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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Included for practical lessons on founder interviews and operator case studies with a strong focus on branding, creator business models, and practical business growth lessons.
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Prospecting & outreach
YouTube
Building an affiliate marketing business on relationships, not just ads
Brett Malinowski
August 14, 2023
Prospecting & outreach
9
Paid ads
8
Outsourcing & delegation
6
The same lead paid 3x more — from relationship depth, not better ads
Go direct with advertisers: better rates, data access, and payment terms
Over-delivering and personal brand integrity compound across every deal
How to make your first million dollars: a four-step framework
Brett Malinowski
August 1, 2023
Business models
9
Long-term planning
8
Bootstrapping
6
Every income level is gated by skills you've actually used.
Agencies scale to $100k/month, then become a people-management trap.
Software is the only business model with an uncapped ceiling.
Founder interviews
YouTube
Building and Selling Software Companies Without Coding Experience
Brett Malinowski
July 20, 2023
Founder interviews
9
MVP & prototyping
7
Business models
7
Productizing existing APIs — not writing code — built two sold companies.
Survey before building: validate price, use case, and demand first.
Build your distribution channel before you build the product.
AI tools & automation
YouTube
How to start an AI automation agency from scratch
Brett Malinowski
July 5, 2023
AI tools & automation
9
Prospecting & outreach
8
Business models
7
Partner with existing agencies to land dozens of clients at once
Charge based on value delivered, not hours — use the rule of 10
YouTube tutorials with 200 views can close $10k+ in agency deals
AI tools & automation
YouTube
How to start an AI automation agency without coding
Brett Malinowski
June 29, 2023
AI tools & automation
9
Automation & tools
6
Train private AI models on company data — no code needed
One master model powers four distinct billable services
AI automation agencies today mirror SMMA's early gold-rush window
Founder interviews
YouTube
Amir Zandifar on winning mentality, extreme discipline, and long-term vision
Brett Malinowski
June 25, 2023
Founder interviews
9
Productivity & habits
9
Identity & self-belief
8
Why chasing mastery beats chasing money every time
Your belief caps your potential before effort even starts
Discipline isn't hard — eliminating distractions is
Prospecting & outreach
YouTube
How a 22-year-old built a $3M/year hybrid SMMA for real estate agents
Brett Malinowski
June 11, 2023
Prospecting & outreach
9
Processes & SOPs
9
Business models
9
Leads are a commodity — solving clients' whole business is the moat
Enrollment interviews and anti-buyers-remorse calls cut churn dramatically
From suicidal dropout to $3M/year: realization beats belief every time
Founder interviews
YouTube
How Brett from DesignJoy built a $120k/month one-person design agency
Brett Malinowski
May 21, 2023
Founder interviews
9
Business models
8
Processes & SOPs
6
One designer, zero employees, $120k/month — here's exactly how.
No client meetings, no contracts: async Trello queue does everything.
Keeping your day job longer than feels comfortable protects your best decisions.
Founder interviews
YouTube
How Oliver Brocato built an $11M sex chocolate brand at 21
Brett Malinowski
April 27, 2023
Founder interviews
10
Content marketing
8
MVP & prototyping
7
Build the product for virality first, then worry about marketing
TikTok's comment-reply feature gives free retargeting to viral viewers
A Discord affiliate army of 2,500 distributes content across thousands of accounts
AI tools & automation
YouTube
Building AI, no-code SaaS, and NFT businesses in the new era
Brett Malinowski
March 20, 2023
AI tools & automation
9
Business models
8
MVP & prototyping
5
B2B AI tools for your own industry are a wide-open market
No-code platforms let anyone build sellable software without coding
NFTs will authenticate real content as AI deepfakes become indistinguishable
Luke Belmar on AI, drop shipping, and building wealth outside the system
Brett Malinowski
February 2, 2023
Motivation
8
Business models
7
Bootstrapping
6
White-collar jobs face faster AI replacement than blue-collar ones
Three criteria that guarantee money: best, high demand, irreplaceable
CBDCs make money programmable — governments can freeze your spending
AI tools & automation
YouTube
Seven AI business opportunities using ChatGPT's API
Brett Malinowski
December 16, 2022
AI tools & automation
9
MVP & prototyping
6
Niche selection
5
Wrap ChatGPT's API in a niche UI and charge for convenience
One copywriter using AI can outproduce a team of dozens
Land-and-expand: SEO agencies can publish 50 articles in one day
Crypto investing, Web3 opportunities, and NFTs with Luke Belmar
Brett Malinowski
December 5, 2022
Bet on founders and ecosystems, not tokens
Servicing Web2 communities with Web3 products is the next big wave
Digital IDs and surveillance: convenience traded for potential centuries of control