{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"EP 20: Ryan Blair \u2014 Serial Entrepreneur, Who Took a Failing Business and Sold it for $792 million","description":"Serial entrepreneur Ryan Blair started his first company at the ripe age of 21. By 24, he\u2019d sold it in a $25 million transaction. Not long after, he bought a company on the verge of bankruptcy, with more than $6 million in debt. Within 16 months, he was selling it as a $792 million business.  Just 10 years before selling his first multi-million dollar business, though, Ryan was a teen gang member in L.A.  His father, formerly a worker in the aerospace industry, had gotten addicted to drugs, and multiple of Ryan\u2019s siblings followed suit. By the time he was 14, he\u2019d been pushed into a gang to retaliate the murder of his sister\u2019s best friend, and things were moving in a dark direction, fast. That\u2019s when he met his first entrepreneur \u2014 the man who would become his mentor and, later, his stepfather.  Having an entrepreneur as a mentor changed Ryan\u2019s mindset and helped (literally) reverse his fortunes. But later on, following the death of his mother, he\u2019d come to determine he\u2019d attributed too much power to new Ferraris and mansions. Ryan was still, essentially, a walking wound of childhood trauma. That\u2019s when the real shift started.    \u201cThrough the process of learning forgiveness and learning meditation and breathwork, along with various other modalities, I started to change,\u201d he recalls. \u201cI started to have a different heart and a different energy about me. And people noticed that.\u201d (37:55) On this episode of The Anthony Sarandrea Show, Anthony and Ryan talk about how those changes became the foundation for his new company, AlterCall, how he helps others to gain self-mastery, and what it means to be the architect of your own business and life.   What You\u2019ll Learn: Which MLM myths deserve to be debunked, and what good Ryan has seen come out of direct selling models (11:55) How he created procedures and processes out of his own healing work, and how others use that as a template today (38:03) Why, as a business owner, your emotional state will filter into your business operations, and how to ensure it\u2019s a positive alignment (38:17) And much more!   Favorite Quote: \u201cIf you master your emotions and you master yourself, your business is going to be a reflection of that because your business is a reflection of you.\u201d \u2014 Ryan Blair (38:25)   Connect With Ryan:  LinkedIn Facebook AlterCall   How to Get Involved: Anthony Sarandrea, the founder of SiteFlood, is a philanthropist, entrepreneur, and keynote speaker known as a renowned customer and lead generator across the globe.  Be sure to follow him on LinkedIn, Instagram, and gain access to his consulting and speaking engagements via his website. Let us know you enjoyed this episode by visiting us on Apple Podcasts and giving us a review! We love hearing from you and appreciate your support of the show!   ","author_name":"The Anthony Sarandrea Show","author_url":"https:\/\/www.anthonysarandrea.com\/","html":"