Patrick Gomez quit his job as a CMO, filed an LLC for a hundred bucks, and sat at his desk thinking clients would just show up.
They didn't.
He panicked and DM'd 3,000 people on LinkedIn over two days straight. Got five clients. Lost all five almost immediately. That was the beginning.
Patrick is a serial entrepreneur who built SiteLyft, a subscription website business, from those early failures. Then he co-founded AntiAgency, a podcast-based lead generation company. And most recently he launched TurboClaim, an AI-powered claims management platform that raised half a million dollars from its own beta users in the first week.
He shares:
➤ Why your first clients should never pay you a dollar
➤ How he went from zero to $500K in recurring revenue in five weeks with just cold calls
➤ The case for building a side business before quitting your job
Share in the comments below: what's one business idea you've been sitting on that you keep talking yourself out of?
0:00 - Introduction
0:56 - Meeting Patrick and the Miami Event
2:03 - The Reality of Being "Broke" as an Entrepreneur
3:57 - From Professor Dreams to Marketing Career
5:43 - Quitting His Job and Starting an LLC With No Plan
6:39 - DM'ing 3,000 People and Landing First Clients
7:37 - Losing All Five Clients and Starting Over
8:53 - Building SiteLyft as a Subscription Website Business
10:02 - Scaling With Ads and Running Into Growth Problems
10:38 - Starting AntiAgency: Podcasts as Sales Conversations
13:45 - Discovering the Insurance Industry's Paperwork Problem
15:15 - Building TurboClaim With AI and Raising $500K From Beta Users
18:01 - Working With Family: How Avery Became His Sales Lead
19:04 - Zero to One Thinking and Knowing When to Hand Off
20:13 - Shower Epiphany: Insurance for Creators
24:39 - Where AI Is Headed: From Chatbots to Robots in the Home
30:11 - Advice for Young Entrepreneurs
33:16 - Finding Your Niche, Sub-Niche, and the One Problem You Solve
36:32 - Where to Find Patrick and Final Thoughts
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*ABOUT THE DILLON ENGLAND SHOW*
Authentic conversations with interesting people across personal growth, entrepreneurship, and lifestyle — direct, faith-forward, Detroit grit.
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