Than Scaling Your Business1:15 Were You Always This Driven1:36 The Gym That Lost $3K a Month3:32 Eight Weeks From Shutting the Doors3:58 Getting a Job to Keep the Gym Alive4:18 Combined Tax Return Under $30K4:40 Failing as a Husband and a Father6:32 Finding Gym Launch and Calling Alex6:57 The First Time He Heard Alex Hormozi8:06 Opting In and Testing the Nurture Sequence9:20 First Lead 30 Minutes After Launching Ads11:16 17 People Show Up the First Night11:56 We Made More Today Than the Last Two Months13:07 Going to the First Mastermind13:26 Home Birth Gone Wrong14:08 Why He Went Back to Work on Monday16:43 The C-Section Story and Not Sleeping18:25 She Trusted Me20:07 High Performers Never Think They Could Have Done More21:46 The Interview Process That Changed His Career23:33 Advice for Young Men: Learn Inside Someone Else's Company25:03 Getting Into Strategy Meetings as a Sales Manager26:34 We Could Just Do This Ourselves28:13 Becoming CEO of Gym Launch29:57 Long Way From Not Being Able to Feed Your Kids31:29 Setting a $5K Monthly Personal Income Goal33:17 Breaking Down Goals Into Quarterly Targets35:05 Building a Free Gym Management System36:45 The World's First Free Gym Management System38:21 Getting Friction From Private Equity40:02 We Did Not See Eye to Eye41:51 There's Got to Be More Than This43:23 His Wife Left the Company First44:52 Working 60 Hours a Week and Always On45:09 The 5 to 7 Rule They Never Broke46:19 The Birthday Trip Golf Game and Hard Questions47:21 Three People in His Family Were Professional Athletes48:36 My Proudest Moment Was Being Prepared for a Presentation48:53 You Are a Shell of Who You Were a Year Ago49:47 His Kids Were Starting to Feel It50:22 Physically Present Mentally Somewhere Else51:16 He Put In His Resignation51:42 The Call With Layla52:32 She Said She Didn't Think He'd Last More Than a Year53:35 What He Did After He Left54:29 Buying Into Wolf Gyms Franchise55:37 Solving for Lifestyle Not Scale56:35 What Would Alex Do in Your Situation57:28 He Only Works With People Who Take Action58:22 I Don't Know What the End Play Is59:04 5 to 10 Clients One on One That's It1:00:03 I Don't Know What God Is Calling Me to Do1:01:53 What Grace Actually Means1:03:37 When You Invite Jesus In It Changes Everything1:04:19 The Day He Saw $1 Million in His Bank Account1:05:13 God Said You're Never Going to Be Satisfied1:06:09 95% of Those Calls Could Have Been an Email1:06:51 I Was Always Chasing the Next Number1:08:41 What Would You Say to a 20 Year Old Chasing Money1:10:13 Optionality Is Not the End Game1:11:46 Money Promises Security But It's Lying to You1:13:24 What Game Do You Actually Want to Play1:14:10 What Would You Say to Yourself Before Your Second Kid1:14:17 Just Take the Next Step1:15:50 What Do You Want Your Kids to Say About You1:15:54 That I Ran a Good Race1:16:48 You Can Do Whatever You Want to Do1:18:38 Maybe Pastoral Ministry Isn't the Craziest Idea
• Cole Gordon: How to Go From $0 to $2.5M/Month in 12 Months (The 5 Phases) 02.07.2026 1h 42min

  Cole Gordon tells me how to make money. In this episode, he breaks down the exact path from zero to nine figures, level by level. You'll hear why learning to sell inside someone else's company is a faster path to wealth than starting your own, what it actually felt like to hit $3.9 million a month and still be miserable, the $150K conversation with Patrick Bet-David that changed how he thinks about his business, the three things that keep great employees from leaving, and why he launched five initiatives at once and nearly killed his momentum. This is one of the most tactical and honest conversations about building a real business. Chapters:0:00 Over $100M Cash Collected0:10 Level 1 Zero to $10K2:51 The First $10K and Bartending at Night4:05 Reading How to Get Rich During a Bar Shift5:23 Find a Fast Growing Company and Learn the Most Valuable Skill7:15 First 30 Days on His Own He Did $100K9:20 Go Where the Action Is Not Where the Stability Is12:24 The Habit You Need to Break to Get Out of the Cycle14:12 Level 2 $100K a Month19:46 Why He Hit $100K a Month So Quickly22:32 Zero to $2.5M a Month in Under Two Years38:55 Level 3 Managing the Front Lines44:09 Tormenting People Into Greatness and Why He Stopped47:18 Smoothing Out the Edges With Coaching51:12 Three Things That Keep Great Employees From Leaving54:00 The Mistake After Hitting $1M a Month54:48 $3.9M a Month and Still Not Happy56:17 The $150K Conversation With Patrick Bet-David58:10 The Big Mistake That Cost Him Momentum1:07:00 Level 4 Managing the Managers1:22:44 Level 5 Nine Figures and Beyond1:25:19 Going Upmarket and Changing the Pricing Model1:27:34 The One Step Away Rule1:29:33 The One Step Away Rule Applied to His Business1:33:07 Your Executive Team Should Be Entrepreneur Level1:34:21 Do You Fire Fast1:34:26 Red Flags and Pattern Recognition1:36:07 What He Wants His Team to Say About Him1:37:08 When Did Purpose Start Mattering More Than Money1:38:44 Marriage and What He Thinks It Will Change1:39:30 He Wants Three Kids1:39:52 Being a Present Dad and Having It All1:40:32 An Integrated Life Not a Balanced One1:40:48 The Trait That Makes Him Impossible to Bet Against
• Dan Martell: How to Use AI Better Than 95% of the World 24.06.2026 1h 13min

  Dan Martell has built and sold multiple software companies. He wrote Buy Back Your Time. And he thinks most people are using AI completely wrong. I asked him how to actually make money with it. In this episode, Dan breaks down the exact playbook for making money with AI at every level, from your first dollar to $10M and beyond. You'll hear why only 5% of the world has ever paid for AI and why that's the biggest opportunity alive right now, the one text message that made Dan's friend Sarah her first $10K, the Replacement Ladder framework for using AI to grow any business, why nobody buys AI but everybody buys trust, the AI tool stack Dan actually uses every day, and what happened when he shut his entire company down for two days to run an AI hackathon. This is the most practical AI business conversation you'll find. Chapters:0:00 Only 5% of the World Has Ever Paid for AI0:46 The Easiest Thing to Sell With AI Right Now1:56 The Marcus and Sophie Framework4:24 Theory of Constraints and the Right Problem to Solve5:33 What Is the Number One Constraint in Any Business7:13 How to Leave Your Job and Go All In8:27 Business Is Simple Find a Problem and Solve It9:08 Stop Getting Ready to Get Ready9:33 The Sarah Story One Text and $10K9:53 Pull Up Your Phone and Message Your Contacts11:05 Dan's Son Noah Gets His First Client at 800 a Month12:41 Would You Rather Be the Best Employee or the Best Employer13:59 What Other Services Can You Sell With AI14:44 Sales Is Not Talking It's Asking17:01 What to Do When You Hate Your Business18:40 Pain and Pleasure Are the Only Two Motivators19:13 They Haven't Made It a Must Yet20:29 Make It a Must Not a Nice to Have21:06 The Jen Story and the Gasping Moment22:17 How to Find Your First 10 to 15 Clients28:38 The Personal Brand Play33:06 Vision Is What AI Cannot Do34:55 Hard for Computers Easy for Humans36:13 Level 2 Making Your First Million With AI37:18 The Replacement Ladder Framework37:39 Admin First Then Delivery Then Marketing39:09 Why Marketing Is the Biggest AI Category39:32 Why You Should Keep Sales for Yourself40:00 Level 5 Leadership and AI Agents41:41 What a Fully AI Systems Business Looks Like43:13 The Gym Owner With Three Locations46:16 Shutting Down the Company for Two Days46:37 Teaching the Whole Team to Code in Claude49:28 Wayne the 62 Year Old Who Made $12K a Month52:38 I Only Share What Actually Works53:21 Whisper Flow and Talking to Your AI56:41 Claude Chat Claude Coworker and Claude Code57:57 The Claude Browser Extension58:49 Claude Code Is Not Just for Developers1:00:06 How to Migrate Your AI Memory Across Tools1:01:08 Level 3 $1M to $10M and the Brand Play1:02:05 Nobody Buys AI They Buy Trust1:03:25 Brand Is Association and Association Is Trust1:05:12 A Million Followers Is $10M in Activated Revenue1:07:03 How to Keep AI From Becoming Slop1:07:42 Human in the Loop1:08:16 The 10 80 10 Rule and Why AI Is Now the 801:10:01 The Team Built Solutions That Made Their Jobs Obsolete1:11:45 Dan's Free AI Curriculum for Your Team
• He Made $100K/Month at 21. Then Quit. Here's Why ft. Luke Alexander 30.04.2026 1h 54min

  He grew up with no internet, a father removed by police, and welfare in rural Ohio. By 24, he'd built close to 8 figures. I asked him how and what it cost him. In this episode, Closer Cartel founder breaks down the real path from nothing to eight figures — the sales skills that started it, the info business that scaled it, and the identity crisis that nearly ended it. We're covering the full arc: what it actually takes to close at the highest level, why the info industry rewards the wrong behavior, how a panic attack in a Miami shower changed everything, and what he's building now with Kendo — an AI sales platform he believes will eventually replace human sales reps entirely. You'll hear about closing a $15K deal while being cussed out at 20 years old, why hitting $100K a month felt emptier than expected, the moment he realized he'd built a business he was ashamed of, a spiritual experience so strange he almost didn't tell it, and why he walked away from everything in 2024 to start over. This is an honest conversation about money, identity, faith, and what it actually means to build something you're proud of. Try out Kendo for yourself: https://www.kendo.ai/?via=grant Chapters: 0:00 - Close to 8 Figures: Where It Started4:39 - Growing Up With No Internet in Rural Ohio7:21 - Leaving Home to Save His Family9:13 - Dropping Out With $500 and a Laptop21:18 - Shutting Down the Agency and Learning to Sell27:08 - Moving to Miami and Launching Closer Cartel31:01 - The Character He Had to Play (And Started to Hate)47:15 - Burnout, Depression, and Losing Passion for the Money53:28 - Why Info Rewards the Wrong Behavior56:02 - The Shower Moment: Spiritual Warfare in Miami1:04:29 - Living in Alignment: Faith in Practice1:12:18 - Why He Walked Away and Built Kendo1:27:21 - How Kendo Works: AI Sales Training and Management1:36:09 - Genetics, Potential, and the Real Red Pill1:39:53 - Vision at 30: $100M, a Wife, and a Life Worth Living
• Top 0.1% YouTube Expert Gameplan (0-10m Subscribers) w/ Vexian 09.04.2026 1h 52min

  Vexian has studied over 6,000 YouTube channels and 100,000 videos. I asked him how to go from zero to 10 million subscribers. In this episode, Vexian breaks down the exact roadmap from your first upload to the diamond play button. No theory, just the system he's used to grow channels across every niche. We're covering all five levels: what the game actually looks like at each stage, the mistakes that keep people stuck, and why most of what you think about growing on YouTube is wrong. You'll hear why education beats entertainment for your first 1,000 subscribers, how the impression snowball works and why consistency is compound interest, the backend strategy most creators completely ignore between 10K and 100K, the "How to Win on YouTube" matrix that explains why some channels explode while others plateau, what viral vectors are and how one word can take a video from 5,000 views to 25 million, and what separates the people who hit 10 million from everyone else (it's not talent). This is the most complete YouTube growth playbook in a single conversation. Chapters:00:00 - Intro00:28 - Level 1: 0 to 1,000 Subscribers07:08 - Level 2: 1,000 to 10,000 Subscribers42:37 - Level 3: 10,000 to 100,000 Subscribers01:12:00 - Level 4: 100,000 to 1,000,000 Subscribers01:38:10 - Level 5: 1,000,000 to 10,000,000 Subscribers
• EASY 2026 Instagram Strategy (5 Minutes A Day) ft. Jaden Young 02.04.2026 57min

  This is the Jaden Young Content Strategy approach. Anyone that wants to make money from social media needs to think this way. Check out his full content system here: http://contentscalegameplan.com Chapter Breakdown: 0:00 - The 5 Content Styles That Require Zero Editing4:45 - Level 1: Too Scared to Start (And How to Fix It)7:12 - Why Going Viral Won't Make You Money11:09 - Stop Copying — Steal Principles Instead15:16 - The Pre-Post Checklist: Hooks, Stories & the 24-Hour Rule21:17 - Ugly Videos Make More Money Than Pretty Ones24:50 - Level 2: Stuck at 10K and Burning Out27:08 - The Chart Method: 90 Content Ideas in 30 Minutes33:16 - The Metrics That Actually Matter (Shares Beat Likes)37:14 - How to Build a Content Series That Compounds42:49 - Level 3: The Internal Database & The New Floor50:03 - The Follow Game: What Actually Gets You Followers
• The Voice In Your Head Is Keeping You Poor ft. Jeremy Haynes 01.04.2026 48min

  This is the Jeremy Haynes mindset. Anyone that wants to make money needs to think this way. Chapter Breakdown: 00:00:00 - Introduction: The $100K Trap00:07:45 - Why Most People Stay Broke00:15:30 - Identity as the Foundation of Wealth00:23:15 - The Propaganda You Feed Your Brain00:31:00 - Pain as Your Greatest Teacher00:38:45 - From $12K to $550K: The First Year00:46:30 - Breaking Through Self-Imposed Limits00:54:15 - Speed, Execution, and Low Tolerance01:02:00 - The God Factor: Faith and Transformation01:09:45 - Leading Your Family Through Expansion01:17:30 - Shoot the Gap: Death and Urgency01:25:15 - Final Thoughts: Becoming the Example
• Pregnant. Unemployed. Built 8-Figure Business Anyway w/ Dylan Jahraus 31.01.2026 55min

  This is Dylan Jahraus. And she went from making $14 an hour at Zappos to building a 7-figure Etsy empire while raising kids and moving across the country as a military spouse. She proved that you can scale a business to multiple 6-figures even when your husband is deployed on a submarine and you're working 16-hour days in pajamas. If you want to learn how to turn side hustles into a real income stream and build a business that gives you time, location, and financial freedom, this Dylan Jahraus podcast is for you. Dylan Jahraus shares her full story of success, from getting rejected by corporate jobs (even Crate & Barrel wouldn't hire her as a cashier) to hitting $140,000 in her first year on Etsy. She breaks down how to scale from $10,000 a month to selling your brand for 7-figures, why working for yourself is always better than climbing the corporate ladder, and the real truth about what it takes to build a business as a mom. This is the unfiltered blueprint for going from dog walker to 7-figure entrepreneur and why exceptional employees make exceptional business owners. 00:00 - intro01:23 - I moved cities to find my husband03:13 - when your identity is wrapped up in your career04:07 - our date nights were promoting my dog walking business06:13 - I made $10k/month on Etsy in 4 months09:44 - why I worked 16-hour days when he deployed13:04 - Covid blew up e-commerce & I took advantage18:06 - our tolerance for pain is our biggest strength28:15 - how to scale past $100k on Etsy45:05 - 60% of moms want to start a business right now49:07 - why bad partnerships hold women back53:33 - what to do when you're paralyzed by fear
• Every Level of Building A Business (There Are 5) w/ Sam Parr 20.01.2026 1h 38min

  Sam Parr has built multiple 8 figure companies. I asked him how. In this episode, Sam Parr breaks down the real path from $0 to $100M—no guru BS, just the lessons he learned building and selling The Hustle. We're covering the 5 levels of business building: what actually matters at each stage, the mistakes that trap you, and why most of what you think about growth is wrong. You'll hear about the decisions Sam made (and regrets) scaling from writing emails to an 8-figure exit, why hiring the wrong people can turn your business into a prison, how to know when it's time to sell, and the one philosophy that saved him: most business decisions are reversible. This is about building a business you actually want to own. Chapters: 00:00 - Intro00:48 - Level 1: $10k17:29 - Level 2: $100k37:47 - Level 3: $1m59:49 - Level 4: $10m1:19:42 - Level 5: $100m
• My Mom Flatlined. It Saved My Life w/ Jasmine Star 02.01.2026 1h 37min

  This is Jasmine Star. And her life is filled with miracles.  She built an 8-figure empire starting from scratch. And she proved that you can do it even when you feel unqualified, underfunded, and unconnected. If you want to learn how to turn your biggest traumas into your greatest strengths and scale a service business to 8-figures, this Jasmine Star podcast is for you. Jasmine Star shares her full story of success, from dropping out of law school to care for her mom with terminal brain cancer, to starting a photography business with no camera. She breaks down how to deal with online hate and negativity, what to do when you lose everything in your business (including a $400,000 loss), and the real secrets to building a personal brand that lasts. This is the unfiltered blueprint for overcoming imposter syndrome as an entrepreneur and manufacturing your own miracles. 00:00 - intro 00:34 - why I dropped out of law school 03:35 - my mom flatlined in front of me 12:55 - having a midlife crisis at 25 21:20 - from wallflower to photographer 29:37 - I made $100,000 in my first year 38:11 - they tried to destroy me & took $400k 54:19 - how to scale your personal brand 01:10:33 - the truth about 8-figure businesses 01:23:08 - my adoption story
• Confronting a Christian Millionaire on God and Money w/ Ryan Pineda 16.12.2025 1h 4min

  Does God want you to be rich?   Ryan Pineda is a Christian millionaire who has built multiple 8 figure businesses and invested over $100m in real estate. But when he started being radically public about his faith, something scary happened.   In this episode, Ryan Pineda shares the raw, unfiltered playbook on how to integrate faith and work without compromising either. We're skipping the religious clichés and breaking down the real tension between prosperity gospel and poverty mindset, why being public about your faith might cost you money, and how entrepreneurs are leading the next spiritual revival.You'll get the real tactics on navigating the prosperity gospel, overcoming fear of failure, stewarding wealth biblically, and leading with authenticity in both business and life. This is the masterclass on building wealth without losing your soul.   00:00 - intro 00:37 - Does God want you to be rich? 08:19 - Being public about faith will cost you 10:10 - why entrepreneurs are the new pastors 12:21 - is the local church obsolete? 20:34 - Why are people not generous? 27:13 - the problem with "christian celebrities" 31:38 - how to handle failure & judgment 35:19 - the battle between faith and fear 42:13 - faith, family, and failure 50:12 - the "next pitch" mindset for winners 56:30 - what it really means to be like Jesus
• How I Saved My Brother From Haiti’s Most Notorious Gang w/ Eddie Maalouf 01.12.2025 53min

  Eddie Maalouf might be the most interesting man in the world.  On top of running an 8 figure portfolio of companies, he seems to carry the entire world on his back. In this episode, Eddie Maalouf gives the raw, unfiltered playbook on how to build a real-world empire. We're skipping the theory and breaking down the mindset that gets you through a brother's kidnapping, a $1.5M robbery, and still lands you billion-dollar deals. This is the masterclass on turning extreme adversity into your ultimate leverage. You'll get the real tactics on how not buckle under pressure, the truth about networking with the ultra-wealthy (hint: it's not about your Lamborghini), and the decision-making framework that separates survivors from kings. This is the blueprint for building a life and business that are truly untouchable. 00:00 - Intro: Lambos, Status Symbols, and Frame06:10 - Networking ROI: Throwing $150K Parties08:47 - Brother Kidnapped in Haiti: The Negotiation14:00 - Running a Business During the Kidnapping16:33 - The Burglary: Losing $1.5M20:33 - How Fatherhood Changed Everything29:55 - Manifesting His Wife36:22 - Spending $500K on Courses and Masterminds41:05 - Being Authentic Online and Offline49:18 - Abundance vs Scarcity
• Exposing every tier of making money online w/ Daniel Fazio 18.11.2025 1h 12min

  Daniel Fazio makes $1.4 million a month. I asked him how.In this episode, the "Cold Email Wizard" gives the raw, step-by-step blueprint to make money online in 2025. We're skipping the guru BS and breaking down the 5 Levels of Internet Money—the exact framework to go from $0 to your first $10k/month, scale to a 6-figure business, and eventually build a 7-figure online empire.You'll get the real tactics on how to start a service business, get clients when you have zero experience, use AI to automate your workflow, and understand the simple math (LTV to CAC) that separates the winners from the losers. This is the masterclass on how to actually get rich online. ⁠00:00⁠ - Intro⁠00:42⁠ - Level 1: $0 to $10k/month⁠15:52⁠ - Level 2: $10k to $25k/month⁠34:34⁠ - Level 3: $25k to $100k/month⁠49:30⁠ - Level 4: $100k to $250k/month⁠1:00:31⁠ - Level 5: $250k to $1M+/month