[Wealth on Your Terms Podcast with Tobi Adekeye] From $0 to a $16 Million Business: Entrepreneurship, Money & Building Wealth with Marc Lafleur
In this episode, we dive into how to turn bold ideas into real businesses, what it actually takes to build wealth as a founder, and the mindset behind risking everything to win big.Marc Lafleur is a serial entrepreneur, angel investor, and author of True Founder. He co-founded truLOCAL, a meat subscription company he scaled to $20M in revenue and sold for $16.7M by age 30. He’s also been featured on Dragon’s Den and has a book, True Founder published by Forbes Books.
We also cover:
- From failing startups to a multi-million dollar exit
- How to create luck & land opportunities
- The real sacrifices behind entrepreneurship (and why most people quit)
- Work–life balance myths every one building something big should know
- Building companies vs. cash-flow businesses
- The truth about acquisitions, equity, and getting paid after a sale
- Why being “money-motivated” isn’t a bad thing
- Life after a multi-million dollar exit
- His new venture in AI and what the future of work looks like
🎙️ About Wealth on Your TermsWealth on Your Terms is a podcast about building wealth, freedom, and impact — in ways that actually work for your life. Through unfiltered conversations with builders, unconventional thinkers and investors, we break down the real playbooks behind modern wealth building and freedom living. Hosted by Tobi Adekeye.
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📌 Timestamps
00:00 – Leaving health sciences for entrepreneurship
09:52 – Company #1 & #2
17:19 – Quitting a $200K job at 25 to chase a risky idea. From door-to-door meat sales to building truLOCAL
25:29 - The reality behind this form of wealth creation
34:38 - Building a company to sell it
37:43 – How much do founders really take home from a multi-million dollar exit
4 1:17 - Money motivation
44:08 – Life after the multi-million dollar exit. Why money changes everything (and why everyone should want more)
49:23 – Building a company with your partner
57:03 – Work-life balance
1:01:23 – Creating your own luck: having a 1:1 with billionaire
1:07:54 - What he's building next with AI. His AI Venture Studio (DB8 Labs)
1:14:34 - The AI gap: why you can’t afford to ignore it
1:17:43 - True Founder