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5 min readDickie Bush was a Wall Street hedge fund trader making $180,000 a year at BlackRock, checking every box by conventional standards. But when he saw a 37-year-old colleague ask permission to attend his son's Little League game and get denied, Bush realized the trajectory he was on would not reward extra effort. He did not quit immediately. Instead, he started writing online while still employed, eventually building a portfolio of four writing-based businesses on pace to do $1 million in 2024. His path from a 250-subscriber newsletter to a $10,000-a-month ghostwriting side hustle to a full-time business reveals a deliberate set of operating principles about effort, audience, and monetization.
The turning point: effort without incentive
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What you'll learn
- 1 (02:52) **Dickie Bush: Background and the $10M Writing Portfolio** - Former Wall Street hedge fund trader now runs a portfolio of four writing-based businesses on pace to do $10M in 2024.
- 2 (04:02) **The Wall Street Wake-Up Call** - The moment Dickie realized his dream job was a trap and began looking for an exit.
- 3 (06:49) **The 30-Day Challenge That Changed Everything** - How writing and publishing daily for 30 days led to a viral breakthrough.
- 4 (09:35) **The First $5,000: Ghostwriting Breakthrough** - How a single client paid him more than he dared to ask for.
- 5 (11:15) **From Ghostwriting to Product: Building Ship 30 for 30** - Scaling from a $5K side hustle to a $1M/year product.
- 6 (12:20) **The 4:30 AM Routine: Building While Working Full-Time** - Dickie's exact schedule for scaling Ship 30 to $1M while still employed at BlackRock.
- 7 (13:15) **Why Writing Is the $10M Skill** - The core philosophy behind making writing the foundation of everything.
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He Quit His Job And Makes $10M/Year Writing Online
This is the breakdown of how Dickie Bush makes over $10M/year as a digital writer.
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