#045 - Jack Raines (YoungMoney.co): The Fastest Growing Finance & Money Blogger On The Planet Right Now

<p>Jack Raines is the fastest growing finance & money blogger on the planet right now. He created the Young Money blog (<a href= "https://www.youngmoney.co/">https://www.youngmoney.co/</a>) just 15 months ago and has already amassed 30,000+ subscribers. He has already been offered book deals by world class publishers. Leverage ftw. We discussed numerous topics. Check the timestamps below for topics and enjoy the audio, or you can watch the video over on our YouTube channel where we recorded this in person with Jack: <a href="https://youtu.be/F56YIktbMHY">https://youtu.be/F56YIktbMHY</a><br /> <br /></p> <p>Jack's newsletter: <a href= "https://youngmoney.co">https://youngmoney.co</a><br /> Jack's Twitter: <a href= "https://twitter.com/Jack_Raines">https://twitter.com/Jack_Raines</a><br /> Jack's travel blog: <a href= "https://www.backpackin.blog/">https://www.backpackin.blog/</a></p> <p><br /> 00:00 Teaser<br /> 01:24 Jack intro<br /> 04:29 Jack's childhood<br /> 07:49 Deported from Norway<br /> 11:23 Vagabonding and European life<br /> 21:00 Trading at 21 years old<br /> 27:25 F U Money<br /> 35:40 Stick men drawings<br /> 36:58 6 types of wealth<br /> 43:49 Crypto and Balaji<br /> 58:00 Young Money monetisation<br /> 1:03:18 Writing a book<br /> 1:07:23 LinkedIn vs Twitter<br /> 1:11:13 Distribution<br /> 1:13:50 Pitching your work and meeting Morgan Housel<br /> 1:17:25 How Jack writes<br /> 1:22:20 Inspiring writers<br /> 1:26:27 Book shaming and meaningful insults<br /> 1:30:57 Opportunity cost of everything<br /> 1:35:32 Value in MBAs<br /> 1:40:35 Jack's favourite books<br /> 1:41:47 Dating in US vs UK<br /> <br /> -<br /> <br /> Get in touch with us:<br /> <br /> YouTube: <a href= "https://www.youtube.com/@rationalvc">https://youtube.com/rationalvc</a> <br /> Our website (essays and podcasts): <a href= "https://rationalvc.com">https://rationalvc.com</a><br /> Our investment fund: <a href= "https://rational.fund">https://rational.fund</a><br /> Cyrus' Twitter: <a href= "https://twitter.com/CyrusYari">htt