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How Medieval People Made EXTRA Money​

The concept of passive income or side hustles seems like a very recent concept, but this has been the norm since medieval times. In this video, we’ll break down how various classes of medieval people earned passive income and the types of side hustles they engaged in.

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Nothing special. I just like the article.

Mark Cuban Says He Drove Cars That Cost $200 With Holes In The Floorboard And Lived Off Mac And Cheese Because He Wanted To Retire Early

Before he was a billionaire and a standout on ABC’s “Shark Tank,” Mark Cuban's way of getting around was anything but glamorous. Known as the former owner of the Dallas Mavericks, you might not peg him for a frugal guy – like how Warren Buffett is famously cautious with his spending. But it...
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Asking Billionaires How They Got Rich! (Houston)​

Aug 28, 2024

We went to the aspire tour in Houston, Texas and interviewed iconic business legends Daymond John, Kendra Scott, Marcus Lemonis and more.. We asked them about the most amount of money they have made in a year as well as asking for their career/life advice. We interviewed people in a variety of industries such as Jewelry, fashion, RV Retail, and Entrepreneurship. We have a ton of amazing content on the way so make sure you stay tuned for more content soon!

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I did, too.

For a majority of my life.

Owning a beater is LIBERATING. You don't worry about some scheissekopf parking next to you at Wally World and leaving a big dent. Let him! He'll do more damage, money-wise, to his own door.

You don't wash it. You change the oil yourself - the cost is, the oil. And it's essentially free transportation.

I wish I'd been able to save photos of my beater fleet, over the years. Ford Granada with the floor rusted out, and wiring I did myself. Three AM General Postal Jeeps (looked like Jeeps but made by a different AMC division; surped out by the Postal Service). The best car I had in that period was Blazing Saddles, my Texas-purchased Ford Pinto Squire. Second best...a two-year-old Yugo I bought for a thousand bucks.

Sadly, the Yugo didn't last. The Pinto, I got five years out of.

Unfortunately, it's harder to do that today. So MUCH electronic crap that just shuts the car down when it doesn't work. You have to buy at least 20 years old to be able to do your own repairs on it, and they are no longer $200. Try $5000 for something sound.

EDIT: When I was a blog editorial and essayist, I did a piece - twenty years ago - on "The Winter Car." Should I post it, maybe over in my "Fiction" corner?
 
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EDIT: When I was a blog editorial and essayist, I did a piece - twenty years ago - on "The Winter Car." Should I post it, maybe over in my "Fiction" corner?
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Definitely post it. As to where................here, the car thread or your fiction corner. You be the judge of that.
 

Susquehanna Exec and Poker Champion on Investing, Risk and Betting | WSJ​

What does playing poker have in common with trading stocks? A lot, according to these top Wall Street traders. From patience and bet sizing to managing risk and reading other players, top firms like Susquehanna use poker to help train new traders.
WSJ’s Gunjan Banerji plays a few hands with two top traders to learn about the parallels.

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Chapters:
0:00 Poker and trading
0:50 Risk management
4:10 Training new traders
5:41 Rookie mistakes
8:18 Ego
9:24 Susquehanna’s culture
11:39 Taylor Swift contracts
14:14 Reading other players

*From the comments below the vid:
Being just an occasional recreational "low risk" video poker player, much of the info may not apply to me, what I did find useful was perhaps how the game of poker parallel's life itself. Like we are all metaphorically dealt a random set of cards at birth, some being dealt a worse "hand" than others, yet having a chance to improve that "hand" (still nothing in life is guaranteed). Your stoic advice of "don't try and chase your losses" and "don't panic" seem useful in everyday life situations (financial or not).
 
Poker is zero sum. It does not add any value to anything. I do not despise those who play, but I would rather spend my own time on productive activities.

I wrote before that I played poker on a tablet game ("dogs playing poker") and they were really good. I found that the only way to win was to bully them. At that point, I decided that I do not want to play poker if I have to bully the other players. Winning is when everyone gets something good out of the deal. Zero sum is probably a bad play. I hesitate to state it is completely bad, as someone might give a good example of how it can be a positive. I wait for this justification.
 

Asking Las Vegas Millionaires How They Got Rich!​

Sep 18, 2024

We interviewed business owners all over Las Vegas asking them how they got rich. We asked them about the most amount of money they have made in a year as well as asking for their career/life advice. We interviewed people in a variety of industries such as Clothing, Real Estate, and more. We have a ton of amazing content on the way so make sure you stay tuned for more content soon!

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Not a how to, just something I liked.

10 Years Of Honest Finance Advice In 12 minutes​

Sep 21, 2024

I left my day job at 24 because of these money lessons.

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Came across this one after watching her vid on how she bought her airplane. In it she talks a bit about her "journey." Nothing earthshaking, just how she's trying to reach certain goals. IMO..........took guts to make this. 5 mins long.

YouTube Monetization Journey, Analytics & Beyond​

Here I talk a little bit about my goals and fears in starting the channel, my workflow, and my progress so far. My hope is to eventually be monetized which will help fund the goal of flying around the world, making fitness videos in cool locations and encouraging aviation. I am trying to take some advice from Mr. Beast and my viewers and make a few changes / additions.

 

20 Slow Living Habits That Simplified My Life​

Oct 12, 2024

These simple and slow living habits have helped me slow down and live a more minimalist and clutter-free life.

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10 Crucial Tips For Minimalists From The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck​

Oct 14, 2024 FINLAND

In this video, I’ll be sharing 10 key lessons from Manson’s book that have helped me feel more confident in living life on my terms. I hope that by sharing these lessons, you’ll feel empowered to live life more freely, on your own terms, and with less concern for how you’re perceived. Minimalism is a deeply personal journey, and learning not to care about external opinions has made mine so much more fulfilling. Enjoy!

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Okay, four minutes in and I feel that this is stupid obvious advice. For others who might be deciding to spend 16 minutes of their life, is this helpful?
 
Cross post from the commodities & shipping thread. At the bottom of the article is a link that some who follow this thread might find interesting.

Bulletproof Live 2: Navigating Security and Wealth for Maritime Leaders

While conducting research for an upcoming article on maritime cybersecurity, The Maritime Executive had the opportunity to attend "Bulletproof Live 2...
maritime-executive.com
 

I Asked San Francisco Millionaires How They Got Rich!​

Oct 25, 2024

We went to San Francisco, California to interview some of the wealthiest entrepreneurs and business people in the country. We asked them about the most amount of money they have made in a year as well as asking for their career/life advice. We interviewed people in a variety of industries such as Finance, Tech, Venture Capital, and commercial real estate. We have a ton of amazing content on the way so make sure you stay tuned for more content soon!

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I Moved To Bali From The U.S. — Now I Make $254K/Year​

Nov 7, 2024 #CNBC #CNBCMakeIt #millennialmoney

Steven Guo, 24, relocated to Bali, Indonesia, from Southern California in 2024. He currently makes $254,000 a year running multiple e-commerce businesses that are on track to bring in a combined $1.7 million this year.

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In this vid Rental Robert talks about creating passive incomes and self-managing assets.

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I bought 2 abandoned homes in Detroit for $3,300 and spent over $100,000 renovating them—take a look inside​

In 2017, Detroit-native Vincent Orr was working as a production supervisor at Chrysler, when he kept seeing and hearing advertisements for The Detroit Land Bank Authority.

The organization, founded in 2008, offers residents of Detroit, Michigan the opportunity to buy vacant, abandoned, or deteriorated houses and land at auction.

Orr submitted a bid and won a three-bedroom, one-and-a-half-bath house for $2,100. The property had been abandoned for about a decade.

“I wanted to invest my money, so I got up one day and decided to look on the website and saw they had something in my neighborhood for sale,” Orr tells CNBC Make It. “I drove by and decided to bid on it. I never saw the inside, and by 4 p.m. that day, I was the property owner.”

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We Turned Leftover Restaurant Food Into A $162 Million/Year Business​

Nov 16, 2024 #CNBC #CNBCMakeIt

Too Good To Go is on a mission to eliminate food waste on a global scale. Its app connects users to retailers selling surprise bags of leftover food at the end of the day. In 2023, the Danish company brought in about $162 million in revenue.

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Most people here probably know this, but I liked the vid so decided to share.

10 Wealth Destroyers // Stop Wasting Your Money​

Nov 18, 2024

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5:02 - Fancy Toys
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10:01 - Status Symbols
11:02 - Ridiculously Expensive Education
12:20 - Get Rich Quick Seminars
13:46 - Lottery Tickets
 
Note: Interesting article but several links are behind pay walls, but most aren't.

He's 40, single, and living in one of the world's most expensive cities. How one guy plans to retire by 50 and leave the rat race behind.​

  • Christopher How began his early retirement journey by tracking his spending at age 30.
  • Inspired by a financial blog, How aimed to retire by 50 and started a blog for accountability.
  • How's strategy includes saving 60-70% of his salary and investing in low-cost exchange-traded funds.
Christopher How's early retirement journey began with simply tracking his spending.

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At 17, he bought a sandwich shop for $125,000—he renamed it Jersey Mike’s and just sold it for $8 billion​

When Peter Cancro bought Mike’s Subs as a 17-year-old with a $125,000 loan from his football coach, he wasn’t even old enough to legally slice cold cuts at the Point Pleasant, New Jersey, sandwich joint.

The shop, which he ended up renaming Jersey Mike’s Subs, has since made him a billionaire.

On Tuesday, private equity giant Blackstone announced that it had entered into an agreement to buy a majority of Cancro’s company. The deal reportedly valued Jersey Mike’s Subs at around $8 billion including debt, bumping Cancro’s net worth to estimated $7.5 billion, according to Bloomberg.

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Jersey Mike's Subs - Wikipedia

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Came across Shelby by accident. Enjoyed the vid so I decided to share. Take it fwiw.

5 Years in Stocks VS Real Estate: Which Made Me More Money?​

Nov 2, 2024
In this video we analyze my real estate investments compared to the stock market returns for the last 5 years. This something people ask me all the time and is really great to run the numbers on to get an idea of if real estate investing is truly worth it.

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0:00 Is Real Estate The Best Investment?
0:28 Why do people favor real estate?
1:00 Stock market returns over 30 years are also crazy
1:31 Real Estate Fees and Maintenance to consider
1:53 My Real Estate Investments
2:12 Real Estate = The American Dream
3:08 Stock Market Returns - 5 Years Later
3:52 Townhouse Returns - 5 Years Later
5:45 Palm Springs House Returns - 4 Years Later
7:22 Palm Springs House VS Stocks: 25 Year Projection
8:35 Seattle Townhouse VS Stocks: 25 Year Projection
9:50 How Leverage plays into real estate investing
10:36 My Final Thoughts: Which is a better investment?
11:53 Cash flow: Not as great as you think it is...
13:00 Outro
 

Patrick Bet-David - Wikipedia

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Young Entrepreneur Interviews Patrick Bet-David​

We sat down with Patrick Bet-David, a renowned serial entrepreneur and founder of PHP Agency, one of the largest life insurance agencies in the U.S. Under Patrick's leadership, PHP grew to over 14,000 agents, culminating in its sale to Integrity Marketing Group for a 9-figure sum in 2022. Patrick is also the driving force behind Valuetainment, where he shares invaluable insights on business, leadership, and entrepreneurship.
In this episode of our Questions With A Millionaire series, Patrick shares his journey, the challenges of building and scaling businesses, and actionable advice for aspiring entrepreneurs. Whether you're looking to start your own venture or take your business to the next level, this interview is packed with golden nuggets you won’t want to miss.

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Buffett’s Life Advice May Be More Valuable Than His Portfolio: The Oracle of Omaha’s latest letter shares his insight on how to leave behind a strong family and a lasting legacy. (Bloomberg)
 

Asking Billionaires How They Got Rich! (Beverly Hills)​

Dec 6, 2024
We went to Beverly Hills California to interview some of the wealthiest entrepreneurs and business people in the country. We asked them about the most amount of money they have made in a year as well as asking for their career/life advice. We interviewed people in a variety of industries such as hospitality, hair salons, transportation, and marketing. We have a ton of amazing content on the way so make sure you stay tuned for more content soon!

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The $60 Billion Potential Hiding in Your Discarded Gadgets​

I meet Baba Anwar in a crowded, chaotic market in the city of Lagos, Nigeria. He claims he’s in his early twenties, but he looks 15 or 16. Maybe all of 5 feet tall, he’s wearing plastic flip-flops, shorts, and a filthy “Surf Los Angeles” T-shirt and clutching a printed circuit board from a laptop computer, which he says he found in a trash bin. That’s Anwar’s job, scrounging for discarded electronics in Ikeja Computer Village, one of the world’s biggest and most hectic marketplaces for used, repaired, and refurbished electronic products.

The market fills blocks and blocks of narrow streets, all swarming with people jostling for access to hundreds of tiny stalls and storefronts offering to sell, repair, or accessorize digital machinery—laptops, printers, cell phones, hard drives, wireless routers, and every variety of adapter and cable needed to run them. The cacophony of a thousand open-air negotiations is underlaid with the rumbling of diesel generators, the smell of their exhaust mixing with the aroma of fried foods hawked by sidewalk vendors. Determined motorcyclists and women in brightly colored dresses carrying trays of little buns on their heads thread their way through the crowds.

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My husband and I eliminated clutter and $32,000 in credit card debt by turning it into a game​

  • In 2018, my husband and I had nearly 5 times more credit card debt than the average US household.
  • So, in early 2019, we made a resolution to follow one simple rule. We called it Consumption.
  • By spring 2019, we'd paid off our smallest revolving balance credit card and were debt-free by 2021.
Every Sunday night I opened my purse and piled up the weekend's bounty of receipts. This would typically trigger a piercing pain in my neck and shoulders and I'd start to feel hot. I was clearly stressed and for good reason.

It was 2018, and I was in my late 20s, married, a mother of three, and swimming in $32,000 of credit card debt — the average American household at that time had about $6,832.

Our spending, of course, added to the debt, but the interest was making it climb higher every month. We had no clue how to tackle this monster, and I couldn't stop spending.

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https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/per...S&cvid=fae50b98f77247ac89d6ea09b04c2a44&ei=21
 

Mark Zuckerberg on Life, History and Being Human | The Circuit with Emily Chang​

Dec 19, 2024 #Zuckerberg #Business #Technology

In this exclusive bonus clip from The Circuit, Bloomberg’s Emily Chang visits Mark Zuckerberg and his wife Priscilla Chan at their retreat in Lake Tahoe to discuss family life, lessons from the Roman Empire and how tech is changing what it means to be human.

If the latest battle in the AI wars is between open and closed models, Meta CEO and Founder Mark Zuckerberg is right on the frontlines. Since rebranding as Meta in 2021, the trillion-dollar company, formerly known as Facebook, has been pouring billions into its long term bets on artificial intelligence and the metaverse. Meta’s latest push is a major play to open-source AI, in contrast to Google and Open AI. In an exclusive interview, Bloomberg’s Emily Chang sits down with Zuckerberg to discuss how the company’s newest AI model Llama 3.1 will shape the future of business, technology and society. She also visits his retreat in Lake Tahoe to talk about his personal evolution as a leader, and learns how to wake surf with Zuckerberg and his wife, Priscilla Chan.

Watch the full episode: • Meet The New Mark Zuckerberg | The Ci...

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Millennial Money

Couple joined the Air Force out of college—now they have nearly $500,000 saved, own a home and are on track to retire in their 40s​

This story is part of CNBC Make It’s Millennial Money series, which details how people around the world earn, spend and save their money.

At just 30 and 27 years old, Quinn and Brittney Sturgis, a married couple serving in the Air Force, are on track to retire in their early 40s — if they choose to.

“We’re not necessarily focused on trying to hit a certain number by a certain age to completely retire,” says Quinn, an Air Force pilot. But financial independence “is a major goal of ours — to be able to not work if we don’t have to.”

Both officers are stationed at Travis Air Force Base in Fairfield, California, earning just over $263,000 in combined salary and paid military benefits. Roughly a quarter of their income is automatically stashed in investment accounts.

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Early Walker (The Owner) - All AREA W&W TOWING

Early Walker is the owner of W&W Towing of Cook County. He built his company from the ground up with just one used tow truck.But over the past ten years, W&W Towing has grown it’s fleet of trucks becoming a company renowned for his generosity to the poor and less fortunate.Mr. Walker has been on …
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I became a millionaire in my 30s after starting a towing business. My rich friend has helped me learn how to manage my money strategically.​

  • Early Walker is the founder of W&W Towing.
  • He grew it into a highly profitable business that was acquired earlier this year.
  • A friend has helped him learn about money management and avoiding flashiness.
This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Early Walker, senior vice president of government affairs at Vehicle Management Solutions. It has been edited for length and clarity.
I've been working since I was old enough to swing a hammer. My dad was an electrician and preacher, and I worked afternoons with him since grade school. When I was 9 I started my own business, mowing yards and shoveling near my family's home on the West Side of Chicago.

Despite that, I didn't think I wanted to work for myself as an adult. Instead, I took jobs in sales, and later in government, but nothing seemed to work out. My family had shown me the value of being self-employed, and I couldn't unsee it. I didn't like knowing there was a cap on my income in a traditional job, or that someone else was profiting off my work.

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https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/sma...S&cvid=11c0d0c2c2474b5780e844c508493086&ei=13
 

39-year-old's cannabis business brings in $800,000 a month—16 years after he went to prison for selling drugs​

A lot can change in 16 years.

In 2009, a drug conviction landed Coss Marte a seven-year prison sentence. This year, Marte expects to bring in as much as $12 million selling cannabis legally.

Marte, 39, is the founder and CEO of Conbud, one of the first businesses fully-licensed to sell recreational cannabis in Manhattan, and the first in the city's Lower East Side. After first opening its doors in October 2023, Conbud added a second location in the Bronx last April.

Marte's business currently brings in roughly $800,000 in sales per month, including nearly $100,000 in profit, according to documents reviewed by CNBC Make It. Marte projects a final tally of roughly $7 million for 2024, he says.

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https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/com...S&cvid=7d3710c4cbfe42c5a64780c81db05b12&ei=13
 
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How My Cannabis Business Brings In $800K/Month In NYC​

Jan 4, 2025 #CNBC #CNBCMakeIt #HowIMadeIt

Coss Marte, 39, is the founder and CEO of Conbud, a legal cannabis dispensary in NYC's Lower East Side, where he once sold cannabis illegally. After serving prison time, Coss embraced his entrepreneurial spirit, leading to the creation of Conbud. In September 2024, the business generated over $800k in sales and is projected to hit $12 million in 2025.

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