How He Built a $1M Team With $0 Recruiting Budget!

What if you could build a million-dollar team…

✅ Without recruiters

✅ Without resumes

✅ Without spending a single dollar on ads?

That’s exactly what Ivan Bunin did.

In this episode of The Amazing Marketing Show, Ivan breaks down the unconventional hiring strategy that helped him build 90 world-class executive assistants in just 12 months, scale multiple companies (including an 8-figure exit at Solutions 8), and launch Pareto Talent, a 7-figure EA staffing agency in year one.

But this episode is about more than hiring.

We go deep on:

→ Surviving war in Ukraine while scaling

→ Creating culture without office walls

→ Why most founders burn out by hiring the wrong

→ And how AI is changing how we build everything

This isn’t corporate HR.

It’s real, raw, and ridiculously effective.

🧠 What You’ll Learn:

→ The exact system Ivan used to hire 90 A-players in 12 months

→ How he scaled to an 8-figure agency exit without breaking

→ Why most hiring advice is completely broken

→ How to build a team that executes without micro-managing

→ The mindset that turns chaos into clarity

→ How AI + Go High Level is reshaping backend systems

👤 About Ivan Bunin

Former CTO at Solutions 8

Co-founder of Pareto Talent (90+ EA placements, $1M+ in year 1)

Founder of VCInc.ai and Architects (AI-powered tools for teams)

Tech leader, systems thinker, and culture-first founder

🔗 Connect with Ivan:

🌐 Website: https://vcinc.ai

👨‍💻 Website: https://4bunin.com

📸 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/4bunin

💼 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/4bunin

📘 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/4bunin

▶️ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@4bunin

🌐Pareto Talent: https://paretotalent.com

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One post. That’s all it took to spark a 160,000-member community. No ads. No funnels. Just a real connection.

In this episode of The Amazing Marketing Show, Tristan Ahumada shares how he accidentally built one of the largest real estate Facebook groups in the world, Lab Coat Agents, with over 160,000 members, and turned it into a thriving ecosystem of influence, loyalty, and revenue.

He didn’t use paid ads. He didn’t use a traditional funnel. And he sure didn’t chase likes.

Instead, Tristan focused on something most marketers ignore: deep human connection at scale.

💡 In this episode, you’ll discover:

The story behind the one post that started it all

Why community outperforms content in 2025

The psychology of trust, and how to earn it online

The frameworks Tristan uses to monetize without “commission breath”

How he uses AI to keep the human touch at the center of content creation

A fresh perspective on building movements, not just audiences

Whether you're a content creator, real estate pro, or brand trying to grow loyalty that lasts, this episode will flip your growth strategy upside down.

Connect with Tristan Ahumada:

YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJ6o6B5JPEBP57hu9VdzT4Q YouTube

Official Website / Hub: https://www.tristanahumada.com/ Tristan Ahumada+1

Coaching & Community (A Brilliant Tribe): https://abrillianttribe.com/ A Brilliant Tribe

Lab Coat Agents: https://www.labcoatagents.com/

Instagram (DM Tristan): https://www.instagram.com/tristan.ahumada/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/labcoatagents

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He Made $1B in Deals Without Selling a Thing! HERE’s HOW…

What if everything you know about business growth… was wrong?

In this episode of The Amazing Marketing Show, we sit down with Steve Ramona, the billion-dollar connector behind the “Doing Business with a Servant’s Heart” podcast, to uncover how serving, not selling, built him a $1B network of relationships, referrals, and revenue.

His secret? A simple but powerful principle called ASLA:

👉 Ask. Shut up. Listen. Ask again.

And it’s changed everything.

Steve went from personal loss and business setbacks to becoming a global connector, helping others grow while creating generational impact for himself.

If you’re tired of cold DMs, funnels, and the “sell at all costs” culture, this episode will hit different.

🧠 What You’ll Learn:

Why “giving first” unlocks more deals than any funnel

The ASLA framework and how to use it in real convos

How to build a network that feeds itself

Why servant leadership is the unfair advantage of 2025

The #1 mindset shift that turns connections into conversions

How podcasting helped Steve become a magnet for opportunity

🌐 Connect with Steve Ramona:

💼 Website: https://www.servinginbusinesspodcast.com/

🎙️ Podcast: Doing Business with a Servant’s Heart → https://www.youtube.com/@doingbusinesswithaservantheart/featured

📸 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bizopportunitynow/

🔗 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/steveramona

🔗Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/steve.ramona

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