Ramit Sethi
Founder and CEO, I Will Teach You To Be Rich. On 1 show, 2 appearances. The Shows tab opens the full record on each.
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Ramit Sethi wrote the New York Times bestseller I Will Teach You to Be Rich and hosted the 2023 Netflix financial docuseries How to Get Rich. He runs an online education platform and hosts a podcast counseling couples through financial decisions, having also co-founded the commercial wiki startup PBworks.
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64said about them ↓ Everything Ramit Sethi said on any show that made the record, most notable first. Each card names its show and opens the statement there.
Sethi: High Earners Must Abandon Low-Yield Optimization Habits Like Reward Chasing
“Part of fighting for simplicity is that as you advance up, whether it be financially, relationally, et cetera, there are things that you simply cannot afford to do anymore.”
Sethi: People overvalue math and undervalue psychology in personal finance
“Money is not just about math. In fact, we overvalue math and we undervalue psychology”
Sethi: When engaged, 25% of trolls apologize and 25% double down
“50% of them will never reply. Of those who reply, 50% will go, oh, oh, my God, I didn't know anyone would actually read this. Oh, I'm sorry. Hey, man, big fan. Which kind of leads to the question, if you didn't know anyone was going to reply, why on earth woul…”
Sethi: Scaling a course business to $100M requires a massive acquisition engine
“You cannot make it to a hundred million dollars without a true massive acquisition machine. And that means that most of your business will be focused on acquisition.”
Sethi: Unnecessary luxury pet items are often more profitable due to price insensitivity
“There's a decorative items for dogs, which I love because the more unnecessary they are, Oftentimes the more profitable it can be, right? I don't, you're not buying a luxury sweater because you need it. You're buying it because you want it and price is largely…”
Ramit Sethi Refuses to Shop at Stores Offering Black Friday Sales
“I don't shop any place that does Black Friday sales.”
Ramit Sethi Kept His Base Salary Unchanged for 13 Years
“I didn't change my salary for like, 13 years.”
Sethi: Jay Abraham grew Icy Hot using zero-risk remnant radio advertising
“Icy Hot was one of his, and he has a fantastic story. He bought remnant radio advertising. He paid a hundred percent of the first fee to the radio station. So it was no risk to them. And then he took the long-term profits and grew that business in a massive wa…”
Sethi: I Will Teach You To Be Rich has 50,000 customers
“I have over a million books sold, 50,000 customers.”
Sethi: Earn1K course generated $600,000 during its very first launch
“And then at the end, it made 600,000 dollars on our first launch. And we raised the price and never lowered it again, ever.”
Sethi: An online business program generated $5M to $6M in one week
“We launched another business program. I think it did like five million or six million in one week.”
Sethi: Over 50% of his founder friends do not invest in stocks
“Most of my founder friends don't even invest in the market. I would say over 50% of them.”
Sethi: Always maintain a one-year liquid cash emergency fund
“Always have a year of emergency fund cash.”
Sethi: Unbreakable rule to fly business class on flights over four hours
“Business class on flights over four hours. That's a rule. I don't have to debate it or think about it. It's just boom, it's done.”
Sethi: I saved for my wedding in my 20s before meeting my wife
“I started saving, putting money away for my wedding and my honeymoon, like in my twenties before I even met my wife.”
Sethi Plans Finances Annually Instead of Tracking Monthly Line Items
“I actually don't look at many numbers on a monthly basis because we plan it on an annual basis and we look at it
On a six-month quick check-in, because that gives us time to adapt if we need to, but I'm not trying to look at the freaking price of, ah, noodles …”
The other half of the tape: Ramit Sethi's own voice is left out of every number here. Other people bring the name up 64 times in 15 episodes across the shows. every mention, with the transcript →
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2024 13 mentions in 4 episodes 3 per episode
- He Turned A $300/Mo Gardening Side Hustle Into $45 Million/Year | Kevin Espiritu Interview
- Brainstorming +$1M Weird Business Ideas With Morning Brew’s CEO Austin Rief (#543)
- Life Hacks From The King of Introverts + 7 Business Ideas
- How This +$80M Founder Launches A Startup In A Weekend | ft. Noah Kagain (#546)
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2022 4 mentions in 3 episodes 1 per episode
2021 41 mentions in 6 episodes 7 per episode
- Why You Should Spend 5x Your Budget on an Engagement Ring | My First Million #201
- What Venture Capital Will Look Like in the Future | My First Million #215
- This Year's Best Twitter Accounts to Follow
- How Course Businesses Work & How Irish Pubs as a Service is Making Millions | My First Million #183
- Why Direct-to-Consumer Companies Are Awesome to Own | My First Million #217
- Why Everyone Is Wrong About the Metaverse, Gaingels, Companies that Don't Advertise, and More
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| MY FIRST MILLIONLEDGER | Founder and CEO, I Will Teach You To Be Rich | 2 | 43 | 100% 1/1 | full record on My First Million → |