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Introduction..
Hey guys, James Dumoulin here with the School Of Mentors.
You’ve probably seen my videos where I interview the most successful entrepreneurs on the planet.
In fact…
Over the last three years, I've had the privilege to travel all over the country to interview over a thousand millionaires…
I’ve been able to connect with the biggest names in business like Mark Cuban, Gary Vaynerchuk, Marcus Lemonis, and the CEOs of companies like Nike, Frito Lay, 7 Eleven, and many more.
I’ve also been able to interview some unknown billionaires like the owner of the Houston Texans, the founder of Kind Bars, and the owners of the biggest banks in Miami and Dallas.
We’ve even had our interviews shared by Elon Musk himself!
But most importantly…
We’ve had a chance to connect with all of you.
Our interviews have been watched by hundreds of millions of people all over the world.
To this day, we’ve generated over 3 billion views!
But here’s the thing…
Everyone sees those numbers now and thinks we’ve got it all figured out…
However, it wasn’t always this way…
Years ago…
We had no social media following.
We had zero connections.
We had nothing.
This is me working minimum wage at Chick-Fil-A…
So to explain how we got here today…
First you have to understand how this all started…
Rewind back a few years…
We knew we needed mentors in order to be successful…
You hear it all the time…
“You have to be willing to invest in yourself.”
“To make millions you have to pay to play.”
“Find someone who is where you want to be and learn from them.”
The problem was like I said…
We were all broke.
We all knew we wanted to be entrepreneurs and were meant for something greater.
But we didn’t have the resources to invest in people who could guide us.
So what did we do?
We winged it.
1. First, we tried to run a marketing agency… which ended up failing miserably.
2. Next, we tried to start a media company… which also ended up falling flat on its face.
3. Then finally we started doing freelancing… and we actually made a LITTLE money from it.
But the problem was… it never scaled!
It certainly wasn’t the success we dreamed of...
And although me and my brother Jack tried to stay positive…
We always felt REALLY stuck.
So we were forced to get jobs and put our businesses on hold.
And you know the most frustrating part?
It felt like we were working so hard…
Meanwhile, all of these people around us were crushing it.
You ever have the feeling like everyone else around you is succeeding and you just can’t figure it out?
That was us.
And you know what sucked the most about it?
We felt like we were more skilled than those people and were willing to work harder…
Looking back…
The one thing they all had which we didn’t have was mentors.
They were all a part of these amazing coaching programs that got incredible results…
But unfortunately we just couldn’t afford them.
All these programs cost tens of thousands of dollars to get access to these mentors…
We were barely making ends meet so we just couldn’t join them.
And that’s when we came up with a genius idea…
What if instead of paying tens of thousands of dollars for mentors…
We catch them off guard on the street and interview them!
Seriously, that was our idea.
And that is how School Of Hard Knocks was born.
We started off just interviewing random people that looked “rich” on the street.
What’s funny is that people think all of our interviews are staged…
But most of the time even up until this day, I literally go to rich areas…
And wait around until I see a really nice car or I stand around all day waiting to find someone who has that “rich look.”
And then I politely interrupt them and try to interview them.
But that’s besides the point…
Fast forward to now, after interviewing people for 2 years…
We’ve built a BILLION dollar network by age 26.
And after generating BILLIONS of views…
And after meeting over 1 thousand millionaires… and even billionaires.
We’ve had thousands of people reach out to us and ask us…
“How in the world did you guys pull this off?”
You see…
They reach out to us because they are where we were when we first started.
They want to learn how they can also go out and build their own billion dollar network and get mentored by all of these successful entrepreneurs.
So after hearing this over and over and over again…
We realized.
This is our true mission.
It was never about us getting mentors.
It was always about us bringing the mentors to all of you.
And that’s why we created the School Of Mentors.
The greatest mentorship program on the planet for individuals looking to start a business and make their first few thousand dollars or scale their existing business and make millions.
Check out what Evan said…
We believe that world class mentorship should be accessible to everyone.
And our mission is to bring the world’s greatest mentors to you.
❌Without charging tens of thousands of dollars…
❌Without forcing you to get on a high pressure sales call…
✅ And by making it stupid affordable for everyone who’s serious about taking action.
Like seriously stupid stupid stupid affordable…
It’s actually pretty funny…
When we first created the School Of Mentors we wanted everyone to feel like they were stealing from us…
Which started out as a joke…
But now looking at some of the results we’ve gotten it seems to have become a reality.
For example…
David came to The School Of Mentors looking to sharpen his sales skills as a closer…
He was in his early 20s and knew he could learn a thing or two from some of the biggest mentors like Tommy Mellow who has closed over 1 billion in sales!!!
And fast forward to now, David was able to take what he learned and closed $9,500 on a 1 call close with only 2 hours of work…
What’s even crazier is that this was over a 100X ROI on his investment to be a part of the community!!
Or check out Cody…
He already had an established business in the coaching space teaching people how to do sports betting. He also had a massive youtube channel but wanted to grow it.
So he attended some calls with our mentors like Shawn Meike who built a $187 MILLION dollar company…
And then, he took the biggest golden nuggets from those mentors… and this August, he FINALLY crossed $100,000/month!!
Now I know he is one of our top members but still…
A 2,000% ROI on his investment to be a part of our community is absolutely ridiculous.
Or check out Michael who recently posted in our community and shared that he generated $24,000 in revenue in a single month!!!
Now what’s really interesting is that Michael doesn’t run the typical online business as a course or coach or content creator.
He runs a commercial photography company and wanted to learn how to land Fortune 500 company clients and scale to tens of millions of dollars.
He’s been able to hop on calls with mentors like Renji who built a VR/AR company valued at 1 billion dollars who has been able to close fortune 500 clients like Meta…
And now he’s getting over a 400% ROI on his investment with us.
Now what’s really interesting between all of these people is that everyone in our community is so so different.
The School Of Mentors is perfect for busy professionals and entrepreneurs at all stages in their journey.
If you're reading this right now, maybe you're at a point in your life or your career where you're not happy.
Maybe you feel stuck or quite frankly miserable… and aren’t doing well financially…
Or maybe you've taken it upon yourself to start a business but that business is struggling to grow…
You want to figure out how you can scale that company to do six, seven, and eventually even eight figures but it just isn’t quite clicking.
Or on the flip side…
Some of you reading this might already be really successful entrepreneurs that value investing in themselves and you want to learn from $100 million dollar business owners and even billionaires.
You want to scale to 8, 9 or even 10 figures but can’t find mentors at that level that offer access to them.
So with that in mind, let me introduce you to the School Of Mentors…
Like I said earlier…
The BIGGEST thing we get asked is…
“How did you build a BILLION dollar network in your 20s? And how can I do that?”
Well with The School Of Mentors, we’ve got you covered.
Seriously, you don’t have to lift a finger.
Check out what Erik had to say about the weekly calls:
Every week, we bring one of our mentors right to you.
And we host a live call with either a millionaire or billionaire guest.
We reach out to our network of over one thousand millionaires that we’ve interviewed and ask them to come on and speak with you LIVE.
For example… here’s a few of the speakers we’ve had on:
This is your opportunity to learn from the most successful entrepreneurs in the world and ask them questions directly.
Now if you’re like me you’re probably thinking…
“What if I want to connect with these mentors 1 on 1?”
And that’s why we created our 1-1 program which is only available to the School Of Mentors members.
Once you join, you’ll get access to our School Of Mentors Private Calendar where you can book exclusive 1-1 calls with your favorite mentors and get mentored by them directly.
Now the next part of The School Of Mentors community are the weekly live implementation workshops.
Maybe you’re struggling with client acquisition and aren’t sure how to leverage content or ads to scale? We host masterclasses for that.
Or maybe you’re working way too hard in your business and need to figure out how to fire yourself with systems and a team? We host masterclasses for that.
Or maybe you just want to figure out how to get started with a side hustle or your first business? We host masterclasses for that as well.
If you want help with literally everything you need to start or scale your business with practical tactics and strategies that you can implement immediately…
There’s a workshop EVERY SINGLE WEEK.
For example… check out the one we hosted last week!
And you get access to all of the recordings from every workshop of all time easily organized for you to be able to find it and access it.
So don’t worry if you missed one…
That way, you can always get help with exactly what it is you are looking for on your journey.
Now when we first started dreaming up what we wanted The School Of Mentors to look like…
One of the biggest things that came up is how every single course creator out there charges tens of thousands of dollars for crappy courses…
And we asked ourselves…
“What if we could bring you all THE BEST courses in the world at a stupidly affordable rate? And what if we could also bring you DOZENS of courses instead of just ONE?”
And that’s when we decided to create The School Of Mentors Courses.
Maybe you need help figuring out what business to start? We have courses on how to start in real estate, tech, marketing, sales and all of the most popular business models.
Or maybe you need help with a specific area of your business like ads, saving money on taxes, ops, hiring or how to leverage A.I.? We have courses for that and so much more.
Our goal is to build a course for literally everything you’ll ever need to start a business and make your first $10,000…
And then scale your business to hundreds of millions of dollars.
Plus, to make it super easy for you…
We created roadmaps and have organized everything to make it super accessible.
Unlike most other courses that have all of this unnecessary content and fluff…where you have to sift through hundreds of hours of useless content.
We give you the pathways to access exactly what you need to unlock your next level of growth.
And on top of all of this…
You also get access to over 50 hours of never-seen-before content taught by the entrepreneurs we interview…
Which by the way we are always adding more…
And as a friendly reminder…
We’ll never ask you to pay us tens of thousands of dollars for this.
This is all for a stupidly affordable price that anyone who is serious about leveling up can commit to.
For example, check out what Elijah had to say after just one week inside…
Now saving the best for last…
On top of all of this…
You get access to the greatest part of The School Of Mentors…
All of you.
The community is my absolute favorite part about The School Of Mentors.
For example, here’s what Kai one of our members had to say about our community after joining…
In fact, Kai loved the community so freaking much that he even asked if he could work with us FOR FREE.
And after a few months, we loved him so much that we ended up hiring him as our community manager.
That’s the power of this community.
Every single day we host a new member call where you will meet your new cohort of members that joined the same day as you. That way it’s really intimate.
Plus we even connect you with an accountability buddy so you can reach your goals and go through the School Of Mentors together.
We also host competitions where you can win big prizes.
For example, every week we give away CASH prizes to members inside our community.
We also host regular giveaways and special events for our members.
For example, we just launched one of the craziest giveaways of all time.
All of our members were automatically ENTERED TO WIN a 2 day trip to meet our team and come with us as we meet some of the WEALTHIEST people in the world!
Check it out…
We even host a weekly networking call where you can connect with all of the members and get to know them.
With that in mind, it’s time for me to blow your mind.
Because we are so confident in The School Of Mentors…
We are going to invite you to try it risk free for 7 days!!!
Dead serious…
If you attend the new member call and go to the weekly live mentor call…
And you don’t absolutely love it within that first week…
We will give you a full refund.
How’s that for a crazy offer?
You literally get EVERYTHING I shared at the stupidest most affordable price…
And you can try it for 7 days risk free.
So with that being said…
I’ve got one LAST question for you..
“Do you know where the most valuable piece of real estate is?”
“The Graveyard.”
“There’s billion dollar ideas sitting in the ground from people that never took action.”
So what are you waiting for? It’s time to take action…
Can’t wait to see you inside of the School Of Mentors.
- James Dumoulin