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by Leila Hormozi
How can you create an unshakeable business? My name is Leila Hormozi and I crossed $100M by the age of 28. Now I’m growing acquisition.com into a billion-dollar portfolio. In this podcast, I share the lessons I’ve learned in scaling big businesses and helping our portfolio companies do the same. Buckle up, Let's BUILD.
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Read the unfiltered memos I send my team as we scale Acquisition.com to $1B+: https://leilahormozi.com/subscribe Easy calls get applause. Hard calls get criticism and make up for the majority of leadership decisions. In this episode, Leila breaks down why the best leaders sacrifice likability for the good of the business. She shares some controversial decisions she’s had to make as a leader and explains why every hard call is a trade. She also gives a three-part framework for making tough decisions. In this episode 00:00 Hard business decisions: easy calls vs hard calls 03:58 Examples of hard calls: firing and cost cutting 09:58 The trade-offs involved in hard calls 14:21 Three rules for effective decision-making 19:10 Explain the why clearly from all perspectives 21:41 Closing thoughts and next steps for leaders More Value: Get your personalized $100m scaling roadmap: https://www.acquisition.com/roadmap Read the unfiltered memos I send my team as we scale Acquisition.com to $1B+: https://leilahormozi.com/subscribe Receive a curated set of internal memos from the past year at Acquisition.com: https://leilahormozi.com/acq Watch my latest YouTube videos: https://www.youtube.com/@leilahormozi/featured Learn how to scale your business to millions of dollars in annual revenue: https://www.acquisition.com/ DISCLOSURE: Information shared here is for educational purposes only. Individuals and business owners should evaluate their own business strategies and identify any potential risks. The information shared here is not a guarantee of success. Your results may vary. Copyright © 2026.
Read the unfiltered memos I send my team as we scale Acquisition.com to $1B+: https://leilahormozi.com/subscribe Doing more rarely fixes what's broken in a business. It just spreads the problem thinner. In this episode, Leila breaks down why the best business owners solve issues through subtraction, not addition. She explains how doing more before earning the right to do so is an expensive mistake. Ruthless simplicity isn't a limitation. It's how businesses actually scale sustainably. In this episode 00:00 Earning the right to do more 04:54 Solving problems through subtraction vs. addition 08:00 How tech and HR departments add problems 13:37 Making hard decisions to win in business More Value: Get your personalized $100m scaling roadmap: https://www.acquisition.com/roadmap Read the unfiltered memos I send my team as we scale Acquisition.com to $1B+: https://leilahormozi.com/subscribe Receive a curated set of internal memos from the past year at Acquisition.com: https://leilahormozi.com/acq Watch my latest YouTube videos: https://www.youtube.com/@leilahormozi/featured Learn how to scale your business to millions of dollars in annual revenue: https://www.acquisition.com/ DISCLOSURE: Information shared here is for educational purposes only. Individuals and business owners should evaluate their own business strategies and identify any potential risks. The information shared here is not a guarantee of success. Your results may vary. Copyright © 2026.
Read the unfiltered memos I send my team as we scale Acquisition.com to $1B+: https://leilahormozi.com/subscribe Someone asked Leila to comment on how some women have to choose between being taken seriously in business and being a mother—implying that how other people perceive you can be a problem. In this episode, Leila explains why trying to change someone's mind about you is a waste of time. The price of success is criticism. The only real question is whether you’ll spend life responding to critics or building something worth criticizing. More Value: Get your personalized $100m scaling roadmap: https://www.acquisition.com/roadmap Read the unfiltered memos I send my team as we scale Acquisition.com to $1B+: https://leilahormozi.com/subscribe Receive a curated set of internal memos from the past year at Acquisition.com: https://leilahormozi.com/acq Watch my latest YouTube videos: https://www.youtube.com/@leilahormozi/featured Learn how to scale your business to millions of dollars in annual revenue: https://www.acquisition.com/ DISCLOSURE: Information shared here is for educational purposes only. Individuals and business owners should evaluate their own business strategies and identify any potential risks. The information shared here is not a guarantee of success. Your results may vary. Copyright © 2026.
Read the unfiltered memos I send my team as we scale Acquisition.com to $1B+: https://leilahormozi.com/subscribe Business leaders easily recognize the value of "working harder" and learning more about their niche. However, winning in business boils down to how fast you make good strategic decisions. In this episode, Leila makes the case for why decision-making is the most underrated skill in business. She breaks down the four multipliers that make one good decision worth more than months of execution. In this episode 00:00 Introduction 01:41 Reach: how many people the decision affects 02:43 Repetition: how others reuse the decision framework 05:58 Duration: how long the decision’s impact lasts 08:38 Reversibility: how difficult it would be to unwind the decision 11:38 Skill #1: Creating options beyond either/or choices 14:07 Skill #2: Setting deadlines to avoid procrastination 17:18 Skill #3: The ability to be objective More Value: Get your personalized $100m scaling roadmap: https://www.acquisition.com/roadmap Read the unfiltered memos I send my team as we scale Acquisition.com to $1B+: https://leilahormozi.com/subscribe Receive a curated set of internal memos from the past year at Acquisition.com: https://leilahormozi.com/acq Watch my latest YouTube videos: https://www.youtube.com/@leilahormozi/featured Learn how to scale your business to millions of dollars in annual revenue: https://www.acquisition.com/ DISCLOSURE: Information shared here is for educational purposes only. Individuals and business owners should evaluate their own business strategies and identify any potential risks. The information shared here is not a guarantee of success. Your results may vary. Copyright © 2026.
Read the unfiltered memos I send my team as we scale Acquisition.com to $1B+: https://leilahormozi.com/subscribe More effort, hours, coaching, or feedback won’t fix a placement problem. In this episode, Leila breaks down the framework she uses to figure out whether someone on the team is the wrong person or just in the wrong seat or season. The goal is not to keep everybody but to always keep the right team members in the right seats. In this episode 00:00 Getting the right people in the right seats 03:24 Scenario #1: right person in the wrong seat 10:27 Scenario #2: right person in the wrong season 17:25 Scenario #3: right person, wrong boss 19:51 Making strategic decisions as a leader More Value: Get your personalized $100m scaling roadmap: https://www.acquisition.com/roadmap Read the unfiltered memos I send my team as we scale Acquisition.com to $1B+: https://leilahormozi.com/subscribe Receive a curated set of internal memos from the past year at Acquisition.com: https://leilahormozi.com/acq Watch my latest YouTube videos: https://www.youtube.com/@leilahormozi/featured Learn how to scale your business to millions of dollars in annual revenue: https://www.acquisition.com/ DISCLOSURE: Information shared here is for educational purposes only. Individuals and business owners should evaluate their own business strategies and identify any potential risks. The information shared here is not a guarantee of success. Your results may vary. Copyright © 2026.
Read the unfiltered memos I send my team as we scale Acquisition.com to $1B+: https://leilahormozi.com/subscribe Guilt controls more decisions than most people realize. In this episode, Leila reveals how guilt can limit ambition, fill calendars with endless obligations, and prevent people from making decisions aligned with their values. She also shares tips on how to separate feelings from facts, tolerate discomfort, and stop taking responsibility for other people’s emotions. In this episode 00:00 Understanding the power behind "feeling guilty" 05:15 Why successful people struggle to say no 06:36 Loyalty versus guilt in relationships 09:38 Practical steps to overcome feelings of guilt More Value: Get your personalized $100m scaling roadmap: https://www.acquisition.com/roadmap Read the unfiltered memos I send my team as we scale Acquisition.com to $1B+: https://leilahormozi.com/subscribe Receive a curated set of internal memos from the past year at Acquisition.com: https://leilahormozi.com/acq Watch my latest YouTube videos: https://www.youtube.com/@leilahormozi/featured Learn how to scale your business to millions of dollars in annual revenue: https://www.acquisition.com/ DISCLOSURE: Information shared here is for educational purposes only. Individuals and business owners should evaluate their own business strategies and identify any potential risks. The information shared here is not a guarantee of success. Your results may vary. Copyright © 2026.
Read the unfiltered memos I send my team as we scale Acquisition.com to $1B+: https://leilahormozi.com/subscribe The real reason most people feel like they're failing at balance has nothing to do with having too much on their plate. They simply haven’t decided what matters most right now, in this moment. Leila gets candid about what getting pregnant mid-book-launch taught her about priorities, seasons, and the one question most people are too afraid to answer honestly. In this episode 00:00 Why work-life balance feels elusive 02:25 Force ranking your priorities 05:19 How pregnancy changed the plan 10:38 Why balance is not a good life goal More Value: Get your personalized $100m scaling roadmap: https://www.acquisition.com/roadmap Read the unfiltered memos I send my team as we scale Acquisition.com to $1B+: https://leilahormozi.com/subscribe Receive a curated set of internal memos from the past year at Acquisition.com: https://leilahormozi.com/acq Watch my latest YouTube videos: https://www.youtube.com/@leilahormozi/featured Learn how to scale your business to millions of dollars in annual revenue: https://www.acquisition.com/ DISCLOSURE: Information shared here is for educational purposes only. Individuals and business owners should evaluate their own business strategies and identify any potential risks. The information shared here is not a guarantee of success. Your results may vary. Copyright © 2026.
Read the unfiltered memos I send my team as we scale Acquisition.com to $1B+: https://leilahormozi.com/subscribe Women lose power in entrepreneurship because they keep blaming factors they cannot control. In this episode, Leila shares the brutal truths about building a business while balancing competing values like family, relationships, and personal ambitions. She explains why conflict between these values is inevitable and how women can create systems that support everything they care about. In this episode 00:00 Leila’s perspective on women in business 01:45 Conflicting values: make trade-offs without feeling like a failure 05:30 Engineering the business and family to support each other More Value: Get your personalized $100m scaling roadmap: https://www.acquisition.com/roadmap Read the unfiltered memos I send my team as we scale Acquisition.com to $1B+: https://leilahormozi.com/subscribe Receive a curated set of internal memos from the past year at Acquisition.com: https://leilahormozi.com/acq Watch my latest YouTube videos: https://www.youtube.com/@leilahormozi/featured Learn how to scale your business to millions of dollars in annual revenue: https://www.acquisition.com/ DISCLOSURE: Information shared here is for educational purposes only. Individuals and business owners should evaluate their own business strategies and identify any potential risks. The information shared here is not a guarantee of success. Your results may vary. Copyright © 2026.
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