Welcome to Radical Personal Finance, the show dedicated to providing you with the knowledge, skills,

insight, and encouragement you need to live a rich and meaningful life now while building a plan

for financial freedom in 10 years or less.

My guest on today's show is Nate Dodson. Nate, a fascinating guy who is an

expert at building a lifestyle of independence. He's here today to share with us some of his ideas and tips

surrounding how to save money and how to live a low-cost lifestyle, but also and

perhaps more importantly how to build an entrepreneurial endeavor online in a way that's perfect for you.

He's an expert at using some of the new tools and today he's here to share some of his experiences with you.

Nate, welcome to Radical Personal Finance.

Thanks for having me.

Hey man, you're a long time listeners of the show and I brought you on today to talk

about some of the micro businesses that you have been able to build.

And I think some of the content will be helpful to other listeners of radical personal finance who

were interested in pursuing similar paths.

So as we begin, could you share for a few minutes your path to the businesses that you now

participate with?

Yeah, absolutely. I've basically been creating micro businesses since I was in fourth grade and nothing that really caught on steam besides selling weed in high school and I gotta ask. Was this a long

time financial strategy of yours or was this a short-term side gig? Well it was just one of the

first ones that caught on. I mean I did like fifth grade I was selling candy

and did a school newspaper and in high school I got into you know marijuana and

mushrooms and that was the only thing that started actually making me money for

a business. So how did you how did you like get started in a drug dealing business as a high school

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