I interview business owners (typically bootstrapped) and share their stories in a bi-weekly newsletter that goes out to 1000+ readers! 👇Unlike a lot of entrepreneurship content, The Come Up was started with the purpose of sharing how successful people got there without glossing over the missteps and failures along the way.A lot of business content is overly reductive, and social media is filled with the "Here's how I made $10M in 10 minutes" type of content...Those type of reductive stories really oversimplify the journey and if consumed too frequently, can cause more stress and anxiety than inspiration. (I should know, they stress me the hell out!)The Come Up aims to share stories of those in-between moments - the "I'm not sure this is going to work but I'll push ahead anyway" moments that anyone who runs a business has felt.Those stories rarely get told, but they're likely the most important to tell.We frequently dive into growth tactics, marketing strategies, and what finally made things click to get them to where they are today!In addition to this, we frequently host events for the entrepreneur community - things like workshops, dinners and parties.If this is interesting to you, you can read and subscribe below!

August is a Toronto-based digital product studio. 👇With an incredible team of senior designers & developers, they work with clients to take digital products from idea to launch.Simply put, I work with August to help them generate more revenue and improve their operations & client experience along the way.

After COVID wiped out my events business, I quickly pivoted to manufacture distribute sanitization & cleaning products domestically here in Canada and generated $3.4M in revenue in only 9 weeks.It's a pretty wild story which you can read about here:https://open.substack.com/pub/tribealexander/p/the-ballad-of-the-sani-slangers

For over 15 years, I ran an entertainment business that consisted of 3 main revenue channels:• Live Event Production• Studio Production• Touring as a nightclub DJThis allowed me to:• travel the world as a touring nightclub DJ• partner with some of the biggest lifestyle brands in the world (like Redbull & Beats By Dre)• produce hundreds events every year that generated millions in revenue• and release music of the best music labels in the world (like Deadmau5' Mau5trap)I operated a studio here in Toronto, but the combination of COVID + hearing issues (tinnitus and hearing loss) made me decide it was time to move on.