Nick, aged 12, on the Tony Robbins circuit
It started with Tony Robbins... when I was 12.
My Mom went to a Tony Robbins event, and it completely changed her life.
So much so, she invested in his Mastery University, which meant travelling all over the world for weeks at a time.
As a single parent with a 12-year-old son (me!), that was rough.
Fortunately, Tony ran a kids' camp alongside his seminars. So at 12 years of age, I got to travel the world and attend these amazing events.
I spent the next few years in America, Australia and all over Europe... and by my late teens I was being flown around the world to work on his event crew.
I didn't know it then, but that's where it all started.
From one business to four seven-figure businesses
Since 2008, I've started, built, grown and scaled FOUR separate businesses from zero to seven figures in annual revenue.
From scratch.
Along the way I've generated over £30million in sales and helped over 10,000 business owners grow theirs.
Has it all been plain sailing?
Absolutely not. I've had failures, setbacks and moments where I wondered if I'd make it.
TO CONFIRM: add one line on the business failure story from the podcast episode, if Nick's happy to reference it
But every one of those lessons is now part of what I teach.
Nick with Gary Vaynerchuk on stage, 2017
Expert Empires: from an idea to 8,000+ attendees
In 2017, Expert Empires was just an idea.
Our first event featured Gary Vaynerchuk. Our second, Lord Sugar.
Since then we've welcomed over 8,000 people through the doors, alongside speakers like Steven Bartlett, David Goggins, Marie Forleo, Russell Brunson, Fearne Cotton, Joe Wicks, Lisa Nichols and many more.
But here's the thing...
The celebrity speakers are brilliant. I love them.
What I care about most is the impact on YOUR business. More clients. More money. More freedom.
That's why we built everything else: the Marketing Day, the Mastermind Intensive, and our Mastermind programmes, where our clients have averaged 31% growth against a UK average of around 4%.