“Hello World”
It sounds odd to me to start a post with “Hello World” in 2017. You see, MillionaireWho.com was technically founded back in 2007, more than ten years ago. Ironically, its initial purpose is completely aligned with its current purpose, but its path took an unexpected route.
MillionaireWho 2007
MillionaireWho was first designed in 2006 as a blog to chronicle the life of a poor ramen-noodle fueled college student as he “Proved” how someone can become a millionaire simply by focus and hard work. The website was formally purchased and launched in 2007.
Despite not yet graduating college, I was overly confident that my gifted self would- from pure determination- do what so many people thought was impossible- become a rich man. I was determined to become a Millionaire by the young age of 25. Not only was I going to do it, but I was going to chronicle all the great things I was doing to make it happen.
My life from that point would most likely be chronicled best by a googling, “rollercoaster”. You see, it didn’t quite work out the way I anticipated it would. Despite having over 100 exciting blog posts about how my life was moving into the direction of wealth, the road was incredibly bumpy.
I closed my successful student-run vinyl cutting, graphic design, printing, and screen printing shop to “proceed towards a real job”, and I went to the top ranked Entrepreneurship school in the nation for my MBA. I then preceded to invest my life savings into a patent that went nowhere. I entered and even won business plan competitions, but lacked the cash to actually get the businesses rolling. I was working all day and working all night to get good grades and also try to run my software development business, and somehow I squandered all of my profits into failing software projects. I manufactured custom car parts for jeeps and sold them around the world, but quickly closed that business down because I thought there were more profitable opportunities elsewhere. I was miserable at home, my savings somehow balanced between 0 and a negative number, my attempts at stock trading were hit and miss with big penny stock wins followed by bigger losses. Despite having an international software development company with a number of employees in hand, I thought I needed to “adult” and get a traditional job. I rode right out of college during the great recession. Jobs were scarce, and I used that as an excuse for my inability to succeed. I scored a Vice President Job in 2009 working for the 2002 Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the year, Greg Blair, and fell into a traditional employment path. After just a few years, my incredible enthusiasm and confidence waned and began to give. MillionaireWho.com died to me. After 2009, only one measly attempt to refresh it happened once I realized my net worth was only about 999,500 dollars short of my goal on my 25th birthday.
For years after I’d get the go daddy renewal notice for my domain-MillionaireWho.com . Every year I decided I was going to cancel it, but some part inside of me refused to give up hope. And consciously I “forgot” to do so… and so it went.
Flash Forward just 10 years to 2017
Almost ironically to me, when I stopped “trying to be rich,” a close friend to me commented about how he really looked up to me for my success. Here I was, still a very young adult, living in a nice home, driving a Ferrari, a fully loaded F350 diesel lariat, a Porsche, and a Cadillac all at once, working for a great company, with a beautiful and loving wife, giving back to my community, owning multiple companies and real estate investments, and with a net worth that finally exceeded that magic 7 digit number. I really was living the dream that I had just 10 years prior… a dream I almost gave up.
What lessons did I learn? What do I know now that I didn’t know then? How can I help others achieve what I achieved?
By now I was an award winning college professor, with students paying thousands of dollars just to take my classes on entrepreneurship, marketing, and other subjects. Here I was, a successful business person winning “Associate of the Year” at one of the largest corporations in the city. Here I was, investing my time and money into other business startups driving additional income channels and earning me recognition from surrounding municipalities. By now I had published two books with sales from countries around the world. I had keynoted graduation speeches, and sat on multiple boards of directors and advisors. Colleagues twice my age were asking for my advice on savings and investments. Readers from around the world were buying my books on automotive strategy. People I barely knew were asking for me to help coach them on how to be financially free. I didn’t just feel the need to help others realize how to get here… I found myself with few others more qualified to do so.
This sudden realization became the re-birth of MillionaireWho.com – the education network.
I can assure you, I’ve “been where you stand” now, and more than ever I can look back at my life and know that if I can do it, you can too… So come let me accompany you on your journey, whether you are in a bad place trying to improve by Stabilizing your wallet, doing alright but trying to Secure your present and future, or doing great and looking for Success! In Excelling and growing by leveraging your wealth, you don’t have to follow the path alone like I did.
Welcome to MillionaireWho!