Ben Franklin’s Secret Weapon
As a teenager, Ben Franklin was locked into a long apprenticeship at his brother’s print shop in Boston. This was not where young, ambitious Ben wanted to be. So he fled. Traveling by boat, and made his way first to New York City, where he found no work, and eventually…
READ MOREJames Altucher Interviews Mark Ford on Creating Wealth
I’m doing an intro because I can’t believe I’m talking to one of my business heroes, Mark Ford, author of Ready, Fire, Aim, the guy that has helped over 100 businesses and he describes them all on this podcast here. I also recommend people check out MarkFordBook.com to see what…
READ MOREJames Altucher Interviews Mark Ford on Being an Entrepreneur
In part one of this two-part interview, host James Altucher of the James Altucher Show talks with Early to Rise founder Mark Ford about entrepreneurship. Click here to listen to the full interview originally published on Stansberry Radio Network. If you prefer reading, here’s the transcript below. James: Mark Ford,…
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How to Become Financially Free When You Have No Money
You’ve heard the pitch before: “Learn to buy real estate for no money down!” But is it really possible? Our inner skeptic suspects a catch. I know it can be done. On my road to retiring financially free, I’ve done it more than once. My first property purchase was with…
READ MOREWhat You Need to Know Today
Good evening, Early Risers! Tech Jay-Z’s streaming platform likely won’t be making waves but here’s what we learned. Critics are saying Tidal is “Dead on Arrival.” With no free option, no attractive exclusive content to offer, and no surplus of cash like its competitors (Spotify and Pandora), the rapper’s…
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10 Reasons to Quit Your Job
This was going to end badly. My boss screamed at me in front of my colleagues. I had done something wrong, of course. I had sent a product to the client without debugging it thoroughly. It was my fault. But I don’t like being yelled at. Fortunately, I was sitting…
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The Best Interview Anyone Has Ever Done With Me
Below you will read my full interview with Fitness & Personal Development Guru, host of The Jay Ferruggia Show Podcast, author and adviser to Men’s Fitness and Muscle & Fitness, and my personal friend, Jay Ferruggia. You can listen to my full interview here. Jason: Thank you, guys, for tuning into…
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How Ben Franklin Started With Nothing and Became Wealthy
Take the lessons of Ben Franklin’s life and learn to apply them to your business and investing habits, starting with “pre-tirement.”
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Interview with the World’s Most Productive Man
Listen to my full interview with Early to Rise founder Mark Ford here. You can also read the transcript of our interview below. Craig: Hi, this is Craig Ballantyne from Early to Rise and I am here with Mark Ford, otherwise known as Michal Masterson, the founder of Early to…
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The Man, The Myth, The Legend, Behind The World’s Greatest Inventor
There is great mythology about Thomas Edison, as the ‘world’s greatest inventor’, but by his own assessment, he was only an adequate engineer. Edison was more gifted at self-promotion (at a time self-made celebrity was rare), raising capital from investors and corporate partners, and the three top Money-Making skills: advertising,…
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Book Review: Country Bumpkin Street Smarts
It was as though he was living his life in reverse, like a real-life Benjamin Button. He retired at 37 with ‘all the money in the world’ and yet he did not marry and have children until two decades later at age 57. Along the way, he achieved the American Dream,…
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How to Sell to the Affluent
I want to tell you about four people. One drives a $400,000 Maybach (a luxury auto I also own), and a $360,000 Bentley, wears a diamond-encrusted one of a kind wristwatch, and lives in a 2-floor penthouse in New York in which he removed walls in order to create a…
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