Insights for teenagers to build your dream career.
In 5th grade, my teacher said, "The job you'll have as an adult probably hasn't been invented yet." She was right. With technology advancing so quickly, I can’t predict the opportunities of the future, but I can share the timeless skills, habits, and mindsets that shaped my journey—and can help you shape yours toward creativity, community impact, and financial freedom.
Around 6, I declared to my parents that I would become a millionaire. As my parents had never even seen close to a million dollars, their surprised reaction made me wonder: how could I make that happen?
At 12, I started experimenting with entrepreneurship—coding, creating, and failing over and over again while learning valuable lessons.
At 26, my co-founders and I sold a financial education company for $36 million. We had partnered with over 300 U.S. financial institutions and helped millions of young people learn financial literacy.
But that success was my 20th try at starting a business! I’m not particularly special—I got bad grades in school and was such a late bloomer I constantly felt behind my peers. But I started early, learned from failures, and focused on building skills, habits, and mindsets that turned my childhood dream into reality through a journey of entrepreneurship.
