A Free Retirement Calculator Replaces a Six-Figure Course

The Money Guy Show hosts Brian Preston and Bo Hanson made a surprising announcement: they are sunsetting their "Know Your Number" course, which had been their biggest digital revenue generator—a six-figure annual business. The reason is not failure but the opposite. Listeners found the course so valuable that the hosts decided the material should not remain behind a paywall. Instead, they rebuilt it as a free, interactive calculator available at moneyguy.com/resources. The decision meant walking away from reliable revenue, but the hosts framed it as part of their "abundance cycle"—the same logic that led them to drop the price of their food course from $250 to $49. "We felt like it was the right thing to do," Hanson said, "and we felt like it was something that could be helpful to you."

How the Calculator Works: Three Scenarios

The hosts walked through three demos to show what the tool does. The calculator asks for your age, planned retirement age, desired monthly spending in today's dollars, current investment assets, and annual savings. It then tells you whether you are ahead of the curve, behind the curve, or right on track.