Start HereWhy the hell is Alan ripping up a business plan? Why does Alan get angry when you talk to him about going into debt to start a business? What has Alan got against traditional business advisors in suits?
Today I am financially independent, I co-founded a cool company (PopUp Business School) that is changing the way entrepreneurship is taught globally and I spend my time travelling around the world working with some of the coolest people. Life wasn't always this way! At school I was the shyest kid you could meet, I struggled talking to strangers, I was paralysed by fear and anxiety talking to girls, making phone calls or anything else. My family went from wealthy to £millions in debt and losing the family home. We had to do car boot sales (yard sales) at the weekend to raise the money to buy food. |
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So what changed? This is what I want to share with you and it is going to be in 3 main parts:
EntrepreneurshipA large part of turning my life around came through building businesses. I started out in 2008 and launched a training company and muddled my way through getting my first customers. Eventually I landed Microsoft, Pepsi and more as customers and built a successful business. Then I went on a mission to help others do the same. The two main ways I can help you with entrepreneurship are through PopUp Business School or the Rebel Entrepreneur Podcast.
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Financial IndependenceFor many years my mum, my brother & I lived in our family home under the knowledge that it could be taken from us at any point. My dad owed a lot of money that was secured against our home. I never wanted to be in that position again, wondering where the money is going to come from, living month to month.
My wife Katie and I went on a mission to learn how to become financially independent (FI). We never have to work again if we don't want to and we want to help you do the same |
Making dreams come trueThe extraordinary belongs to those that create it. No one is going to hand you an extraordinary life you have to build it for yourself. I spent many years in victim mode annoyed at the world for not giving me what i was "entitled to". It wasn't until I started to understand the power of entrepreneurship, taking action and goals that I was able to start making progress on my life.
I believe it is possible for you to build the life of your dreams. It might take a lot of hard work and time but you can do it. |
Get started with our Podcast
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Where to startIf you want help building a business and earning your own money. If business plans and start-up loans scare you off then this is the place for you to start. The first and second episode of the podcast set the scene for what stops most people starting and then shows you 5 ways to build a business without debt. New to the Podcast? Either listen to these two episodes or visit the podcast page for more.
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Read the blog
The blog is a treasure trove of articles on different subjects. Below are some of the latest articles for you to start with or visit the blog page and choose a subject and start from the beginning.
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Billionaire LibrariansIf the answer was more information then all librarians would be billionaires. They have access to all the information you could ever need, books on sales, building businesses, health, biographies of the greatest minds in history. They are surrounded by ground breaking thoughts, ideas and inspiration form all of humanity.
Which Index fund should I invest in? Investor SeriesIt was lunch time and I was starving! Katie and I had made our way to Wholefoods to buy some lunch. We headed straight to the prepared food. There were deli counters as far as the eye could see. I was starving which means I was not in the most resourceful state! I was immediately overwhelmed by choice.
The extraordinary belongs to those who create itThe extraordinary belongs to those who create it. This is written over and over again throughout my notebooks as a reminder that if you want to have an extraordinary life then you have to create it, build it and make it happen. No one else is going to create it for you. You have to create it.
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Financial Independence, Retire Early (FIRE)
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I got to Financial Independence in 2018 and have designed an incredible life that I have to keep pinching my self to realise it is real. In this section I want to share with you what FIRE is, what it is not and everything I have learned about achieving it! Strap in for a FIRE journey!
What is financial Independence?I have a simple definition for this one! It is not often I can say that but I find this one easy to explain
Your assets return more money than you need to live on!! If you manage to achieve that you don't need to go to work any more. You get to spend your time doing whatever you want to! Scary and exciting!
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Sounds great! What next?
Simple! You spend your time and money buying assets that bring you passive income that supports all your needs for the rest of your life. I mean that is the essence of the whole thing; there is just a LOT more nuance and details!
I have written a longer article about exactly what Financial Independence is here
I have written a longer article about exactly what Financial Independence is here
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Making dreams come trueThis sounds fancy but in my mind it is a lot simpler than you image. The basic process is identifying what you want to have in life, finding people that have already done it that you can learn from and then taking daily action to make it happen.
These are the basic principles of taking an idea, a dream and then bringing it into reality but so many people get stuck and fail to get where they want to get. I want to help you get un-stuck and make progress on your dreams |
The extraordinary belongs to those that create it
You don't just get handed an extraordinary life. Well ok, some people do, they are born into a wealthy family and handed everything they could ever need (which doesn't normally end well!) but for the rest of us we have to build our own lives. I want to help you get started on building an extraordinary life for yourself.
