The most profitable side project in history:

• $0 in funding
• Built in 14 days
• Run from an apartment
• Sold for $575,000,000

Here's how one programmer bootstrapped a dating empire: 2003: Markus Frind was unemployed in Vancouver.

After getting laid off from his corporate job, he spent two weeks learning a new programming language called ASP(dot)NET.

To practice, he decided to build a simple website.

But something unexpected was about to happen...

This is the greatest scaling story ever told:

Toyota vs Tesla.

One started with luxury cars and struggled to scale.

The other started with basic cars and dominated the world.

Here's the fascinating truth about why simpler always wins: 2023 was a defining year in the auto industry.

Toyota's profits doubled, reaching record highs with a 10.6% operating margin.

Meanwhile, Tesla's aggressive price cuts slashed their margins.

But to understand why this happened, we need to go back to their origins:

In 1945, Finland was poor and war-torn.

They owed 6% of their GDP to the Soviets—annually.

Today, it consistently ranks as the world's happiest country.

Meanwhile, America isn't even in the top 20.

Here's how Finland rebuilt from nothing: Finland lost 9% of its territory to the USSR after WWII.

Half a million Finns needed to be resettled, costing $300 million.

The country owed massive war reparations to the Soviets - between 2-6% of their GDP annually from 1945-1953.

But here's where it gets interesting...

The man who made money by doing nothing:

Jack Bogle.

He revolutionized investing with one simple idea: low-cost index funds.

Here’s his 4-step framework to financial independence: 🧵 In 1974, Wall Street was a playground for the rich.

Investment fees were astronomical. Brokers got rich while everyday investors struggled to build wealth.

Then came a man who would change everything.

But first, he had to get fired...

The Hidden Millionaire of Brooklyn:

• Worked as a bookkeeper and IRS auditor
• Lived in a rent-controlled apartment
• Retired with just $5,000
• Died with $22 million

Here's how she did it (using 3 principles anyone can copy): Born in 1893 to a poor family in Brooklyn, Anne Scheiber's father died young.

He unfortunately left behind substantial real estate losses.

Determined to succeed despite the hardship, Anne started working as a bookkeeper at age 15.

11 companies built around a single product:

1. Crocs (2002) Everyone called Crocs "ugly."

Doctors & chefs loved them because they were comfortable & easy to clean.

Now they sell 150 million pairs annually. Sometimes, being "ugly" pays off.

The richest people in the world all follow this counterintuitive rule:

Pay yourself first.

Here's exactly what this means:

(and why it's so tough for most of us to understand) 🧵 Most people make a devastating mistake with money:

They wait until the end of the month to save what's left over.

But there's usually nothing left to save.

This creates a vicious cycle of living paycheck to paycheck...

This man created the entire banking system to keep you poor.

He manipulated markets and used debt to oppress people.

His name was J.P. Morgan.

Here's the dark story behind the financial regime that controls your money: 1799: New York City was desperate for clean water.

60,000 residents. No central water supply. Disease everywhere.

Enter Aaron Burr with a brilliant solution: The Manhattan Company.

A water company that would save the city. Or so everyone thought...

The rich will get richer and the poor will get poorer.

Today, the top 1% own 30%+ of all wealth––and this will keep increasing.

That's the projection from economist Thomas Piketty.

Here's what he said next: After 15 years studying wealth inequality, Piketty discovered a mathematical formula that explains why the rich keep getting richer:

When returns on capital (r) exceed economic growth (g), wealth concentrates at the top.

This simple equation predicts our economic future...

This man is worth $58 BILLION.

But he still:

• Takes home buffet leftovers
• Flies economy class
• Reuses tea bags

The shocking wealth secrets of IKEA's founder that nobody talks about: 🧵 Meet Ingvar Kamprad.

As a kid, he sold matches and pencils in rural Sweden.

In 1943, at age 17, he founded IKEA.

By his death in 2018, he was the 8th richest person on Earth.

But here's the fascinating part:

Look at this guy.

He makes more money than most countries' GDP.

But still uses coupons for McDonald's $3 breakfast.

Why?

Because he found the secret to unlimited wealth that most people ignore...🧵 Buffet is the ultimate "do more with less" investor.

• Drives a modest car
• Gets McDonald's breakfast every morning
• Lives in the same house he bought for $31,500 in 1958

His wealth grows $37 million per day, yet he lives like a middle-class retiree.

Why?

This CEO built an $11 billion fortune by ignoring every rule of business.

• He gives away 1% of everything
• Makes volunteering mandatory
• Treats competitors like family

Here's how Marc Benioff exposed capitalism's biggest lie: In 1999, Marc Benioff made a radical bet:

Create a company culture based on 'Ohana' - the Hawaiian concept that families (blood-related, adopted, or intentional) are bound together.

Most thought mixing business & family values was crazy.

But Benioff saw something others missed:

This CEO shocked Silicon Valley:

She built YouTube into a $15 billion company, and also:

• Has 5 kids
• Never works past 6 pm

5 work-life balance tips from tech's most successful mother that will change how you think about success: 🧵 Susan Wojcicki's journey to becoming tech's most successful mom is fascinating:

• First mother at Google
• Google's 16th employee
• Then appointed YouTube CEO
• Built it into a $15 billion powerhouse

But her story started in an unlikely place...

This will shock you:

American parents waste $500,000 on youth sports thinking it leads to success.

But 99.96% of kids never go pro or get scholarships.

Here's what billionaires teach their kids instead: A shocking stat from a TD Ameritrade report:

Most American families spend $500/month per child on sports.

20% spend $1,000.
10% spend over $2,000.

But here's what they don't tell you about the ROI...

Look at this guy.

• No car
• No house
• Just 15 items to his name

Yet, he travels 7 months per year and works 4 hours a day.

Here's the secret that made him unstoppable (that anyone can use): Meet Andrew Hyde.

In 2010, he did something that stunned everyone he knew:

He invited friends to his apartment and told them to take everything.

Then he sold the rest until he had just 15 items to his name.

I've built and scaled 2 multi-million dollar businesses.

But my biggest challenge? Being a dad.

Until I realized great parents and great entrepreneurs use the same playbook.

Here's why you should treat your family like a start-up:
People see parenting & entrepreneurship as different, but they're wrong.

Business building and child raising require the same core skills:

• Creativity
• Resilience
• Adaptability

What's the main difference?

This pizza restaurant became a $700,000,000 tech company.

In 2009, Domino's tasted like cardboard.

By 2017, it outperformed Apple, Google, and Facebook in stock returns.

7 lessons from the most shocking business turnaround of the 21st century:
1. The Power of Brutal Honesty

In 2009, Domino's pizza was described as "tasting like cardboard."

Instead of hiding, Doyle admitted it was bad on national TV and said they would change.

When you admit your faults, it builds trust.

The deadliest killer of success isn't procrastination.

Or burnout. Or lack of motivation.

It's useless busywork.

13 counterintuitive techniques to 10x your output in half the time: Peter Drucker once said:

"Efficiency is doing things right; effectiveness is doing the right things."

I love this quote.

Think about it while you read these 13 techniques to abolish busywork forever:

OnlyFans is more profitable than Google, Microsoft, and Meta.

They earn over $30 million dollars per employee—30X the industry average.

The crazy part? They scaled to $6 billion with 42 employees.

Here's the Only Fans blueprint for success:
In 2016, a small British startup launched a platform that would revolutionize content creation.

Today, OnlyFans boasts 210+ million users and 2.1 million creators.

But the crazy part is it's done with just 42 employees.

How? Their radical approach to content...

Look at this painting.

It looks like a black square. But it sold for $85 million at auction.

I HAD to find out what's so special about it.

The answer is a powerful life lesson that will change how you see everything: Imagine walking into an art gallery in 1915.

You see a constellation of shapes all over the walls.

And a plain black square up in the corner.

People were shocked. Outraged. Confused.

Here's why this matters for your life & business:

This is the rarest productivity method in the world.

• Not taught in business school
• Takes just 2 minutes a day
• Ignored by 99% of people

The Quantum Focus Protocol (used by Silicon Valley founders):





This isn't just another productivity hack.

It's a revolutionary approach inspired by quantum mechanics and neuroscience called...

The Quantum Focus Protocol is the epitome of gaining a better outcome in less time.

Here's the full method and how it works: