Startups For the Rest of Us

Episode 618 | How to Achieve Financial Freedom

Listen Later

In episode 618, join Rob Walling as he chats with Sam Dogen, the founder of Financial Samurai, which is one of the longest-running and most popular personal finance blogs. Over the last 13 years, Sam has personally written over 2,500 essays along with a Wall Street Journal Bestselling book. We talk about achieving financial freedom, money mindsets, and relentless execution.

Topics we cover: 
  • 3:12- The 4% Rule 
  • 4:40- Sam’s alternative approach to the 4% Rule 
  • 7:25- The FIRE Movement 
  • 10:16- How to navigate the US health insurance system as an early retiree 
  • 12:10- Sam’s relentless execution when it comes to running Financial Samurai 
  • 17:40- How Sam learned about personal finance 
  • 18:47- How Sam negotiated a severance package despite quitting his investment banking job 
  • 22:47- Why he runs Financial Samurai as a true lifestyle business 
  • 26:07- Would Sam sell Financial Samurai for $20 million? 
  • 27:35- The premise of Sam’s new book 
  • 28:46- Sam’s mental model for allocating financial assets to generate passive income 
    • Links from the Show:
    • Sam Dogen (@financialsamura) I Twitter
    • Financial Samurai  
    • Buy This, Not That  
    • TropicalMBA 
    • MicroConf Europe 
    • Applications for TinySeed’s Fall 2022 SaaS Accelerators Will Open September 12th
    • MicroConf Youtube Channel 

      • If you have questions about starting or scaling a software business that you’d like for us to cover, please submit your question for an upcoming episode. We’d love to hear from you.

      Subscribe & Review: iTunes | Spotify | Stitcher

      ...more
      View all episodesView all episodes
      Download on the App Store
      Startups For the Rest of UsBy Rob Walling
      • 4.9
      • 4.9
      • 4.9
      • 4.9
      • 4.9

      4.9

      697 ratings

      More shows like Startups For the Rest of Us

      View all
      This Week in Startups by Jason Calacanis

      This Week in Startups

      1,297 Listeners

      The Official SaaStr Podcast: SaaS | Founders | Investors by SaaStr

      The Official SaaStr Podcast: SaaS | Founders | Investors

      180 Listeners

      The a16z Show by Andreessen Horowitz

      The a16z Show

      1,104 Listeners

      The SaaS Podcast - Building SaaS in the AI Era by Omer Khan

      The SaaS Podcast - Building SaaS in the AI Era

      186 Listeners

      Built to Sell Radio by John Warrillow

      Built to Sell Radio

      211 Listeners

      Y Combinator Startup Podcast by Y Combinator

      Y Combinator Startup Podcast

      234 Listeners

      REWORK by 37signals

      REWORK

      214 Listeners

      My First Million by Hubspot Media

      My First Million

      2,665 Listeners

      The Startup Ideas Podcast by Greg Isenberg

      The Startup Ideas Podcast

      212 Listeners

      Marketing Against The Grain by Hubspot Media

      Marketing Against The Grain

      358 Listeners

      Moneywise by Hampton

      Moneywise

      648 Listeners

      The Koerner Office - Business Ideas and Deep Dives with Chris Koerner by Chris Koerner

      The Koerner Office - Business Ideas and Deep Dives with Chris Koerner

      257 Listeners

      The Next Wave - AI and The Future of Technology by Mindstream (Hubspot Media)

      The Next Wave - AI and The Future of Technology

      56 Listeners

      AI + a16z by a16z

      AI + a16z

      32 Listeners

      Lightcone Podcast by Y Combinator

      Lightcone Podcast

      20 Listeners