Cross-Post: Owned and Operated with Alex Bridgeman

This week is a bonus episode. We are cross posting a guest appearance I had on John Wilson's Owned and Operated podcast. I'm a big fan of John and enjoy his podcast immensely, and I wanted to share it with you all. In this episode, I share more about my philosophy behind the Operator's Handbook and all the ins and outs you want to know about podcasting. Near the end, I manage to turn the mic around on him and learn about his idea of bloating before optimizing and growing Wilson Plumbing and their other acquisitions. I hope you enjoy this Owned and Operated episode with John Wilson and myself. Listen weekly and follow the show on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Podcasts, Stitcher, Breaker, and TuneIn. Links: Owned & Operated Podcast My First Million Podcast Think Like An Owner Ep. 47 with John Wilson Peter Attia’s private podcast Knifepoint Horror Podcast - Apple Podcasts & Spotify Grant’s Interest Rate Observer The Economist Harvard Business Review BizBuySell How to Get Rich by Felix Dennis Topics: (1:36) - Introducing Alex & discussing podcasting (5:08) - Alex’s background, starting Think Like An Owner & The Operator’s Handbook (9:34) - When did Think Like An Owner shift from being a hobby to a business? (12:03) - The podcasting business model (19:07) - Building The Operator’s Handbook and why Alex chose a print format (31:20) - The process of creating one issue of The Operator’s Handbook (35:39) - Subscriber growth from the first issue (37:05) - The team behind The Operator’s Handbook (39:16) - What’s the process like of bringing on a team? (40:43) - Acquiring & growing publications and media outfits (50:39) - John on growing his service businesses (53:57) - Bloating with an imperfect process (57:32) - Alex’s search for a media acquisition (59:43) - Wrap up