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Aug 2024
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MI Rewind: The Millionaire Fastlane w/ M...

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Clay Finck chats with MJ DeMarco about why he chose entrepreneurship as his path to building wealth, his journey in building a successful business, how he knew it was time to sell what he built, why following your passion is bad advice when starting a business, what MJ’s definition of wealth is, ways in which entrepreneurs can validate their business ideas, and much more!

MJ DeMarco is an entrepreneur and international best selling author of The Millionaire Fastlane, Unscripted, and The Great Rat Race Escape.


IN THIS EPISODE, YOU’LL LEARN

00:00 - Intro

04:30 - Why MJ chose entrepreneurship as his preferred path to building wealth.

09:52 - MJ’s journey to building his first successful business.

18:14 - How he knew it was time to sell out of his business. 

22:19 - Why following your passion in starting a business is bad advice.

26:03 - What MJ’s definition of wealth is.

40:14 - Ways in which entrepreneurs can validate their business ideas.

And much, much more!


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