He Quit His Job And Makes $10M/Year Writing Online | Starter Story

What you'll learn

• 1 (01:01) **Introduction & The $10M Writing Portfolio** - Dickie Bush describes his transition from Wall Street hedge fund trader to full-time writer, and breaks down the four businesses that are on pace to do $10M in 2024: Ship 30 for 30 ($3M/yr), Premium Ghostwriting Academy ($5M/yr), Write with AI ($500K/yr), and TypeShare (SaaS).
• 2 (03:55) **Backstory: From Princeton & BlackRock to Feeling Trapped** - Dickie traces his path from playing football at Princeton, studying math and CS, to landing his "dream job" at BlackRock and then a hedge fund, only to realize his effort wasn't rewarded.
• 3 (04:57) **The Turning Point: Asking for Permission** - Dickie describes witnessing a 37-year-old colleague ask for permission to attend his son's Little League game and being denied, which triggered his exit strategy.
• 4 (06:42) **The Early Days: Zero Traction & The 30-Day Challenge** - Dickie describes cutting his Wall Street work hours from 12 to 3-4 per day to learn and write, but only having 250 subscribers on his newsletter.
• 5 (09:01) **The Viral Breakthrough** - The post from Day 27 went viral overnight after being retweeted by Naval Ravikant, taking him from 250 to 1,000 subscribers.
• 6 (09:26) **First $5,000: Ghostwriting with No Price** - A follower asked Dickie to write a "worldview creation thread" for him, and Dickie, unsure of what to charge, asked the client to pay whatever they thought it was worth.
• 7 (11:04) **Scaling Beyond Ghostwriting: Ship 30 for 30** - Dickie realized ghostwriting was hard to scale past $5-10K/month, so he zoomed out to identify the input that created the opportunity: the 30-day writing challenge.

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