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5/17/2024
13 : 4

i can predict when you'll become a millionaire

Read time: 1 min, 04 sec I had always asked myself this question since high school: Will I ever become a millionaire? And if I'm being honest, I always had the belief deep down that I would... But.
5/14/2024
16 : 24

how i invest my money

Read time: 1 min, 10 sec Q: "Pat, as a business owner, how do you invest your money?" A: Good question. I invest every single week: 65% index funds 25% equities 10% Bitcoin I set up an auto-
5/12/2024
13 : 14

He makes $10K/mo with an app he built in 24 hrs

Starter Story's Sunday Breakfast #92 ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏
5/9/2024
15 : 34

how i made 100 friends in 100 days

Read time: 1 min, 24 sec When I moved to NYC, I wanted to learn how to play tennis. But I was poor and had nobody to play with :( I googled “tennis club new york city” and my jaw dropped: $100/hr to
5/8/2024
16 : 24

stop talking sh*t online

^^^ a very important lesson Read time: 1 min, 30 sec A while back I had a wild exchange on Twitter. I posted a tweet and shut my computer, thinking nothing of it. A few hours later, I came back to
5/7/2024
16 : 14

i'm a fraud

^^ me 5 mins after I woke up today Read time: 1 min, 20 sec This morning I woke up, grabbed my phone, and opened Twitter. And the first tweet I saw... ruined my day. There's this guy I follow named
5/5/2024
13 : 14

How he built a $300K/year plugin

Starter Story's Sunday Breakfast #91 ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏
5/2/2024
16 : 24

"i had a dream I was laid off"

Read time: 1 min, 10 sec My friend Kevin is one of the most successful people I know. He works for one of the FAANG tech companies and he makes $300K+/year. We were driving in the car yesterday, and in
5/1/2024
16 : 24

"you been working out?"

Read time: 1 min, 29 sec a picture of me lasting 1.3 seconds in a cold plunge: Let me get this out of the way: I am not a fitness guru 😆 If you've ever seen me in person, then you've probably
4/30/2024
16 : 34

can you last 30 days?

Read time: 1 min, 26 sec If you read my newsletter, then you know I talk about deep work a lot. I've made millions with deep work. It changed my life. But… I've always wondered... Does it work
4/28/2024
13 : 4

The $4M SaaS nobody knows about

Starter Story's Sunday Breakfast #90 ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏
4/25/2024
15 : 24

if I were starting over today…

Read time: 1 min, 20 sec A lot of people ask me: “Pat, what would you do if you were starting all over today?” Most of the time, I think they're looking for a quick fix. (hint: there's no such
4/24/2024
16 : 24

"so you made 1 cent per hour?"

Read time: 1 min, 22 sec On Jan. 7 2018 I made my first internet dollar: A whopping $3.32 I couldn't even buy myself lunch. What's even crazier... is on that same day, I got my paycheck (from
4/23/2024
16 : 54

that one crazy roommate

Read this in 1 min, 49 sec I was 24 years old when I met my first entrepreneur. (in the flesh) Sure, I'd watched movies about founders and consumed entrepreneurship content. But I'd never
4/21/2024
13 : 14

He made $528K in 4 months?!

Starter Story's Sunday Breakfast #89 ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏
4/18/2024
16 : 24

I think I figured it out

Read this in 1 min, 2 sec I was scrolling through our YouTube channel last night... And something finally clicked. Why are all these founders we interviewed successful? What do they know that others
4/17/2024
16 : 24

the 2 hour rule

Read this in 1 min, 17 sec Picture this: It's 7AM in the morning. Everyone's asleep. No cars driving on the streets. Just... quiet. That was me last Saturday morning. Over the weekend, I
4/16/2024
15 : 54

i hate this question

Read this in 1 min, 13 sec I just got back from a weekend in NYC. (my old stomping grounds) I shared some meals with old friends, played some pickleball, and schvitz'd in a bathhouse. I spent most
4/14/2024
13 : 14

He built a $100K/year Reddit search engine

Starter Story's Sunday Breakfast #88 ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏
4/13/2024
8 : 24

It was like a drug..

Read this in 2 min, 30 sec Ever gotten advice from someone who's been in the game for a few years? They'll probably say something like this: First time founders focus on product. Second time