How He Made $100 Million, Then Spent 18 Years on the Run

20 years ago I paid $297 for a book. I read it twice (it was THAT good)… then I called the author and he let me interview him for six full hours. Two years later I launched that interview as a product, and it became my very first Two Comma Club funnel.

What I didn't know is that same interview sent him on the run from the cops.

The author is Vincent James. He built a business with 166,000 people paying him monthly, off magazine ads, before funnels were even a thing. Then the state seized everything. So 17 days before he went to jail, he sat down and wrote The 12 Month Millionaire.

He spent the next 18 years on the run… came back to a 116-year indictment… and got the charges dropped with a sales letter.

This is the first time he has EVER told this story on a stage. I still can't believe he said yes.

🔗 Free one-time live event with Vincent · Thu Nov 12, 9am PT, live on YouTube, no replay:

CHAPTERS
0:00 The book that sent its author on the run
0:53 Vincent James walks on stage, first time in 20 years
2:19 166,000 people paying monthly
3:15 The split test that changed one letter
5:43 Locking competitors out of Maxim
7:30 The fall: policing for profit
9:45 Writing the book 17 days before jail
11:30 Free live event with Vincent (12monthmillionaire.com)
12:15 Gary Halbert turns a manuscript into a $300 product
15:15 My launch, and the second arrest
19:00 The swipe file they called evidence
20:51 Going on the run
22:50 Coming back to a 116-year indictment
29:07 The sales letter that got the charges dropped
31:34 12 Month Millionaire Part 2
32:55 Join us live Nov 12

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WHO IS RUSSELL BRUNSON?
Over 20+ years Russell Brunson has built a following of over a million entrepreneurs, sold hundreds of thousands of copies of his books — DotCom Secrets, Expert Secrets and Traffic Secrets — and popularized the sales funnel. He is the co-founder of ClickFunnels. As of 2026 his training and software have helped over 2,925 people into the Two Comma Club.

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