How a Public Company Sabotaged My 8-Figure Business Sale

How a Public Company Sabotaged My 8-Figure Business Sale. In this interview, serial entrepreneur Cecil Robles shares the painful story of how he lost out on a fortune when selling his first eight-figure business. He details how the acquiring public company structured an "earnout" deal that made it impossible for him to hit his targets , essentially forcing him to walk away from millions and locking him into a multi-year non-compete. Cecil also reveals how he found a clever loophole in his non-compete to launch a new, wildly successful venture and explains his current business model of building an equity portfolio with the goal of owning a piece of 100 companies in the next five years.

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🕒 CHAPTERS

00:00 - My Goal: Own a Piece of 100 Companies

09:02 - Why a Business Partnership is Like a Marriage

13:28 - The Hardest Part of Entrepreneurship: Learning to Fail

18:14 - How a Public Company Sabotaged My 8-Figure Sale

27:42 - My Comeback: Finding the Loophole in My Non-Compete

36:48 - How to Anticipate Problems Before They Happen

41:49 - My #1 Leadership Rule: Delegate, But Don't Detach

46:45 - My Journey from a 6-Figure a Year to 9-Figure Net Worth Goal

51:45 - The Biggest Change in 20 Years: Checking My Ego

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