19:17'We went to the ATM and there was $90M' - Our Favorite Rags To Riches Stories
From My First Million · Published Jul 5, 2023 · Watch on YouTube
TL;DR
The hosts share personal and observed stories of rapid wealth jumps: a friend’s $90M ATM balance after a near‑billion‑dollar exit; Alex Tew’s Million Dollar Homepage ($1M in two months, then blown before building Calm); and a host faking a $17M net worth on Personal Capital to “manifest” the feeling.
Key insights
- A friend with $300k at 28 saw $90M hit his bank account after selling his company; the host notes that at 8% historical returns, $90M becomes ~$1.1B by age 70, making future billionaire status “more l
- Alex Tew’s “Million Dollar Homepage” (2005) sold 1M pixels at $1 each by creating a polarizing, viral concept; he then blew the entire $1.037M in a year on parties and a condo, and spent ten years fai
- One host used Personal Capital to manually set his stated net worth to $16–$17M for 1.5 years before his actual exit, saying the familiarity with the number made the real money feel “kind of used to t
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