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If you want to find a business idea, start your first company, or learn how successful operators think, UpFlip gives you the behind-the-scenes playbook from people who have already done it.
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Jake didn’t have a background in coffee when he started Anchorhead. He had a garage, a love for coffee, and an idea. Two years later, the brand was in 300 retail stores. Learn how he turned a simple idea into a growing coffee brand.👇
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Aaron flipped more than 1,000 homes in just three years, then watched his first business close. In this episode, he shares what went wrong, how he started over, and the approach that helped him build a portfolio of 800+ properties.
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Damon started fencing as a side hustle. Today, that business brings in around $1.5M a year. In this episode, he breaks down how he grew it without overcomplicating the business.
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Jim didn’t start with restaurant experience or a pile of capital. He shares how he went from odd jobs to building restaurants that generated more than $50M in sales.
4 days ago | [YT] | 29
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Stan was just 19 when his excavation business hit $400K a month. In this episode, he breaks down how he scaled so fast.
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What would you build if you already knew people wanted it? Bryson used TikTok and Instagram to find out first, then turned that demand into a business.
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🍕 Patrick Elston started making pizzas at home, built a following through weekend pop-ups, and eventually turned an abandoned dentist office into Gus Franco’s Pizza.
He built the business on weekends while working full-time and raising a family, then spent more than two years transforming that vacant office into a permanent pizza shop.
And he didn’t cut corners to grow.
🔥 Dough fermented for at least 72 hours
🍕 Every pizza cooked by Patrick himself through the mobile years and for the restaurant’s first 3½ years
📣 No traditional paid advertising
♻️ A tight menu built around quality and reducing waste
More than a decade after those first pizzas at home, Patrick’s answering YOUR questions about building his shop from the ground up.
What do you want to know? 👇
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🤖 Would naming our AI business assistant “Cofounder” be confusing?
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96 years. One mission: make the BEST cheesesteak in the world. 🥩🧀
Pat’s King of Steaks started as a Philadelphia hot dog stand in 1930... and went on to become the birthplace of the steak sandwich.
Frank Olivieri started working at Pat’s when he was just 11 years old. He worked his way up to owner and says he grew annual gross sales from roughly $2.5M to more than $9M in just 10 years.
Today, Pat’s is still slinging cheesesteaks 24/7, 365 days a year and Frank says sales can reach $1 MILLION in a single month. 🤯
But after nearly a century in business, how do you stay on top? How do you protect a legacy while continuing to grow? And what does it really take to make the best cheesesteak in the world?
Now’s your chance to ask the man behind Pat’s.
Drop your best question for Frank in the comments. He’s answering YOUR questions! 👇
2 weeks ago | [YT] | 251
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