Realistic day in the life (8-figure entrepreneur)

This is where it all began.

Is this the place that got robbed?

Im you lost everything. I am going to create chaos.

It's basically just business owners sitting around.

Circle jerking like, get your shit and get the out of here.

I'm Sabri Subi and this is a day in my life. That guy.

This guy. Oh, this is a guy that put me on YouTube.

That's right.

I'm already on his YouTube channel. Before we run the podcast. Counting your chickens before they hatch. Yeah. Whoa.

So what's the plan for the rest of the day?

So I just finished up QG Live call. It was a full house that went for an hour and a half.

Did that, did some funnel reviews, then had a copywriting meeting with Lewis from the Facebook team, gave him a little tune up.

And now heading over to this podcast with yourself. How we doing? This is where we're doing it.

Where are we?

What's the hap? Well, it's been a bit of a wave of entrepreneurs lately, so very nice to meet you where we are. Where do you want me?

So there's two reasons why I do podcasts. The first ones, either you look at the biggest brands in the world and you look at the founders. The following for those founders is always much larger than the brands itself, whether it's Elon with Tesla or even Jimmy with Feastables. People want to know the person behind the brand and they want to see what that brand stands for and they want to see it being built. And the second reason is to send the elevator back down to entrepreneurs. When I was on the come up listening to founders, looking at their stories, I got motivation in that. And I wish that for a lot of the people that I was following that there was more of those things. And I also wish for my own personal story because these are all things that I'm going to be able to actually show my children when they're older. Like, hey, this is what papa was doing. Like, this is why I work so hard, so they can see the climb and to come up as well.

Today's guest is the founder of Australia's number one agency here, King Kong.

Help me.

Welcome to the show. Mr. Savarisubi. You would say this was the most pivotal thing that created most success for it. What would it be?

Focus, Without a doubt.

Do you think that's one of the things that most entrepreneurs struggle with now?

I do.

It's definitely what I struggled on. You know, in my early years of being an entrepreneur, I had run many businesses. I'd run many into the ground And I was always just like distracted by like this shiny object, whether it was a funnel or a new business model, always thinking that that was the answer. And it's what I see in business owners that are just starting out and they're thinking like, oh, is it like E Com or is it an agency or whatever it might be.

Like there's always people looking at other.

Vehicles other than one that they're in to be the one. Either you join like business masterminds. It's basically just business owners sitting around circle jerking over other people's businesses. And it's just all people looking at outside the vehicle that they're currently in.

After finishing up the pod, I had to head back to the office cuz.

I had Davey coming in. We had a meeting with one of our shark tank investments, Suda, and I thought I'd take the opportunity to chop it up and ask him a little bit about his journey so far.

Oh, thank you. What'd you get me? You always get gifts. Sabrina.

Socks.

How did you know?

Rocking with the sandals. Please, sandals, do me proud. If you lost everything and you had.

No cash and you had no connections, you didn't have your brand name, you had no network at all, and you were starting from scratch in 2024, what are the first three things you do?

The first thing I would 100% do is learn the skill that I want to specialize in. And this is a mistake that I made a lot. I failed probably six businesses in a row. And I went, hang on a second. Maybe I'm not as good as I think I am. Drop the ego, learn the skill first, and then talk to people. You've got to find a mentor.

And then the third thing, Just do it.

Just like, literally. Do not stop, do not sleep, do not make any excuses. Persistently attack it and get data about why it's not working. And drop the ego.

After chatting with Davey a little bit about his story, we had a deep dive sketch scheduled with the guys from Suda. After that long session, I was feeling very parched and decided to hit the streets in search of some sparkling water.

You don't need to ask my permission, bro.

All right?

I already told you, I got that on candy can. You know the drill.

Let it be known that the boss says I do not need to ask permission.

Sparkling water. I'm very particular when it comes to my sparkling water. I swear I saw something.

No, you know what we meant.

What the broll? Okay, all good. No brothers. I'll have to see the enemy over at Woolworths I. I came here, I wanted to support you guys.

Man, I rock up to your house. And how do I know it's your house? Because there's a San Pellegrino bottle on your mailbox. Who else's house would it be?

A funny story about that is my neighbor was like, you guys like to drink a bit of alcohol? And I was like, no. Like, why do you say that? And it's like, oh, whenever I hear the bin man come, I hear all the glass bottles and they're all shaking. And I'm like, no, no, no, no. Like, it's San Pellegrino sparkling water. I do not let alcohol come into this temple.

My business has over 100 employees. We've done over $7.8 billion in sales for our clients. But it wasn't always this way.

Go back to my old stomping ground.

How long were you in that old office anyway?

We were there for two and a half years. So the first office that we got, we outgrew that. We crammed like 13 people in there. And there was one bathroom, so it wasn't super fun. And then after got to the office that will go up to now, and we were in there for, I think 24 months. We crammed it so full, like people, it was shoulder to shoulder. The noise in there was almost deafening. Cara, our lead developer, she still has a recording from her iPhone of just the ambience, the hum of the office. And she just sent it to me and she said, this is. I don't know what it is about South Yarra, but when I moved back from London and I came back to Byron and had like a quarter life crisis and was like this. It's like I pressed pause on my life. Everyone was doing the exact same stuff. There was nothing new. And that was when I was like, put all my stuff in my car and was like, I just need to.

Get out of here.

And drove, drove down to Sydney and then down to Melbourne. I'd never been in Melbourne. This is numero uno. This is where, where it all began. A lot of memories here. We got it up to 13 people. It was absolutely, absolutely chaos. And a funny story is that this was my office and it's one way glass. So people used to come up and put their makeup on and pop their pimples, right? And my desk was right there and this office actually got broken into. It came and smashed the glass and came and took one of our computers. All of these little, little speed bumps along the way. Nothing but speed bumps. But at the time, they feel like big things. That was really pivotal. People were like, oh, what's that? What was that brake through? It was that ceiling point. I think that office was really it for me. And it was only once, till I got to a team of about 13 people, I would say, did I start to get a little bit of breathing room. And I wasn't working 16 hours a day anymore. It meant for the first time that if someone left that I wasn't jumping straight back in and getting my hands dirty. It was when I got that separation that I start to be able to start thinking more long term. And then we took off like. Like an absolute rocket. So this area is a bit of. A Bit grungy. I was on a sales call once in our. In our first office, and this was when it was just me and my wife. There was no team. There was nothing else. This crackhead walked inside, and you might be like, oh, that's not fair, calling him a crackhead. Well, I know he was a crackhead. He walked into my office, and then he walked back into the kitchen, said to the prospect, I'm sorry, I'm gonna have to give you a call back. Hung up the phone, went back, and I was like, man, what are you doing? And he was like, I'm looking for a teaspoon. I was like, get your shit and get the out of here.

Tell me something about Jess. Jess has been along the ride for a long time.

Like, I got into a place where, like, I needed, like, an implementer. I needed someone to help in the business. I couldn't do it all anymore. It was a very, very important hire for me. She came in and I was like. I sat her down and I was like, look, just to be really, really clear, this is what this role involves. I am the hurricane. Hurricane Subi. And I am going to create chaos. And I need somebody to come behind me in the wake of this hurricane and to clean up all of the mess that I basically create. I will be the rainmaker. You won't ever need to worry about us having to make payroll. You won't ever have to worry about, do we have enough new customers coming in? That will be my responsibility. And your responsibility will be pretty much all the rest.

This is it, right?

This is the office number two. And it's been empty for a hot minute. We had this thing absolutely heaving. There was a lot more life in it when we were here. Trust me. Maybe 60 of us crammed into this space. We're down here.

This one?

Yeah.

My name's Ryan McCartney. You're here for me. Straight.

Awesome.

First of all, I've never experienced that before. It's the kind of thing that people dream of, like, when they. If they want to be a famous actor or musician.

Like, people think. People think that's what they dream of. I try to have to explain it to my daughters. They get very confused when we're out in public, and people just come up and they introduce themselves to me, and they're like, baba, why are these people doing this? I was like, I have to explain. Explain to them, like, you know, I make these videos and I write these books, and we. We help people grow their businesses. And then they. It's a whole different world for them. They don't really understand it, but they're starting to understand it now. Oh, you know, me and my husband were really big fans of you, but. And he's over there and he's working out, and he's been trying to psych himself up to come introduce himself to you. And she's like, could you please go up to him and ask him, when is he gonna finish your book? And then I was like, yeah, of course.

No problem.

So I walked up, waited till he finished his set, and I'm like, man, when are you gonna finish the book? And he just. He started bursting out laughing, gave me a big hug. The gym is the place where they spot me now.