The truth about building a multi 6-figure business at 22

Patrice Moore

Sep 26 • 💬 General

I was 19 when I dropped out of college and started my first business.

It was a ecomm business which seemed smart during covid.

(Turns out a lot of people thought that)

Now I wasn’t the kid who flunked classes, or rebelled like crazy.

My mom actually homeschooled me, and when I went into high school I was a few years ahead of most

people my age.

I got straight A’s, graduated early, and received multiple college scholarships.

But those all led to some version of a desk, a boss, and salary capped at 6-figures.

I didn’t like the idea of anyone telling me what to do.

So instead?

I worked 12-hour days, while building my business on top of a 9-5 job.

First in construction, then in fashion, and then in politics.

From 5-10 were my business hours.

I took no vacations, weekends off, and invested my spare cash into my business.

But at the end of 2 years I had nothing to show for it…

At least not monetarily.

I’d actually lose about $3,000 paying for inventory that had almost no profit margin.

And that’s only when I managed to get people to buy my overpriced health supplements.

But after pitching and recruiting team members for 24 months, I became pretty good in people skills.

My 9-5 was getting old…but the business was still in the red 😫

My town’s pretty small.

So there’s these little meet ups that local businesses go to and “network.”

You best believe I showed up to each and every little dinner and networking party.

These people might need my help someday I figured.

I switched businesses (had to stop bleeding money trying to sell random health supplements no one wanted)...

And I pitched social media marketing for $800 retainers to my local network.

People laughed.

They were literally making less than 40k/year in their brick and mortar businesses.

And here I am trying to get them interested in online marketing.

A close friend agreed to let me build her website for $150… then backed out the next day saying it was “too expensive.”

I remember quitting my job last February with this timer in my head:

"If I don’t figure this out in the next few weeks, I’ll have to move back home."

Didn't wanna do that.

There were people out there who’d figured this whole business thing out.

How though?

I didn’t know what type of strategy or even advantage they had, but I was confident I could create the

same advantage if only I could get close to them.

So I invested my last savings in my first mastermind: $2,000.

And sat in the Zoom call, feeling like an amateur.

15 other people on the call talked about their funnels….

(Meanwhile, I didn’t even know what C.R.M. stood for)

So I did what most desperate people do.

I started trying everything.

I had 2 months of mentorship in this mastermind before it ended. I didn’t want to get left behind.

So I paid a guy on Fiverr to book me podcast guests.

He helped me meet some people and I began recording interviews almost daily with entrepreneurs, some incredibly successful, and some with barely $2 to rub together.

(And I still have 30+ unposted episodes)

Friends and family got weekly texts from me, sending podcast links, begging for views.

Next bright idea: I launched a productivity community.

No one watched my productivity youtube videos.

So I resorted to calling all my friends and emailing old college lists.

I made $1,500 in super manual (and painful) sales…

The only people who bought were the ones I promised something besides productivity too.

(Turns out no one buys “productivity”)

The $1,500 went to my biz partner, who connected his bank account to my skool, while I covered the

expenses.

I shut it down 3 weeks later. I was pissed.

So I opened my laptop at midnight and emailed every podcast guest I’d ever recorded with.

This time I pitched them on copywriting. I didn’t really know what it was, but my mastermind mentor had taught me a bit about it.

I was careful in how I worded those emails.

And suddenly… calls started booking. Guests responded back enthusiastically.

June: I hit my first $10k month. I realized I’d never work a job again.

August: $30k.

November: $40k.

January: $50k+.

That’s when I realized I was onto something.

I helped a single mom go from $0 to $24k in MRR in 3 weeks.

I helped a new copywriter, Maiia go from $2k/mo to $7k in a matter of 6 weeks.

One student grew from a few hundred YouTube subs to 60,000+ by niching her content.

Now my main thing is still copywriting for my clients.

And I work with some absolute legends.

It’s allowed me to pay for my parents’ vacations, buy them new laptops (now they make their own

content which is awesome), and spoil my little sister…

I didn’t get to grow up like that.

Yet now I’ve lived in 3 countries in the past year, and 30+ airbnbs. Nuts.

But here’s the truth:

Most copywriters stay stuck under $10k because they don’t know how to sign bigger clients or write proposals that land.

They ghost themselves.

That’s why I’m opening 5 spots right now to work directly with copywriters and community builders who are ready to sign real clients.

And do it without 100’s of cold outreach or underperforming content.

If you want in, book a call with me, here.

Cheers,

Patrice

P.S. I’m flying to Miami for a 6-figure mastermind with 1 of my clients, so I only have a couple call spots left. If the call link here doesn’t work, check back tomorrow ;)

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