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At one point I was running 11 different business projects simultaneously (entertainment centers, a video studio, a coworking space, online stores, a café), until I realized my true passion was developing people and helping them make breakthroughs in their lives. Since then I've focused on online business in consulting and personal mentorship…
Over 13 years I've helped my clients earn $216M. I have over 30,000 reviews.
For the past 5 years I've been on a world tour. Can you imagine? Every day a new place, new people, new experiences, new adventures. And I've long since mastered running all my projects remotely. I live and work from anywhere on Earth.
In each new country I don't just visit the capital — I rent a car and explore every stunning place Google shows me. I've covered 66+ countries. That's just how I live.
I'm writing this manifesto sitting on a plane, about to land in Montenegro and continue a tour through Albania, Kosovo, Bosnia, Serbia, North Macedonia, and Croatia.
In short, I live a full and free life — the life everyone dreams about. Which is one of the main motivators behind online business, isn't it?;) Though there's actually one small catch here…
… and there's a reason for that.
Not long ago Denis came to me for a breakdown
I've known him for quite a while. He's an incredible person with deep competencies and experience. He's been trying to grow his online business. From the outside — it looks like that perfect Bounty ad…
But the problem is that for the past six months Denis has been unable to break through his financial ceiling of $2,500/month and move to the next income level
When he joined my personal "Strategy Session," he looked down and admitted:
«Igor, honestly… I'm exhausted. I started working three times harder and even my girlfriend started giving me looks, saying: you're always working, there's no time for us, and there's zero result to show for all this grind. That hit me like a punch to the gut…»
Because Dan's goal was to break through his $3,000 ceiling and reach a stable $15,000 per month. To have a system that gave him stability and confidence about tomorrow. And to stop grinding 12 hours a day, seven days a week.
During that session I asked Dan:
And then, of course, Dan was off to the races…
About five minutes into his speech I had to interrupt his Napoleonic plans with another question:
And he went quiet… It was clear I'd pressed right on his sorest spot.
— But in reality, all of it was nothing more than treating symptoms. —
The problem is that Dan was constantly chasing tactics… He was thinking something like this:
And Denis had plenty of these «genius ideas».
As Dan himself later admitted — he was trying to cure the symptom, not find and eliminate the root of the problem. And for each of those ideas (Reels, webinars, or whatever else) he spent an enormous amount of energy, time, and sometimes money…
It's like you start living in this illusion that right now… just a little more… finish this or that, here or there, and things will finally click. But a week passes, a month, a year, then two… and you realize with horror that NOTHING has changed. No results. Because there's one key thing you don't even know you're missing…
And I understand him…
I know what it feels like to chase an idea, a tool. To believe that «once I implement this…» things will finally take off…
And then — crash, disappointment…
Then another «brilliant new idea», another sprint, sprint, sprint — and another disappointment.
And at some point this thought creeps in: — «Maybe I should just quit?» «Maybe this just isn't for me?» Because very few understand that the problem was something else entirely… And even fewer find that root cause and actually start fixing it.
You know, chasing tactics, tools, and various mechanics is kind of like… hmm…
Treating the flu with throat spray.
Imagine:
You have the flu and instead of identifying what it is and treating it properly…
You start pumping yourself full of:
Because in that case you're muffling the symptoms but doing absolutely nothing to address the root problem. You're not killing the virus itself!
That's exactly what happens to most people. An endless hunt for silver bullets, comforting yourself with the thought «right now… just a bit more, I'll implement this or that and it'll finally work…»
but the key problem is that…
9 out of 10 people lack a business model that allows them to build a systematic business — and then scale that system.
When I asked Dan:
My business model, for example, is centered on building a community of people. A community of those who share my values:
Within this community people grow with me. I have 3 tiers:
Each level has its own set of skills, knowledge, and tools — everything needed to break through and solidify the new result.
The idea is that I'm NOT chasing sales for the sake of sales. I'm NOT chasing clients with a «sell at any cost» mentality. I'm only chasing one thing — creating and expanding «a community of people just like me».
And that core idea shaped my entire product line: I have a club / I have short express programs / I have personal mentorship. But every product serves one goal — «human development within the community».
Because my business model is building a strong community, and all my products are built around that community — I only need to acquire a client ONCE. Not chase client after client, not live launch to launch. Get a client once, and have them stay forever…
Then I start thinking about acquisition tools:
Because clients stay with me for years (within the club or mentorship, because they keep growing there), I can afford to spend more to acquire each client, right? So much more that competing with me in paid ads becomes essentially impossible. See where I'm going?
But let's get back to Dan… He didn't know what business model could work for him (he honestly hadn't even thought about it). All he was doing was making sales for the sake of sales. That's why he kept grabbing at different tactics and tools:
It's precisely because of a missing or broken «business model» that people run into these walls
Ads don't convert — Without a business model the customer journey to purchase is so complicated that 99% simply don't buy
The product idea doesn't land — There's no overarching idea, no way to stand out from competitors, nothing compelling
Clients aren't ready to buy immediately — You face endless objections: «I've seen this before», «I already tried this», «It won't work for me»
Burnout from small earnings — Big money is actually easier to make than small money. But a broken BM is nearly impossible to scale, which keeps you stuck at the same income level
This is usually the very first thing I tackle when we start working with someone in mentorship. It's like laying the foundation of a 100-story building. You understand?
But one of the most important elements in the algorithm for building the right business model is ideology. Ideology is the core idea that runs through the entire product — it answers the question «Why». People don't buy from us because of what we've done or who we've become. They buy because of where we're going and why. And because they can see clearly who they'll become and where they'll end up by joining us.
In other words, the right business model must meet these criteria:
And in 30 days we made $60,000 together!
This is the freshest case — I made it happen last week. 2 calls. 7 days. $24,000 net and $60,000 in the first month.
This is Vesta. Tarot niche. 150 story views.
How did I do it?
She had a tiny audience. 150 story viewers. 300 Telegram readers. Selling at low prices. She came with this request: «I want to charge premium prices, help me». She was terrified by the thought of saying $3,000 instead of $50 or $100.
I wrote her a 3-story structure. Then a warming sequence for Telegram. She kept sending me voice messages — «she doesn't have the kind of audience that can pay $3,000».
50 people showed up to the webinar. I wrote her the webinar structure and… Old audience. New messaging. New business model.
$18K closed live on the webinar — then more came in to bring it to $24,000.
Her previous record was $6,000 for a month. One week of working with me — result: $24,000.
Now she's set a goal of $100,000 and asks me: «Can I? Am I worthy of that income?» And in the next 4 months we hit $200,000 — and she bought herself a new car.
From that point I understood: if you have an audience of 150 people, I can make you a millionaire in 7 days.
Take what happened with Kostya.
He decided to get into kaleidoscopes. Can you imagine?
But walking around saying «buy a kaleidoscope» is… at best weird, and definitely not effective, right?
When we spent a few hours mapping out his business model and plotting a roadmap using the formula…
…his first client was Anfisa Chekhova, and a couple of months later — 95th Quarter comedy group, Davidoff. And then they opened sales in Paris.
It was only the properly assembled business model concept — a launch and scaling plan — that brought tens and hundreds of thousands of dollars from something as niche as kaleidoscopes. Pretty wild, right?
This used to be his wife's hobby — and it was barely generating anything.
Simply by rewriting the project's ideology, we used it as the foundation for a business model.
Within just a few weeks sales grew from 20 houses per month to 2,000.
At every exhibition there was a massive line of customers waiting.
That's what the right business model delivers.
Moreover — if you can't generate money from your business model from scratch in 7 days, that's a strong signal that it's broken. Why would you scale something that takes this much effort just to operate?
But if you build the right business model, it lets you bring a product to market that no one has bought before.
Natasha was earning the equivalent of $15/month teaching drawing.
She invested $30 in ads — and sold a course for $3,000.
How? We weren't selling drawing courses.
One changed promise — and a queue of clients.
Then she started getting invited to teach creativity through drawing to top management at major companies.
And after that — her own TV show.
Can you imagine how a life changes simply from implementing a business model?
Not a single business, not a single expert with great results and consistent multi-hundred-percent growth moves without a business model.
That's how critical this is! Not having a business model is the same as moving through pitch darkness, feeling your way along the wall. How far do you think you'll get? But there's a solution…
If you now understand the importance of having a unique business model tailored to your product, your niche, your goal, and your skills — I want to share an opportunity with you that will let you start or dramatically scale your online business by building your own business model.
Are you ready for this? For real? Well… Let's go…
