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What It Cost Me to Step Out of My $20M Business

What It Cost Me to Step Out of My $20M Businessby: Cian BrennanPublished on: 18/09/2026

It cost me $1.08 million to step out of a $20M construction consultancy. Here is what actually worked, and what I wasted the money on.

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What It Cost Me to Step Out of My $20M Business

Your side business is capping the main one

Your side business is capping the main oneby: Cian BrennanPublished on: 15/09/2026

Corey Branks runs a $6.1M steel business and a property development on the side. Why he needs to get out of the first before scaling the second.

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Your side business is capping the main one

Referrals Won't Get You Past $5 Million

Referrals Won't Get You Past $5 Millionby: Cian BrennanPublished on: 08/09/2026

Referrals and repeat clients built a $4.4M fit-out business. They will not build a $20M one. Here is what has to change, and what waiting costs.

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Referrals Won't Get You Past $5 Million

Alex Hormozi's $100M advice: what works for subbies

Alex Hormozi's $100M advice: what works for subbiesby: Cian BrennanPublished on: 04/09/2026

Some of Alex Hormozi's $100M playbook works for a construction business and some of it doesn't. Here's what actually transfers to a subbie.

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Alex Hormozi's $100M advice: what works for subbies

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