MONEY

Back in 2012, the year I left banking and three years after I started Financial Samurai, I had a choice: run a lifestyle business or build a venture-backed company. I.

When you were a kid, did you ever dream of growing up to be someone’s exit liquidity? Probably not. But every time you buy shares in a company IPO, that’s.

Living in San Francisco since 2001 is a surreal experience. I arrived a year after the dotcom bubble burst, and the city felt desolate, especially downtown where Credit Suisse was.

Do you know who will most likely survive a zombie apocalypse? Green Berets and Navy SEALs who had to suffer to earn their place. If you have run six miles.

The main reason I can’t convince anyone in real life to FIRE is the desire for more. The moment you hit a $1 million net worth, you start dreaming of.

As I approach 50 in mid-2027, I’ve been thinking a lot more about responsibility, legacy, and mortality. What I’ve realized is that responsible adulting is hard. One misstep and you.

The decade-long advice to “learn to code” is losing its edge. With tools like Claude Code handling the heavy lifting, a basic three-month online course may be all anyone needs.

After the final day of swimming and tennis at the sports club we’re dropping, I took my kids to an open house in San Francisco. My wife was on a.

For those who work in AI, let me share a cautionary tale based on history. You may be getting incredibly rich right now, but there’s little point in being rich.

After publishing my piece on the shocking cost of eldercare, a question kept nagging at me that I couldn’t shake: when money is finite and the people you love are.