Martell: Made $7,000 per Month Selling Drugs at Age 15
Dan Martell · Cocaine, Coding, and Cashflow, The Truth about Dan Martell · Oct 23, 2020 · at 6:41
Dan Martell describes his early illicit business operations as a teenager prior to transitioning into tech entrepreneurship.
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“I was making around 7000 a month.”
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