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Fares Elsabbagh: From Subsidized Housing to a $20M Construction Company
He grew up in subsidized housing, hated being told what to do at McDonald's, and figured out at 15 he was "screwed for life" — so he built an eight-figure construction company without ever lifting a hammer.
Fares Elsabbagh is the founder of Ottawa General Contractors, a design-build company doing $20M+ across Ottawa, Halifax, and Vancouver. In this episode:
→ How a Tim Ferriss book and a landing page launched a construction empire — $1M in year one
→ The $1M walk-away offer he turned down right before COVID doubled his business
→ Why "construction experiences" beat construction services — and…
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