Follow a sequence
Roadmaps
A list of ideas is not a plan. Each roadmap puts techniques in order, with a measurable milestone at the end of every phase.
4 phases
Zero to Your First $1,000 Online
The shortest honest path from nothing to money you actually earned
- Duration
- 60–120 days
- Capital
- $0
- Difficulty
- 2/5
5 phases
From Nothing to an Audience That Pays
Building the one asset that keeps working while you are asleep
- Duration
- 12–24 months
- Capital
- $0
- Difficulty
- 4/5
5 phases
From Salary to a Portfolio That Compounds
The unexciting sequence that produces most self-made millionaires
- Duration
- 15–25 years
- Capital
- Under $500
- Difficulty
- 2/5
5 phases
From First Sale to a Brand Worth Owning
The product path, in the order that does not require funding a warehouse
- Duration
- 12–30 months
- Capital
- Under $500
- Difficulty
- 3/5
5 phases
From One Service to a Local Business With Crews
The unglamorous path, sold within twenty miles of your own front door
- Duration
- 12–36 months
- Capital
- Under $500
- Difficulty
- 3/5
5 phases
From Freelancer to a Business You Could Sell
Escape the hourly ceiling without buying yourself a worse job
- Duration
- 2–4 years
- Capital
- Under $500
- Difficulty
- 4/5
5 phases
From Code to a Product That Runs Without You
Small software, sold to people who already told you what to build
- Duration
- 18–36 months
- Capital
- $0
- Difficulty
- 4/5
5 phases
Turning Savings Into Assets That Pay You
What to do when you have capital but no interest in starting a company
- Duration
- 5–12 years
- Capital
- $10k+
- Difficulty
- 3/5