Action Academy | Millionaire Mentorship For Your Life & Business
Brian Luebben
Replace The Job You Hate With A Life You Love. This is the podcast for high performers who feel stuck in jobs they’ve outgrown. If you’re asking, “How do I actually replace $10K–$20K/month so I can quit and never look back?” — welcome home. At Action Academy, we teach you how to buy small businesses and commercial real estate to create cash flow that actually replaces your job. Monday through Friday, you’ll learn from 7–9 figure entrepreneurs, real estate moguls, and acquisition pros who’ve done it — and show you how to do it too. Hosted by Brian Luebben (@brianluebben), who quit his 6-figure sales role in 2022 to build a global business while traveling the world. If you're a high-income earner ready to become a high-impact entrepreneur, this show is your playbook. Subscribe now and start your path to freedom — or keep pretending your job will get better someday....
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Mar 30, 2026 • 40min
From Corporate Analyst to $1.5M Business Owner in 11 Months w/ Eric Clewis
Eric Clewis, a former 15-year oil and gas project controls analyst who bought and now runs an FF&E procurement firm, shares his rapid transition to business ownership. He talks about why he left corporate life, choosing business buying over real estate, teaming up with a partner, the grind of deal hunting, financing and due diligence, and scaling operations remotely toward hotel clients.
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Mar 23, 2026 • 44min
He Landed A $41.4 MILLION DOLLAR Self Storage Deal From Sending A Letter.....
Rob Dubrock, a self-storage operator who scaled from small local deals to a $41.4M portfolio. He recounts finding the massive deal via a mailer and the rapid scale-up from tiny acquisitions. Topics include fundraising strategies, sourcing CMBS non-recourse lending, building a capital-raising team, operations and staffing blends, and buying whole markets rather than single facilities.
10 snips
Mar 19, 2026 • 18min
How / When To Negotiate SELLER FINANCING When Buying Your First Small Business
Clear breakdown of seller financing basics and which deal elements you can negotiate. Reasons sellers agree to carry paper and how that speeds or complicates closings. Definitions of seller notes, earnouts, subordination, and performance-based adjustments. Practical cautions on transition consulting, balloon payments, capital stack placement, and when a seller-finance deal becomes too risky.
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Mar 17, 2026 • 15min
What I wish I knew before I became an Entrepreneur....
A frank look at trading corporate certainty for the chaos of entrepreneurship. Conversations about managing uncertainty and why setbacks are growth signs. Metaphors of turbulence and rebuilding systems illustrate the emotional roller coaster of scaling. The practical role of mentors and masterminds in calming fear and validating progress gets highlighted.
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Mar 13, 2026 • 37min
He Bought A $750k Business From A TWEET (Here's What Happened Next....) w/ Chandler Reed
Chandler Reed, an entrepreneur who bought and revived a commercial contracting firm after spotting the opportunity on a tweet. He recounts finding a distressed $10M business sold for $750K, using creative deal structures like earnouts and no personal guarantees. Conversation covers hands-on turnarounds, stabilizing revenue with service diversification, aligning sellers, and practical tactics for learning and executing in the first 90 days.
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Mar 10, 2026 • 1h 1min
How Sam Gaudet Grew Dan Martell to 10 Million Followers
Sam Gaudet, content operator who scaled Dan Martell from under 100k to 10M+ followers and built an eight-figure media business. He breaks down growth frameworks like Hook-Explain-Illustrate-Teach. Short, tactical takes on follower conversion over vanity views, topic selection, ideation/validation, repurposing hooks, and monetizing beyond ads.
Mar 5, 2026 • 11min
The Fastest Way To Turn $100k Into $1,000,000 + (yeah, seriously)
A fast, practical dive into turning $100k into $1M by buying businesses and commercial real estate. Stories of a real purchase and why sales skills map to business ownership. Simple valuation math showing how added profit multiplies value. Growth tactics like roll-ups and scaling to attract bigger buyers.
Mar 3, 2026 • 1h 27min
If you listen to ONE group coaching call in 2026 - make it this one....
Dr. Benjamin Hardy, psychologist and bestselling author focused on scaling and goal psychology. He covers The Gap vs The Gain, why 10X goals beat incremental thinking, using future vision to shape today, forcing strategic trade-offs, and how stretch goals attract transformational partners. Short, tactical conversations on raising standards and revealing the true path to growth.
14 snips
Feb 26, 2026 • 1h 10min
STEAL This Off-Market Deal Finding Strategy To 3X Your Small Businesses Deal Flow
A deep dive into off-market deal sourcing and a two-track approach that trades time for money. Practical outreach tactics using data tools, email and SMS drips, and CRM tricks to scale pipelines. Creative offer structures and anchoring to make one option stand out. Strategies for targeting recurring-revenue, low-capex businesses and planning roll-ups for growth.
Feb 25, 2026 • 1h 3min
Lessons I've Learned Scaling "Beyond A Million" w/ Brad Weimart
Brian Luebben, entrepreneur and founder of Action Academy who helps high performers replace corporate income through acquisitions and CRE. He discusses working backward from big goals, modeling mentors two steps ahead, prioritizing cashflow before equity, building repeatable operations after acquisitions, and scaling teams and communities to replicate success.
