He's Been Building the Same Business for 17 Years — Here's Why That's Genius | EP 145

Meet Austin Boyd — a Las Vegas-based entrepreneur who started making and selling custom t-shirts in 10th grade and, 17 years later, has built a 40-person live print shop operation serving Fortune 500 companies, professional sports teams, and major brands across the nation. He also recently launched a laser med spa and hosts a recurring in-person networking event called Grow & Connect.Stop waiting for perfect. The best businesses are built by people who push the car down the hill and figure out the engine on the way.He breaks down:Why cheap merch is silently destroying your brand — and what to do insteadThe one form of advertising where people actually pay YOU to promote your brandWhy AI won't replace his industry and what that means for entrepreneursHow Jim Rohn at 16 rewired the way he thinks about successWhy the shift from "I want to achieve" to "I want to help others win" is the real unlockFollow Austin:📸 Instagram: @austinboydlasvegashttps://www.instagram.com/aliveprintshop/https://www.instagram.com/laserskinlounge/Timecodes:00:00 Intro01:55 17 Years Building His First Business03:30 How a Matching T-Shirt in Class Started It All08:00 Doubling Down — No Exit, No Sellout09:50 Why Tariffs Were Actually a Scam for His Industry13:50 Why Cheap Merch Kills Your Brand17:00 Merch Is the Only Marketing People Pay For14:00 Will AI & Robots Replace His Business?19:30 The Most Important Leadership Skill He Developed22:00 Jim Rohn at 16 — The CD That Changed Everything23:00 What Got You Here Won't Get You There25:00 From Achieving Goals to Helping Others Win28:00 Why Success Makes People Pull You Down30:00 Money Doesn't Buy Happiness — It Just Enhances It33:00 Why Entrepreneurship Is Lonely at the Top35:00 The DMV Story That Revealed Everything38:00 Why Short Memory Is a Superpower in Business41:00 Best Advice for Anyone Starting a Business43:00 Push the Car Down the Hill — Figure It Out on the Way45:00 Stop Asking How — Start Asking What47:00 The Pre-Launch Strategy That Built Day-One Revenue01:16:49 The Laser Med Spa & Tattoo Removal Business01:17:00 Grow & Connect — His Las Vegas Entrepreneur EventsSTAY CONNECTED:https://www.instagram.com/the1percent_podcast/https://www.facebook.com/the1percentpodcast/http://tiktok.com/@the1percent_podcastPodcastWANT TO CONNECT TO OUR HOST?Vin:Email: Vincentinfante.lifeInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/vin.infante/Shane:Email: [email protected] ON OTHER SITESSpotify: https://bit.ly/3HtT10CApple Podcast: https://bit.ly/3HtT10C