Where ViSalus Co-Founder Ryan Blair Comes Up with His Million Dollar Ideas

Ryan Blair is a former gang member turned serial entrepreneur and self-made millionaire, who had nothing to lose and everything to gain. At just 21 years old, Blair founded his first company, 24/7 Tech, which marked the start of a career that would eventually name him 2012’s Entrepreneur of the Year by Ernst & Young. Now 36, Blair has founded and sold numerous businesses for hundreds of millions of dollars. In March 2013, he released the paperback version of his #1 New York Times Best Seller, Nothing To Lose, Everything To Gain: How I Went From Gang Member To Multimillionaire Entrepreneur. Uncensored and raw in his account of growing up in the face of adversity, Blair effectively imparts lessons learned from obstacles faced and provides a road map for entrepreneurial success.  Following the success of his book, he then debuted Nothing To Lose: The Documentary last April. His biggest endeavor yet has been the overhaul of ViSalus, the company behind the Body by ViTM 90- Day Challenge, a weight and fitness transformation platform. In 2008, as CEO, Blair went all-in, personally investing his last million dollars on a new business model that would later revolutionize the 118 billion dollar direct selling industry. In just 21 months, ViSalus went from 600,000 to 30 million dollars in monthly sales. In 2011, they increased sales seven-fold from 34 million to 231 million dollars and today they are currently valued at over 600 million dollars. Phew! We’re exhausted just writing this. Take a look at where this innovative and unconventional entrepreneur comes up with his million dollar ideas.