Niko Mercuris - Crypto Renegades Founder | How I Rebuilt From Zero Three Times

Success Story with Scott D. Clary

Niko Mercuris - Crypto Renegades Founder | How I Rebuilt From Zero Three Times

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Published on Dec 19, 2025, 10:28:02 PM
Total time: 01:09:03

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Niko Mercuris is a serial entrepreneur who's built multiple multi-million dollar companies over 25 years, primarily in sales and marketing. He scaled call centers to over 230 employees that generated 14,000 sales per week—experience he documented in his Amazon bestselling book "2451 Sales Per Day." He's also the author of "Millionaire Mindset Mastery" and has been investing in real estate and financial markets since 2001. After losing $4 million in the 2008 crash, he rebuilt by diversifying into alternative assets and now coaches business owners on scaling operations, sales systems, and building sustainable wealth.

 

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➡️ Talking Points

00:00 – Intro

01:25 – The Mindset of Successful Investors

06:16 – How Niko Learned to Invest

13:20 – Surviving the 2008 Financial Crisis

17:58 – Hitting Rock Bottom

22:08 – Why Chasing Money Fails

24:05 – Beating Fear and Greed in Investing

27:42 – Using Leverage With Discipline

31:45 – Sponsor Break

34:29 – How Leverage Goes Wrong

38:43 – How Long It Takes to Learn Investing

43:09 – Best Investing Types for Beginners

48:25 – Sponsor Break

50:55 – The Biggest Trading Mistake

52:24 – What Really Drives Profits

55:52 – Niko’s Evolving Money Mindset

1:01:08 – When to Start Investing

1:07:03 – Advice to My 20-Year-Old Self

 

More about Success Story with Scott D. Clary

Welcome to the Success Story Podcast, hosted by entrepreneur, business executive, author, educator & speaker, Scott D. Clary (@scottdclary). On this podcast, you'll find interviews, Q&A, keynote presentations & conversations on sales, marketing, business, startups and entrepreneurship. Scott will discuss some of the lessons he's learned over his own career, as well as have candid interviews with execs, celebrities, notable figures and politicians. All who have achieved success through both wins and losses, to learn more about their life, their ideas and insights. He sits down with leaders and mentors and unpacks their story to help pass those lessons onto others through both experiences and tactical strategy for business professionals, entrepreneurs and everyone in between. To get more of the Success Story podcast, go to www.successstorypodcast.com.