The Ravi Abuvala Show

Ravi Abuvala
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Oct 27, 2026 • 43min

After Making $35M, I’m Done Feeling Guilty for Enjoying My Life

Work With Me To Scale Your Business: https://go.scalingwithsystems.com/10-22-26 ———————————— Watch Me Fix $1M+ Businesses Live: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLF-fSrHojCgG8V5-7AKVrKgcbtsd-BXti&si=kEOVnNFnLhhhDbYA ———————————— Join Our Team: https://www.scalingwithsystems.com/careers ———————————— I explain why I stepped away from daily videos, how I balance living with reflection, and the systems I’m using to protect my time, build a social life, organize my wardrobe with AI, and keep building with Claude Code. CHAPTERS 00:00 Returning to the Daily Videos 01:50 Living vs. Reflecting 02:52 My Feedback Loop and AI Journal 06:56 Giving Myself Grace 08:02 Being Present and Meditation 12:52 Small Decisions and the Slight Edge 15:46 The Wedding Weekend and Enjoying Life 19:53 Building a Life Outside Work 22:44 My Friend’s Wedding and Healing After a Breakup 25:39 Protecting My Time and Calendar 28:23 Dating Without the Apps 31:25 Hurricane Damage and Delegating the Repairs 33:20 Making Time for Personal Style 34:53 My AI Wardrobe and Packing System 38:32 Brazil Plans for New Year’s 38:51 What’s Next for Dialed 40:45 My Claude Code and Phone Setup
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Oct 26, 2026 • 35min

If You Want More High Ticket Clients in 2027, DO THIS NOW

Work With Me To Scale Your Business: https://go.scalingwithsystems.com/josh-drylie ———————————— Be On The Next Constraint Call: https://www.scalingwsystems.com/constraint-call-application ———————————— Watch Me Fix $1M+ Businesses Live: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLF-fSrHojCgG8V5-7AKVrKgcbtsd-BXti&si=kEOVnNFnLhhhDbYA ———————————— Join Our Team: https://www.scalingwithsystems.com/careers ———————————— In this episode of the Constraint Call, Ravi helps a founder of a medical marketing agency identify why his Meta ads swing between feast and famine and rebuild the money model around paid-in-full cash up front, a one-call close, and a $10-a-day ad testing system. Chapters: 00:00 - Intro & Meet Josh: $700K+ medical marketing agency 02:04 — $3,500/Month Retainer & Cash Up Front 05:07 — Direct Call Funnel Metrics 08:07 — Why Not Spend $20K Next Month? 11:31 — LTGP to CAC: 6.7:1 vs 1.3:1 15:20 — Pulling Cash Forward With PIFs 17:19 — Two-Call vs One-Call Close 19:34 — The $10/Day Ad Testing System 27:41 — Live Ads Manager Audit 33:28 — Josh’s Action Plan
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Oct 22, 2026 • 44min

After $35M in Revenue, Here’s Why I Wouldn’t Start a Coaching Business

A $600K+ performance marketing agency owner considers leaving client services for coaching. The conversation examines retainers, revenue share, referrals, client concentration, and the hidden difficulty of building a coaching acquisition engine. They also explore a hybrid offer, high-value clients, seminar plans, daily content, and simpler ways to reach $50K in monthly profit.
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Oct 19, 2026 • 39min

The Most Valuable Sales System Training You’ll Ever Watch

Work With Me To Scale Your Business: https://go.scalingwithsystems.com/huncho ———————————— Be On The Next Constraint Call: https://www.scalingwsystems.com/constraint-call-application ———————————— Watch Me Fix $1M+ Businesses Live: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLF-fSrHojCgG8V5-7AKVrKgcbtsd-BXti&si=kEOVnNFnLhhhDbYA ———————————— Join Our Team: https://www.scalingwithsystems.com/careers ———————————— In this episode of the Constraint Call, Ravi helps a founder of a $4.5M+ men's fitness coaching business identify why his 81% show rate was hiding nearly 70 cancelled calls a month and rebuild the sales system around a double booking setup, dollar-per-booked-call routing, and a second YouTube channel. Chapters: 00:00 - Intro & Meet Huncho: $4.5M+ men's fitness coaching 01:52 — 90-Day vs 6-Month Offer Breakdown 03:43 — Financing, Split Pay & Chargeback Rate 09:27 — The Real Constraint: 81% Show vs 56% Held 12:33 — Incentives & Dollar Per Booked Call 14:50 — 68 Cancelled Calls a Month 22:35 — The Double Booking System 27:32 — Routing Calls by Rep Performance 31:22 — Starting a Second YouTube Channel 34:42 — Huncho’s Action Plan
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Oct 16, 2026 • 19min

The Dopamine Hit Distracting Every $1M+ Business Owner

Trevor Ruby, a marketing agency and software entrepreneur, reveals why his $1.9M business struggles to sell $1,500-a-month software to cold prospects. The conversation explores switching costs, turning software into a backend upsell, pricing and migration incentives, and using client data to pinpoint the most profitable ideal customer. It also confronts the dopamine trap of building instead of fixing the real marketing constraint.
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Oct 15, 2026 • 51min

Building a $1M Client Acquisition System for a Stranger in 51 Minutes

Work With Me To Scale Your Business: https://go.scalingwithsystems.com/serdar-bisi ———————————— Be On The Next Constraint Call: https://www.scalingwsystems.com/constraint-call-application ———————————— Watch Me Fix $1M+ Businesses Live: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLF-fSrHojCgG8V5-7AKVrKgcbtsd-BXti&si=kEOVnNFnLhhhDbYA ———————————— Join Our Team: https://www.scalingwithsystems.com/careers ———————————— In this episode of the Constraint Call, Ravi helps a founder of an $800K+ AI appointment-setting agency for high-ticket coaches identify why his cold ads keep attracting coaches too small to buy and rebuild acquisition around a systemized referral engine, a partner program, and a pay-per-performance offer. Chapters: 00:00 - Intro & Meet Serdar: $800K+ AI appointment-setting agency 01:50 — Offer & Unit Economics: $31K LTV 05:46 — Acquisition: YouTube, Referrals & Cold Ads 11:39 — Systemizing the Referral Program 15:52 — Building a Partner Program 24:38 — Scaling Delivery: CSMs & Junior Account Managers 29:48 — VSL Funnel Audit: $3K per Qualified Call 33:00 — Pay-Per-Performance & Going Up Market 43:02 — SaaS Feeder vs. Product-Led DM Funnel 48:48 — Serdar's Action Plan
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Oct 14, 2026 • 33min

My $35M Life Got Put to the Ultimate Test

Work With Me To Scale Your Business: https://go.scalingwithsystems.com/10-9-26 ———————————— Watch Me Fix $1M+ Businesses Live: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLF-fSrHojCgG8V5-7AKVrKgcbtsd-BXti&si=kEOVnNFnLhhhDbYA ———————————— Join Our Team: https://www.scalingwithsystems.com/careers ———————————— I break down how a hurricane tested the freedom and systems I built, from evacuating early and keeping momentum to the sales data and new offer moving my business forward. CHAPTERS 00:00 The hurricane evacuation test 04:02 My go bag and travel setup 09:58 Using AI to make better decisions 15:51 Finding a runner's high 20:36 Catching worst-case thoughts 25:37 How my team kept business moving 26:36 What the sales data revealed 29:52 Why “no worries” kills sales 30:50 Day one of my new offer
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Oct 14, 2026 • 33min

How to Get So Good at Meta Ad Funnels It Feels ILLEGAL

Work With Me To Scale Your Business: https://go.scalingwithsystems.com/josh-delaney ———————————— Be On The Next Constraint Call: https://www.scalingwsystems.com/constraint-call-application ———————————— Watch Me Fix $1M+ Businesses Live: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLF-fSrHojCgG8V5-7AKVrKgcbtsd-BXti&si=kEOVnNFnLhhhDbYA ———————————— Join Our Team: https://www.scalingwithsystems.com/careers ———————————— In this episode of the Constraint Call, Ravi helps the founder of a UK kitchen, bedroom and bathroom coaching program see that his "broken" VSL funnel is actually returning 5X+ ROAS, so the real constraint is scaling ad spend and fixing pricing, not tweaking the funnel. Chapters: 00:00 - Intro & Meet Josh: The KBB Collective 01:10 - From £20K to £50K Months With DMs 03:19 - £5K Offer & Payment Plans 05:26 - Funnel Numbers & Cost Per Acquisition 10:51 - Why 5X ROAS Means Scale Spend 13:26 - The 10,000-Business Market Problem 16:04 - Expanding Into the US 19:06 - Pricing: 6 vs 12 Months 25:39 - VSL & Booking Page Teardown 30:53 - Josh's Action Plan
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Oct 13, 2026 • 45min

The Morning System That Protects My $35M Life

Work With Me To Scale Your Business: https://go.scalingwithsystems.com/10-6-26 ———————————— Watch Me Fix $1M+ Businesses Live: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLF-fSrHojCgG8V5-7AKVrKgcbtsd-BXti&si=kEOVnNFnLhhhDbYA ———————————— Join Our Team: https://www.scalingwithsystems.com/careers ———————————— I break down the morning system that protects my mind, why skipping it changes my entire day, and the personal and business lessons I’m using to keep growing after $35M. CHAPTERS 00:00 Behind Enemy Lines and the beginner’s mindset 07:09 Diet, energy, and recovery 12:41 Radical transparency 16:32 Ambition vs. enjoying life 19:52 Build your morning armor 24:33 The pleasure of potential 29:21 Why Instagram makes me feel behind 33:09 Automating payroll 34:04 SaaS vs. service 39:23 Client problems are the business 42:55 Control-Z the experiments 44:20 Cash flow and enterprise value
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Oct 13, 2026 • 35min

Give Me 35 Minutes and I'll Make You Disgustingly Good at Scaling Your Business

Work With Me To Scale Your Business: https://go.scalingwithsystems.com/math-jacob ———————————— Be On The Next Constraint Call: https://www.scalingwsystems.com/constraint-call-application ———————————— Watch Me Fix $1M+ Businesses Live: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLF-fSrHojCgG8V5-7AKVrKgcbtsd-BXti&si=kEOVnNFnLhhhDbYA ———————————— Join Our Team: https://www.scalingwithsystems.com/careers ———————————— In this episode of the Constraint Call, Ravi helps the founders of a $100K/month Quebec consulting firm for fitness coaches figure out why CAC climbed from $1,640 to $6,600, and lays out a low-risk plan to refresh their VSL funnel and test the French market in small tranches. Chapters: 00:00 - Intro & Meet Matt and Jacob: $100K/Month 01:34 - $10K and $30K Offers & Cash Collected 03:44 - VSL Funnel & Lead Magnet System 05:33 - CAC Jumps From $1,640 to $6,600 08:45 - Their Options: Done-for-You, France, English 13:58 - Why CAC Is a Symptom, Not the Constraint 16:36 - Smallest Lever Theory 23:08 - What to Risk for a $500K Upside 28:07 - Events, Webinars & Lumpy Revenue 34:16 - Matt & Jacob's Action Plan

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