Pause what you're doing and congratulate these people!!! This week not one, but THREE people earned their stars on Skool!!! Please congratulate @Shannon Boyer, @Lydia Wilmsen, and @Nick Nebelsky!!!! 🎉 These are the owners of: The Classifieds | Advertise Your Skool | AI Storytellers ⭐️ These aren't just emojis. They're symbols of consistency, hard work, and showing up when it matters. They're the result of showing up day after day; even when life is busy, even when you're tired, even when no one seems to notice. It's the result of brilliance, community, and leading with value. And here's the thing: a lot of you are doing this right now. You're showing up. You're contributing. You're building. Some of you are a few weeks away from your star. Some of you just earned your fire. Some of you are quietly grinding without any recognition at all; and that's real too. Give it all time. These three just hit the milestone this week. But the work you're putting in? It's seen, and it matters just as much. Keep going.

Tomorrow I'll be announcing the winners of: 1. Friday Night Fun: Never Have I Ever Game 🎡 2. Our Most Recent Wednesday Game Night 🎢 3. The First Place Race that we retired a few weeks ago. Any exciting plans this weekend? Share below! Wishing everyone a great Saturday and talk soon! Remember. Be present this weekend. Be grounded. Be where your feet are. The Business Builders Club isn't going anywhere. ♥️

My guess: 23:58 eastern time Sunday January 18, 2026 We are at 1951 members right now

One of my written goals for 2026 is to reach 2000 members. Yesterday I hit 1000 members...... halfway to my goal on the 13th day of the year! I would like to thank a few people here that have me grow my group over the last 30 days. First my wife (not in this group) for her support and ideas for engaging posts! Second all of my amazing members who show up, comment, like, and share the group all over! @Heather Boers @Lynice Bamm @Nat J. @Ina Tenniswood these are just a few... If you are an active member and you are here in let me know! Third: @Joseph Groom Over at Skool Hub for creating a place to connect and promote! Last but not least, @David Iya for the motivation and ideas to scale my business in 2026! 🟢Here are the top 3 ways I grew my group to 1000. (507 in 30 days) 1️⃣ First was clear and easy Affiliate Program: Here’s exactly how it happened: 1. Weekly Affiliate Challenges 🎯 Every Monday I posted a simple challenge for affiliates: Top referrer each week won a 30-min 1-on-1 call with me. Result: Affiliates sent consistent traffic all month long. 2. Ready-to-Use Swipe Copy & Graphics 📌✨ I gave everyone plug-and-play text + Canva graphics to promote the free community. No one had to start from scratch — they just copied, swapped their link, and posted. Made it dead easy for affiliates to spread the word. 2️⃣ Being active in other groups! Show up and make real connections! No tips.... just do it! 3️⃣ I ran a few ads on Pinterest! ( spent $20 in the past 30 days!) - Pinterest acts like a visual search engine where people actively hunt for solutions (courses, communities, tools), so ads reach buyers with high intent instead of passive scrollers. - One well-targeted ad can keep driving traffic and new Skool members for months or even years — unlike most platforms where content dies after 24 hours. - With low competition and strong buyer mindset, Pinterest ads deliver some of the highest ROI for Skool owners looking to fill their groups without constant manual outreach.

Outside of BBC, I run 5 other companies. Some automated, some not. This week was nonstop. Family, customers, meetings, building and scaling. You'll never hear me say I'm busy, or exhausted, or burnt out, because truly I love the thrill of it all. I've also found that I always come back here. And honestly, it's not even close. The conversations in this room are different. The energy is different. Helping people land clients, scale their skools, and launch products from Pandora's Box has been a joy I haven't felt in years. This room is rare. Business Builders Evolution has sparked an excitement in me I haven't felt in a long time. There's so many incredible and passionate people with world changing missions in this room and I'm just honored to be around it all. Most communities don't have this. I've been in enough to know. This weekend I'm catching up on every thread and DM. If you haven't dropped your community in the Hot Seat post yet, go do that. I'll get to it soon. I'll be sharing a lot of my learnings from my other companies in the coming weeks. The wins, the failures, the systems that work, the stories that birthed the ideas and more. If you're new, welcome. I will be personally welcoming every new member as I've always done. I'm dropping something brand new for this community next week. You'll be the first to know. 🎁 I'm looking forward to chatting with you all. Have a great weekend and see you in the threads! 🫶🏾🥂