BILL BARNETT
Speaker • Author • Entrepreneur • Early-Career Strategist
Sold three companies • Took another public • Mentor to thousands of students and young professionals
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Explore expert insights on reducing college debt, mastering career growth, and building lasting wealth—because financial success starts with the right knowledge.
If You Don’t Research People, You’re Walking Into Every Room Blind
One of the easiest ways to separate yourself from the pack — in business, in life, in anything — is embarrassingly simple: Do your homework on the people you’re about to meet. That’s…
Why I Don’t Follow the 4% Rule
You’ve probably heard of the 4% Rule — it’s the retirement world’s holy grail. The idea is simple: take 4% of your portfolio each year, adjust for inflation, and statistically, you won’t run…
The Case for Being Lazy: Why Doing Less Gets You Further
Let’s get one thing straight: Lazy isn’t bad. Lazy is strategic. The laziest people in the world invented the remote control, automatic coffee maker, and index funds. They didn’t want to work harder…
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