Skool, Hormozi & 1 Billion Users 

This is an episode from "The Skool Games Podcast" by Matthew Thompson. He decided to start interviewing successful people on Skool to share their stories. Check it out here: www.youtube.com/@TheSkoolGamesPodcast

I vividly remember serving Sam Ovens at a restaurant in Queenstown New Zealand. Now I'm starting a community on his platform. Small world. He's got one of the kiwi'est accents out there. Great guy!

I love his "Just make the best product instead of the best marketing" , it's like how he speaks - he could speak fast and try to sell you the idea, but you want to listen because it's quality of his words rather than loudness 🔥🔥

THE RETURN OF THE KING, SAM YOU HELPED ME BECOME MULTI MILLIONAIRE WITH YOUR FREE CONTENT!

the handle on that coffee mug haha

I loved the relaxed tenor of this conversation. It has the feel of two people trying to truly understand the world and the value they are providing.

14:44 the double "o" luck: loom, zoom, google, facebook, yahoo, skool Skool's definitely the next billion user thing

Such a good interview. So many fascinating little intricate moments into Sam and the development of Skool. I like the k in Skool too it’s like Parkour came from the French word Parcour but it’s a new take on it.

It's great to see how far Skool has come already, looking forward to seeing it continue to grow in the future!

Absolutely love how this video dives into the origins of Skool. For entrepreneurs looking to replicate this success, remember that building a community is key. Engage with your first 100 users personally and solve their problems - this creates advocates who'll amplify your growth organically.

Beautiful interview, thanks for opening up so much Sam!

Beautiful interview. Love Skool. Keep going!

Really enjoyed this conversation. Hearing the journey of transformation from a controlling mindset to letting go and being open to collaboration was powerful. It was also nice to hear someone explain the pure clunkiness that can exist in someone going from nothing to course creator. Off to search for a community! :-)

Been in your world since you launched CA and gotta say that I loved when you shifted from 'corporate'ish' to the dude wearing his baseball hat backwards. I remember when you posted that video and some peeps were ticked off that you decided to unleash your authentic side. Love your down-to-earth, transparent, authentic style 👍😀👍 Enjoyed hearing about your journey building skool, as well, was delighted when you asked me to be a beta tester, and soOoo happy to be part of skool's success Loved your Zen quote, and Googled it to get exact wording ... found this: "Clay is used to make vases, but it is the emptiness they contain that makes them useful." - Laozi

Thanks Sam, your videos really helped me to learn to focus. Probably they have changed my life, a lot. 48:50 really interesting!

Sam you're the man! helped me big time in 2017! the OG. keep going :-)

Really love this interview and hearing the origins of successful companies 😍

Love these long-form videos. I've created a free Skool community about how to run paid ads for all the community businesses that are starting up.

Loved Sam's transparency. I found value and hope to begin my own community after I heard Sam say the process of beginning with a shitty course no one watches anyways but a community can help you find the thing that's truly worth creating.

1/5 of the way through the interview, currently at 8:55, and it’s still a fact that Sam Ovens is the realest, most human-genius on RU-vid. Genuinely a renaissance man. Swear I’m not a fanboy. Just observing, paying attention, and recognizing REAL when I see it. Thank you Sam. 🔥🥂💯

I would love to see 2 changes with skool. One is that you don't pay until you get paying memmbers paying a total of 100+ usd or if you would have a free community, that it's fully free (it beenfits yo uas well since you are aquiring more users over time) Second change would be the possibility to charge different pricing to different people (since maybe some people came from specific source, or they are your friends, etc...) thanks ^^ love the pod btw

HUGE. Love to see more videos from Sam again. HormOvens is a killer combo.

Crazy value here

The goat has uploaded again after a while

the classic Sam Oven quiet. not awkward at all. it's one way to control rapport

Legend

great sound, good content

The legendary Skool podcast room. Looking forward to digging in. Matthew Thompson, good on you!

Haven’t watched yet but I know this shit is about to be good.

Not sure if you will ever see this Sam but I've heard nothing but nice things about you. I'm glad you're one of the good stewards of money and entrepreneurship. You seem like a great guy that doesn't lead with his ego. Much respect to you sir.

A sam oven video? hell yeah

Wow a return for the podcast

Interesting stuff

Who remembers Sam from the Warrior Forum? Back in 2012ish? I think his course was Cash Cow Consulting, or something like that

Great 👍 👌 👍, Great work Sam 👍 👏 👌

Skool is the future of online education

the KING is back

Sam the GOAT of business

that's such a funny mug

Man Sam is definitely on the spectrum but that’s why we love him!

I love your transformation from 'hype business man with fake gucci persona' to 'chill beach bro building great stuff'

I was debating btw Skool and Circle for the longest time. I still think Circle's features are better (mainly the live-chat feature), but Skool does seem to have more steam. I'm happy with my decision, but pls add the requested features :)

The king is back

Let’s go 💪🏽

The return is real. LFG

10:56 - content produced within a group is actually an asset

2 of my mentors use Skool for their marketing community.

What advice would you give sportsmen who want to go pro but struggle to fund it?

Hey sam you should make a video on your process on how you crowd source your community, products, etc.

Let's go

sam is it a Rothko painting in the back there? your hair looks epic

I want to be obsessed with something as Sam is with Skool

sam got that founding father hair 🔥

Skola is school in Swedish, Skool is cool also so it makes sense. I’m Swedish

9:44 Big ideas comes in little dosified pieces... But the thing is to be able to recognize them. We just sell tshirts, but have big dreams. #shc

2mins in and I am getting Flight of the Conchords vibes. I hope they take role call next time and Sam gets everyone to say present.

🐐🐐🐐🐐

About to ditch my Valentine so that I can watch this

sooo much self beating because i know him since the days of "consulting accelerator" and even though i couldn't buy the course a friend bought it and let me watch the whole thing. self beating because i couldn't implement what i learned at the time in 2019. 5 years passed and i still can't make use of it. even though it occupies my mind the whole time bcz i've always wanted to free myself from job-trap. well at least now i know what i'm really interested in without the bias of "my interest needs to be profitable" XD. anyhow...turns out i can't live without the hope of making it achievable so...if anyone is interested in getting in touch my passion seems to circle around psychology and personality sciences

Does anyone know what tech stack they used to build school?

Saved for later!

Grey hairs appearing from the stress there 😮‍💨

Sam full of that Tism, I like it

To reach 1B users it will need some serious improvement to engage and retain community members, Discord is far beyond Skool in terms of building engaged communities.

Who would like to have Sam Ovens' Consulting Accelerator?

Damn

It would be good is Sam made a video addressing the criticisms of his platform

Biggest lesson - to make loads of money, you have to pretend to be someone you're not. Then you can relax and make money being who you are without the pressure of needing to make money.

lord farquad

More videos with Sam🎉

28:30 Taoism at his best

Sam Ovens the GOAT

the start was a uncomfortable watch

YES Sam LAD

I hate that everyone knows about Sam now😤 like nah stay dumb go someone where else lol

Sam is consistent on RU-vid?

sam, i am having some trouble deciding what to do and how to go about my life, i am lost, also i don't take action, pls help

holy shit mate thats a fast 1B users

I love the art...oh yeah..😂.. Not, yeah I love it too, thanks.

22:32 - I thought his consulting accelerator made millions of dollars?

We love you but we need you to get a clean cut my guy

Why are his eyes like that

Bro thinks he’s Fabio with that long hair haha

@samovenstv 49:03 How would you justify spending $99/month in Skool to build a community unless you are generating income from the Skool community? How would this make sense for someone who is starting out?

The guy reinvented Facebook groups? LOL

Why is the 'K' almost the same colour as the 'L'? To me (20-year brand creative director/designer) it looks like a fuck-up due to sloppy work. But if it wasn't I'd be fascinated to know why?

Bookmark @37:00 == @21:00 - spent all money

Sooooo anyone make money yet? I'm making a video game. Is there any use Skool has for me?

TSRIF (first backwards)

The Ads are strong with this one. Still worth watching, though.

Genuine question, what are your reasons for not having a groomed and professional appearance. Is it intentionally apart of your brand to be so casual in your appearance?

31:06

earth is flat and motinless SO

Crazy ads running on here man, Sam trying to raise that skool money for reals.

38:38

This man talking about “different colors are cool” knowing damn well he did it because of googles old logo. Amazing platform though!!

Time for a haircut bro

Guess it's what happens when you are too cool for school

19:45 - 20:47 , 40:20 - 41:03

Bruh, the logo is a riff off your typical school lettering for kids spelling school. It's not hard to understand why the logo is what it is.