💸 “If I make a million dollars by the time I’m 18, I don’t have to go back to school or go to college.” — Erik Finman, high school dropout & entrepreneur

In 2011, 12-year-old Erik Finman invested $1,000 his grandma gave him into Bitcoin — back when a single BTC was around $10.

He first learned about Bitcoin at a protest in Washington DC when he saw a guy wearing a Bitcoin shirt. Curious, he asked his brother what it was. “It’s going to end Wall Street, bro.”

Erik researched Bitcoin and spent the next three years trading it while going to school — although he never liked high school.

> “People didn’t get what I was dreaming of. One teacher even told me to drop out and work at McDonald’s since I’d never amount to more,” he said.

At 15, Erik made a deal with his parents: if he made $1M by 18, he wouldn’t have to return to school or go to college.

He sold $100,000 of Bitcoin and started a business from his bedroom: Botangle, an education platform where students could hire tutors via video chat anywhere in the world. Two years later, he sold the company for 300 BTC.

When Bitcoin hit $2,700, Erik became a millionaire at 17, winning the bet. Instead of college, he traveled the world — Dubai, Hong Kong, Beijing, London, Prague, Sydney, Melbourne, Vienna, Stockholm — and kept growing his crypto holdings.

Today, he has an 8-figure net worth, invests in Silicon Valley crypto startups, and even helped introduce the Crypto-Currency Act of 2020 as a citizen advocate.

🌐 Takeaway: Vision, courage, and early action can create life-changing opportunities — even without a traditional path.

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