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EPISODE · Jul 29, 2026 · 47 MIN

Blake Johnson | He Had $7,000 Left… Then Sold His Companies for $1.1 Billion

from School of Hard Knocks Podcast · host The School of Hard Knocks

Blake Johnson is a serial entrepreneur who has founded and sold five companies, including a $97 million exit and the sale of Byte for more than $1 billion. After nearly losing his first business during the 2008 financial crisis, he developed a disciplined framework for bootstrapping, scaling and positioning companies for acquisition. In this episode, Blake explains how he evaluates markets, controls customer acquisition costs, builds high-performing teams and creates businesses that strategic buyers and private equity firms want to acquire. Hosted on Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.

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