Brett Malinowski
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Brett Malinowski shares founder interviews and operator case studies with a strong focus on branding, creator business models, and practical business growth lessons.
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How a 20-year-old built a $100k/month growth operator business
Brett Malinowski
September 25, 2024
Funnels
9
Closing techniques
8
Email marketing
7
A $20 front-end offer can fund unlimited paid ads for free
Growth operators run the entire course business for a revenue cut
Cold traffic converts through a five-stage ascension funnel to $5k coaching
How a 17-year-old built a $600K/month AI video SaaS
Brett Malinowski
September 16, 2024
Growth hacking
9
Business models
8
MVP & prototyping
6
A course isn't a side hustle — it's infinite paid-ad fuel for SaaS.
Build distribution before the product, or revenue stays zero.
Speed from idea to execution is the only real competitive edge.
How a 17-year-old raised $3.15 million to build a mountain bike park
Brett Malinowski
August 30, 2024
Fundraising & VC
9
Prospecting & outreach
8
Case studies
7
Cold-messaging 550 LinkedIn investors as a teenager actually works.
Why Texas's small riding scene caps the park's revenue ceiling.
The blueprint for building a Whistler-level bike park in the US.
Founder interviews
YouTube
How a Self-Taught Trader Built a $10M+ Trading SaaS
Brett Malinowski
August 14, 2024
Founder interviews
10
Product-market fit
7
Growth hacking
6
Journaling — not indicators or psychology — is the actual trading edge.
Personal brand funded 80% of early customers; product-led growth replaced it.
Self-funded, no VC: control over vision beats capital at any price.
Founder interviews
YouTube
How a 23-year-old built three AI consumer apps to $5M revenue
Brett Malinowski
August 1, 2024
Founder interviews
10
MVP & prototyping
7
Growth hacking
7
Two $50 influencer promos generated 200K downloads and $80K MRR immediately
ChatGPT replaced a $100K custom ML model — and wrote 95% of the code
Distribution invisibility means competition that nobody knows doesn't exist
CIA spy skills for influence, relationships, and decision-making
Brett Malinowski
July 23, 2024
Communication
9
Pivoting
7
Resilience & grit
5
Why high-empathy people make the best — not worst — CIA operatives
The three-life model that unlocks lifelong loyalty from anyone
Why last impressions matter far more than first impressions
Five micro-SaaS businesses reaching $100k/month with AI and no-code
Brett Malinowski
July 16, 2024
Case studies
10
Business models
7
AI tools & automation
6
Presell before building to validate demand and eliminate risk
Find content that already goes viral, then build the product it shows
Creator partnerships can deliver instant product-market fit at launch
How to build a $150K/month exotic car rental business with investor cars
Brett Malinowski
June 30, 2024
Business models
9
Pricing strategy
7
Processes & SOPs
6
Own no cars, earn $150K/month using a 50/50 investor model
Insurance verification is the one process that can wipe you out
Personal brand attracts both renters and car investors simultaneously
Content marketing
YouTube
How top creators use psychology to engineer viral content
Brett Malinowski
May 23, 2024
Content marketing
9
Copywriting
8
The first 90 seconds of a video is pure psychological architecture.
Effective truth conveys more meaning in fewer words — by design.
Daily writing is what makes top creators sound effortlessly articulate.
Building billion-dollar drink brands: Four Loko to Koia
Brett Malinowski
May 14, 2024
Case studies
10
Processes & SOPs
7
Growth hacking
6
Selling to distributors isn't success — consumer velocity at shelf is.
How a caffeine ban wiped out $20M of inventory in two weeks.
Why Koia raised $72M but only turned profitable in the last six months.
From hedge fund trader to $500k/month writing portfolio
Brett Malinowski
May 6, 2024
Case studies
10
Content marketing
8
Prospecting & outreach
7
Ghostwriting beats audience-building for beginners — get paid immediately.
A five-day email course converts 6x better than a PDF lead magnet.
Loss-aversion cold outreach: lead with money left on the table.
Airbnb arbitrage: how to build a $250k/month short-term rental business
Brett Malinowski
April 22, 2024
Business models
9
Automation & tools
8
Unit economics
7
Lease apartments cheaply, furnish them, profit the short-term rental spread.
Free rent concessions let you recoup furnishing costs before paying any rent.
A three-VA shift system runs 34 units almost entirely remotely.
Closing techniques
YouTube
How a 23-year-old built a multi-million dollar sales training business
Brett Malinowski
February 29, 2024
Closing techniques
9
Case studies
8
Business models
6
No-experience sales skill that pays six figures from day one
Every objection is fear — one reframe process dissolves them all
Full funnel: personal brand, setter, closer, onboarding in sequence
Prospecting & outreach
YouTube
How Jordan Bound built a $2.4M/year business with a free course and affiliate links
Brett Malinowski
February 19, 2024
Prospecting & outreach
9
Customer discovery
8
A free 18-hour course generates more affiliate revenue than charging for it
Horizontal scaling across 16 accounts multiplies one winning video's reach
Hyper-specific hooks in the first 3 seconds train the algorithm on your audience
Seven productized service models that scale to $100K/month
Brett Malinowski
February 12, 2024
Business models
9
Processes & SOPs
7
Pricing strategy
5
One active request at a time is the key to async, scalable services
Solve the entire customer problem — not just one component — to widen your market
UGC content agencies: high demand, low barrier, recurring e-commerce need