Same as it was last time.
Earn an easy-to-agree-upon 10% commission selling $10M of somebody elses' goods that they really need to move this year.
Ask HN: You have one year to make $1M. What's your plan?
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Re: Ask HN: You have one year to make $1M. What's your plan?
#12First think about what it is you actually want to do with that money. Then do that thing instead of trying to make a million. Want to have a sailing yacht? You can go as crew and sail on yachts as much as your heart desires and pretty much anywhere you want. I mean actually piloting the yacht at the steering wheel. You'll had enough of sailing in much shorter time than it takes to make a million. Want to be a million…
Just want to say this is such a great comment. I'll be thinking about it for a while.
Re: Ask HN: You have one year to make $1M. What's your plan?
#13This is an interesting question; very few people in here would be able to make a $1M in a year. However, for me personally, I would probably use the money I have now to buy whatever nice flashy thing I have to seem rich, and go around interviewing any millionaire I can find for the first 6 months. I may have to exaggerate a few things to avoid appearing too impoverished and secure at least a handful. I would get thei…
What's stopping you from doing this now? Serious question.
Edit: Besides, are millionaires easily accessible to people who aren't millionaires?
Re: Ask HN: You have one year to make $1M. What's your plan?
#14"It is inconceivable that anyone will divulge a truly effective get-rich scheme for the price of a book. There is ample opportunity to use wealth in this world, and neither I nor my friends, nor anyone else I have ever met, has so much of it that they are interested in putting themselves at a disadvantage by sharing their secrets."
Victor Niederhoffer, The Education of a Speculator
Re: Ask HN: You have one year to make $1M. What's your plan?
#15Can't be done. You have to spend a minimum of seven years building a valuable skill set first.
And even then...
Re: Ask HN: You have one year to make $1M. What's your plan?
#16First think about what it is you actually want to do with that money. Then do that thing instead of trying to make a million. Want to have a sailing yacht? You can go as crew and sail on yachts as much as your heart desires and pretty much anywhere you want. I mean actually piloting the yacht at the steering wheel. You'll had enough of sailing in much shorter time than it takes to make a million. Want to be a million…
I upvoted you because it's a great comment.
But to answer your question of what it is I want.
One thing I want is to be able to travel the world and visit certain locations known for their historic value. Visiting the Auschwitz-Birkenau Memorial and Museum, because of my interest in that period of history. This is just one example of a place I'd love to visit.
But...
As I write this I realize you're right and you don't need a million dollars for that. But I don't have enough boney to fulfill that dream either, thus, a million dollars would be nice to have.
Re: Ask HN: You have one year to make $1M. What's your plan?
#17Micron stock buy, sell in one year. Memory is getting very pricey, it is the wooden handles of the 'when everyone digs for gold, make money from selling shovels'. Perhaps Nvidia is the decently shaped metal shovel head.
Re: Ask HN: You have one year to make $1M. What's your plan?
#18stack 4/5 jobs, put the money into TQQQ (levered nasdaq), by far the easiest and most certain
Re: Ask HN: You have one year to make $1M. What's your plan?
#19This is an interesting question; very few people in here would be able to make a $1M in a year. However, for me personally, I would probably use the money I have now to buy whatever nice flashy thing I have to seem rich, and go around interviewing any millionaire I can find for the first 6 months. I may have to exaggerate a few things to avoid appearing too impoverished and secure at least a handful. I would get thei…
What's stopping you from doing this now? Serious question. Edit: Besides, are millionaires easily accessible to people who aren't millionaires?
> are millionaires easily accessible to people who aren't millionaires?
No, but the OP said:
> I would probably use the money I have now to buy whatever nice flashy thing I have to seem rich
A good con artist can get far that way.
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