This week on the Escape The Drift Podcast, John is excited to share the incredible story of Nick Daniel, co-founder of the billion-dollar fitness brand V Shred. Nick gets real about his humble beginnings growing up in small town Oklahoma and how a passion for self-improvement led him to become a dating coach at a young age. Listeners will learn how Nick's chance meeting with future business partner sparked the idea for their first online business. Against all odds, the duo bootstrapped their company from just $1000, relying solely on affiliate marketing and their marketing genius to build V Shred into the global powerhouse it is today.Nick shares invaluable lessons learned over his entrepreneurial journey, from the importance of finding a visionary partner to trust but verify strategies. He also offers rare insight into building a brand people love through authentic connection. For anyone chasing their dreams of creating an impactful company, this episode is full of actionable wisdom from a true success story.Highlights:"We started with 1000 bucks. And we've never taken a penny of funding, not one penny no funding bootstrapped it up to 1000 ourselves.""I always put maximum effort into everything and he drove home mastery mastery and discipline is built by the by showing up over time. And not missing every day every day.""I wanted to travel the world. I wanted to get rich, I wanted to go help a bunch of people and I wanted to go see, I want to stretch myself to whatever the hell the limits were of those possibilities..."Timestamps:00:00: Nick Daniel Introduction03:01: Upbringing05:33: Overcoming Limiting Beliefs11:56: Managing Business Growth14:36: Affiliate Marketing21:44: Personal Growth28:19: Mentorships35:11: Work Ethic42:31: Building A Business50:20: Scaling59:56: Going Viral1:06:35: Creating A Successful Online Business