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Skool Stories
by Matthew Thompson
Stories from people earning a full-time income doing what they love on Skool.
Episodes
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How Gert built a full-time breathwork business on Skool
Gert Leroy is an ex-record-holding freediver turned breathwork coach. He has 1.6M subs on YouTube and 55k on IG… yet Skool now sends him 80% of his traffic.In this episode we talk about: - How Growth Boost helped him jump from 80 to 200 members - Why creating a 6-week challenge helped him with...
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How Skool Ended Burnout for a 5M-Sub YouTuber
Check out Marty's Skool: https://www.skool.com/sketchclubwithmrty
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"Skool makes business feel like a video game"
Dan Harrison and Charley Tichenor are in a race to see who will hit $100k/month on Skool first. In this episode, they talk about: - Why the leaderboard is so motivating - The power of friendly competition - #1 piece of advice for anyone new to Skool Check it out!
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How a Crochet Skool used Growth Boost to go Viral
Lizzie Townsend has got 79 new customers in the last 7-days thanks to Growth Boost. As a result, her community ended up on Trending, she set a new MRR record, and her boss asked why her phone was making so many "ka-ching noises" at work 😂 In this pop-up interview, we chat about: Why constantly...
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How has Skool changed your life?
Start your own Skool: http://tinyurl.com/skool-games
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From flipping hot dogs to $150k/month on Skool
7 years ago, @Samuel G was selling hot dogs on the streets of LA. Now, just a few minutes ago, he became the highest earner of the last ever Skool Games. In this episode we talk about: How one shift in his messaging changed everything The unique live-streaming strategy that turbo-charged his...
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How Evan Built The First Viral Skool Community
Over the last 7-days, Skool's new GROWTH BOOST feature has sent over 10,000 people to Evan Shawn's About Page. As a result, he got 100+ new paying members and hit the first page of Discovery. In this pop-up episode, Evan shares exactly how he optimized his brand-new, 3-week-old community for…
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How Jesse built a $24k/month Voiceover Skool
Jesse's Skool: https://www.skool.com/@jesse-carroll-5319 Jesse Carroll is a voice actor and Skool Games Winner. His niche is helping people land their first voiceover gig. In this episode, we talk about: - How he arrived at his current pricing model (using tiers) - The retention mistake that cost...
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How Gillian built a $19k/month "Raw Vegan" Skool
Gillian Berry is a vegan content creator and Skool Games Winner. Her niche is helping people live healthier lives by eating raw food. In this episode, we talk about: - How live-streaming accidentally became her #1 growth strategy - Why community owners shouldn't pretend to be perfect - And…
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How Mike Makes $15K/month Teaching Guitar on Skool
Grateful Mike is a guitar teacher and Skool Games Winner. His niche is helping "Dead Heads" (fans of the band The Grateful Dead) play their favorite songs. In this episode, we talk about: The power of going all-in on your passion Connecting your community to existing subcultures And why "the…
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She makes $30k/month helping mom's organize their photos
Megan O'Hare is a photographer, mom and Skool Games Winner from Nebraska. In this episode, we talk about: Why selling static courses didn't work for her The power of live-launching (webinars-for-moms 🤣) And how deeply caring for your customers makes business more fun Check it out!
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How Pat makes $25k/month with his Kettlebell Skool
Pat Damiano is a kettlebell nerd and x2 Skool Games Winner from New York. We caught up with him in LA to find out: How he turbo-charged traffic to his About Page using Lord Of The Rings The biggest discovery he's made to reduce churn (6-week cycles) And why shifting away from personalization...
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How a Local Guitar Teacher won The Skool Games
Dave Donoghue is a guitar teacher from Ireland who won the Skool Games using some super unique LOCAL strategies like: - Putting up posters in his local village - Offering a giveaway to his contacts on WhatsApp - And talking to people in real life 😂 In this episode he also talks a lot about the...
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How to activate your members (Live @ Skool Festival)
We joined Calvin Hollywood on-stage in Germany for a Q+A about welcoming members into our communities. Topics covered: Auto DMs Leaderboard levels and unlocks Junk engagement vs genuine connection What to write on your about page to attract quality members And how to bring people back onto Skool...
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They make $40k/month while living in a truck...
Ryan and Haley Schrope signed up for Skool 2-years ago... Now they make a full-time income doing what they love (while living in a truck).In this episode, you'll find out:- Why you should always start before you ready- How to "copy what works"- And the importance of staying in the game long…
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She Makes $50k/m On Skool (With Her Mom)
Gracie Pleschourt and Tracy Pleschourt run a dating community on Skool. We caught up with them in LA to find out: - Why they switched away from 1-on-1 coaching - How to give members what they NEED - And what it's like running a community with your family Check it out :)
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Meet the Kid Who Gets Paid to Talk to Strangers
Jason Olofsen's passion is making friends with strangers. Thanks to Skool, it's now also his full-time job. We caught up with him in LA to find out: - How he actually get customers - Why doing what you love scales faster than you think - And how he makes money without complicated funnels Check it...
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This dad makes $40k/month teaching Spanish on Skool
Robert Venter is a dad from South Africa with a passion for teaching languages. We caught up with him in LA to find out: How he went from 0-1,000 customers What he did to cut his churn to 4% His roadmap to hit $100k/month Check it out! Join Robert's Skool: https://www.skool.com/layersmethod Start...
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This 23-year-old makes $230k/month on Skool
Nate Herk is a x4 Skool Games Winner. In this episode we talk about: - How he built a free community with 180k people - Why reducing his classroom content led to better results - And what his family thinks about him making $230k/month 🤣 Check it out ❤️ Nate's Free Community:...
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The Secret to Skool's Success (Sam Ovens Interview)
Sam Ovens is the Co-Founder and CEO of Skool. We caught up with him in LA to find out about: - The mysterious rock he keeps in his pocket - Why Skool became "the most human place on the internet" - And how to build a community people fall in love with Check it out ❤️
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These Skoolers Made $107k... Then Gave It All Away
Daniel Harrison and Alexander VandeLaar just put on a legendary Skool Event in their hometown. Skoolers from all over the world flew to be there... and helped raise $107k for charity 🤯 We caught up with them in LA to find out: - How Skool makes IRL so easy and fun - Creative ways to use the...
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Hanging out with Kirby and Claire
Skool Stories is back! To kick off Season 2 we caught up with Andrew Kirby, Claire Quinn and Evelyn Weiss to chat about: - The first "Skool Baby" - How they got started on Skool - And why 2026 will be the year of community Check it out,
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This Stay-At-Home Mom runs a Full-Time Business
Salha Aziz won The Skool Games while taking care of her kids at home. In this episode, we talk about: - Losing her job as a Zumba instructor because of COVID - Overcoming her fear of speaking on camera - And transitioning from "doing" to "coaching" Check it out. Salha's community:...
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These two hippies taught me "being weird" is okay
Dan Harrison and Alexander Om are some of the earliest community builders on Skool. Since then, they've won the Skool Games thrice, hosted 10+ in-person masterminds and learned a TONNE about letting the right people into their community — while keeping the wrong people out. I caught up with them…
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Meet "The Frugal Millionaire" Who Lives In A Truck
JOIN SKOOL: http://tinyurl.com/skool-games Ryan Schrope is a successful online business owner who... lives in a truck along with his wife Haley. In this episode I caught up with him to find out: - Why he lives in a truck (despite owning several houses) - Succeeding without an audience through…
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Can you run a business without losing your soul?
@Devon Meadows lives in a forest with his wife and two-year-old daughter. He also runs a successful Skool Community. Here's how. Devon's Skool: https://www.skool.com/fbads/about
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What it's like starting a business with your mom
Ilana and Daniel Bissonnette are the mother-son duo behind a successful female health business. In this episode, we talk about: - The pros and cons of going into business with your family - Having the courage to be different to the people around you - And why they decided to win The Skool Games...
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Meet The Boys Who Make $300k/m & Won A Free Cybertruck In 30 Days
JOIN SKOOL FOR FREE: http://tinyurl.com/skool-games @Max Perzon is a 4-time Skool Games Winner, Battle Royale Champ and recent Cybertruck owner 😉 In this episode, we talk about: - Finding the right rocket ship to go all-in on - Turning team members into life-long friends - And why IRL events are...
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How We Built A $1M/yr Business On Skool (with A.I. Automations)
JOIN SKOOL FOR FREE: http://tinyurl.com/skool-games @Jack Roberts and @Adam Luke are the two friends behind a $100k/month AI community on Skool. In this episode, we talk about: - The power of hosting in-person meetups - Using “Leaderboard Unlocks” to supercharge engagement - And how they cut…
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What It Really Takes To Make $1M/year on Skool
JOIN SKOOL FOR FREE: http://tinyurl.com/skool-games Benny D is a rapper-turned-entrepreneur. After hitting rock bottom in his music career, he joined a Skool Community to learn Copywriting. Now... just a few years later, he runs an online business with @Ted Carr that makes $1M/year. In this...
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Meet The Man Who’s Helping 10,000 People Become Millionaires
JOIN SKOOL FOR FREE: http://tinyurl.com/skool-games Keitron Rankin is a Cybertruck winner, back-to-back Skool Games Champ and all-time leaderboard legend. You’ve seen him flex online, smack-talk the competition and surge $50k+ MRR in 24 hours. - But who is he REALLY? - How is he dominating on…
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How To Start a 7-Figure Business (By Accident)
JOIN SKOOL FOR FREE: http://tinyurl.com/skool-games Laura Buhl is a mom, journal-lover and Skool Games Winner. In this episode, we talk about: - Starting a 7-figure business by accident - The “slow-growth method” that took her to $23k/month - And how to beat your competition by creating…
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50 years of Business Experience in 43 minutes
JOIN SKOOL FOR FREE: http://tinyurl.com/skool-games Dan Sullivan has been coaching entrepreneurs for 50+ years. His workshop-based community Strategic Coach makes $40M+ ARR. (Yes, that’s forty million dollars of annual recurring revenue). In this interview, he reveals: - The 4C formula that will...
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This Skool Mastermind Will 10x Your Community’s Revenue
JOIN SKOOL FOR FREE: http://tinyurl.com/skool-games This episode was recorded live at an invite-only mastermind in Belfast. There were so many insane gem dropped that we felt like it was unfair for us not to share it. Enjoy! Calvin’s Waiting List:...
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how this soldier made $1.5m on tiktok
Discover if Skool is right for you: http://tinyurl.com/skool-games @Nicholas Fowler is a full-time, active-duty member of The US Military. He also came 1st in the August Skool Games with $50k MRR added in 30 days. (With only 3 hours a day to dedicate to Skool after “work”). In this episode, we…
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My Speedrun From $0 To $29,073/m (Full Beginner’s Guide)
JOIN SKOOL FOR FREE: http://tinyurl.com/skool-games Patrice's Skool: https://www.skool.com/herizon/about
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How To Sell Anything (Sales Masterclass For Beginners)
JOIN SKOOL FOR FREE: http://tinyurl.com/skool-games Shariff Dyer II is a Skool Games Winner who has done over 5000+ sales calls. In this interview, he reveals “the sales cheatcode” you can steal to 10x your number of paying members on Skool — even if you’ve never been on a sales call before.…
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This Controversial Mindset Will Make Him A Billionaire
JOIN SKOOL FOR FREE: http://tinyurl.com/skool-games Ted Carr is a million-dollar community builder, Skool Games Winner and an early investor in Skool. He’s also a pretty weird guy (he’s technically homeless, only eats fruit, and is from Canada). But what’s even weirder is his plan to go from...
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The YouTube Millionaire That Quit To Get A 9-5 Job
JOIN SKOOL FOR FREE: http://tinyurl.com/skool-games Andrew Kirby is a YouTuber with 600k subscribers and the Host of The Skool Games. By age 21, he had made over $1M online and scaled 3 different businesses to $100k/mo. Now, he’s on a mission to find the easiest way for you to hit your first $10k...
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This Waiter Made $2M Building Online Communities
LAUNCH A SKOOL FOR FREE: http://tinyurl.com/skool-games JOIN DOUG’S FREE COMMUNITY: https://www.skool.com/community-merge-mastery-2687 6 years ago, Doug Boughton was waiting tables in a restaurant. He was $114k in debt, hated his job and was hungry for “more.” Just 2 years later, he ended up...
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Why 99% of Entrepreneurs Quit Right Before They Get Rich
JOIN SKOOL FOR FREE: http://tinyurl.com/skool-games 30 days ago, @Stephen G. Pope “decided” to win the Skool Games by building a $35k per month business from scratch. But how do you become the sort of person who can “decide” to do something like this? What are the skills, qualities, and traits…
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Meet The Kids Who Interview Billionaires For A Living
JOIN SKOOL FOR FREE: http://tinyurl.com/skool-games The School Of Hard Knocks have amassed over 2.5 billion views and 6 million followers on social media by asking some of the wealthiest people on the planet how they made their money. You’ve probably seen their clips… Lots of them. But what you...
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The First People To Sell A Skool Community
JOIN SKOOL FOR FREE: http://tinyurl.com/skool-games 🎉 Skool History has officially been made 🎉 These two crazy dudes (@Valdo Ai + @CreatorPascal aka. Pascio) just sold their Community! To celebrate, I hopped on a quick call to figure out how they did it. (And how you could too). 👇🏼 Valdo's...
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Why You Can’t Make Your First Dollar Online
JOIN SKOOL FOR FREE: http://tinyurl.com/skool-games Bijan's Skool: https://www.skool.com/@bijanizadi
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The BEST Way For Women To Make Passive Income
JOIN SKOOL FOR FREE: http://tinyurl.com/skool-games Turning broke mom’s into filthy rich Wall Street Traders might seem like a strange niche… But it’s the idea that catapulted @Team Forex For Women to $116k monthly recurring revenue and the #1 spot on the All-Time Leaderboard 🐐 The good news is,...
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I Went From In Debt To $55k/mo Using “The Immigrant Mindset”
JOIN SKOOL FOR FREE: http://tinyurl.com/skool-games 8-months ago, Farhoon Asim didn't have enough money for lunch. Now he's a Skool Games Winner who makes $55k per month. In this episode, we explore how. Farhoon's Skool: https://www.skool.com/international-hustlers-academy/about
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They Did $2M in 9 Months With No Audience (Genius Method)
JOIN SKOOL: http://tinyurl.com/skool-games Maximilian Saal and Eric Steigner launched their community with no course, no audience and no plan. 9 months later, they've made over 2 million dollars using The Pioneer Group Method**™.** In this episode, they share the EXACT step-by-step blueprint of…
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How To Reprogram Your Mind To Make Success (Way) Easier
JOIN SKOOL: http://tinyurl.com/skool-games Max Perzon is the first person to win the Skool Games twice. To celebrate, Wiktor Romanowicz and I caught up with him in Vegas to discover: - A nugget from the 1st mastermind that doubled his sales in 30 days - The right time to hire people (and how to…
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The Retention Wizard of Skool (50% to 1% CHURN)
JOIN SKOOL: http://tinyurl.com/skool-games Calvin Hollywood is the secret retention expert Skool Games Winners DM when they need help. His approach to LEADING communities is extremely counter-cultural. But the results speak for themselves.
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POV: You finally make $10k a month
JOIN SKOOL: http://tinyurl.com/skool-games Three months, ago Patrice Moore quit her job to go all-in on Skool… Now she's about to hit her first $10k month! In this episode, we talk about: - The importance of her first sale (and how she got it) - Going from no niche → sales-call confident in less...
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Stories from people earning a full-time income doing what they love on Skool.
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