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Entrepreneurs on FireTeaching Teens Entrepreneurship and Financial Independence with Dan Sheeks: An EOFire Classic from 2022From the archive: This episode was originally recorded and published in 2022. Our interviews on Entrepreneurs On Fire are meant to be evergreen, and we do our best to confirm that all offers and URL's in these archive episodes are still relevant. Dan Sheeks is the author of First to a Million - A Teenager's Guide to Achieving Early Financial Independence, and the founder of SheeksFreaks: a community of young entrepreneurs and early FI seekers. Dan has also been teaching high school business classes for 19 years. Top 3 Value Bombs 1. If you are a young...
2025-12-0724 min
Raising the Next Gen PodcastE8 - Talk Money to My Kids - A Mindset of PossibilityHow do we raise kids who are curious, confident, and capable when it comes to money? In this episode of Raising the Next Gen, I sit down with Justin Chung, host of the MoneyDad Podcast, to explore how parents can do away with a scarcity mindset and embrace an abundance mindset with their kids.
We talk about age-appropriate ways to talk to kid about money and how parents can model a healthy relationship with finances. We get creative with fun kid-friendly entrepreneurial ideas and actionable ways to help kids build financial skills and self-belief. And of course...
2025-06-1342 min
Travis Makes MoneyMake Money Young: Building Wealth for Gen Z | Dan SheeksDan Sheeks is a passionate educator and advocate for Gen Z financial independence. As the founder of the SheeksFreaks community, Dan has helped young people achieve remarkable financial milestones, including members with million-dollar net worths, real estate portfolios, and thriving businesses. He’s the author of First to a Million, a bestselling guide for young people seeking early financial independence, and a frequent speaker at schools and conferences nationwide. Dan’s unique blend of real-world investing experience, teaching expertise, and commitment to empowering youth makes him a standout voice in the world of personal finance education.
2025-04-1843 minTravis Makes MoneyMake Money Young: Building Wealth for Gen Z | Dan SheeksDan Sheeks is a passionate educator and advocate for Gen Z financial independence. As the founder of the SheeksFreaks community, Dan has helped young people achieve remarkable financial milestones, including members with million-dollar net worths, real estate portfolios, and thriving businesses. He’s the author of First to a Million, a bestselling guide for young people seeking early financial independence, and a frequent speaker at schools and conferences nationwide. Dan’s unique blend of real-world investing experience, teaching expertise, and commitment to empowering youth makes him a standout voice in the world of personal finance education.
2025-04-1843 min
Mile High FI PodcastTelling People You're Retired or Wealthy | MHFI 208Doug and Carl (along with special guest co-host Georgie the dog) explore the concept of stealth wealth. Each provides their personal money story & how much work it took to arrive at their current position, the pros & cons of sharing one’s financial status with others, and how this knowledge impacts social interactions & relationships. They also discuss giving and helping others responsibly, using wealth to support people in meaningful ways rather than in response to direct requests for money.
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2024-03-2655 min
Mile High FI PodcastTelling People You’re Retired or Wealthy | MHFI 208Doug and Carl (along with special guest co-host Georgie the dog) explore the concept of stealth wealth. Each provides their personal money story & how much work it took to arrive at their current position, the pros & cons of sharing one’s financial status with others, and how this knowledge impacts social interactions & relationships. They also discuss giving and helping others responsibly, using wealth to support people in meaningful ways rather than in response to direct requests for money.
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Are you reti...
2024-03-2655 minMile High FI PodcastTelling People You’re Retired or Wealthy | MHFI 208Doug and Carl (along with special guest co-host Georgie the dog) explore the concept of stealth wealth. Each provides their personal money story & how much work it took to arrive at their current position, the pros & cons of sharing one’s financial status with others, and how this knowledge impacts social interactions & relationships. They also discuss giving and helping others responsibly, using wealth to support people in meaningful ways rather than in response to direct requests for money.
Save 50% site-wide on your new mattress, pillow, and bedding over at GhostBed (coupon code: MILEHIGHFI)
Are you reti...
2024-03-2655 min
Forget About Money🌍 Empowering Gen Z with Dan Sheeks: Financial Literacy in High Schools 🎓Today, we have the honor of hosting Dan Sheeks, the visionary behind Sheeks Freaks and the author of "First to a Million: A Teenager's Guide to Achieving Early Financial Independence." 🌟 Join us as we explore the critical role of financial literacy in high schools and learn from Dan's unique insights. 📘🚀 📚Episode Summary: Dan Sheeks, a beacon of financial education for youth, joins host David Baughier on the Forget About Money podcast. As an author and founder of Sheeks Freaks, Dan shares his expertise on financial literacy and its growing importance in high schools across the US. Th...
2024-03-1553 min
Money You Should AskGen Z Millionaires in Training. Dan SheeksIf you could travel back in time and give your 18-year-old self one piece of money advice, what would it be? Would you tell yourself to save aggressively, avoid debt traps or utilize frugal living hacks or invest in assets destined to explode? In this episode, I am joined by Dan Sheeks, a high school teacher and Author whose mission is to educate young people to think like millionaires. Dan Sheeks is the author of "First to a Million: A Teenager's Guide to Achieving Early Financial Independence," He wrote this and the accompanying workbook specifically for Gen...
2023-12-2031 min
Quiet WealthEducating the Next Gen with Colleen Salchow | Episode 99In an ever-changing economic landscape, equipping young minds with the knowledge and skills to navigate personal finances is paramount.In the latest episode of the Quiet Wealth podcast, hosted by Camilla Jeffs, we delve into the fascinating world of early financial education and its far-reaching impact. We are privileged to have a renowned educator and expert in teaching financial literacy to middle and high school students.Colleen Salchow powerfully shares her experiences and insights, highlighting the benefits of instilling financial literacy habits early on. From understanding the power of budgeting to making informed...
2023-11-3033 min
The Stacking Benjamins ShowSurprise! I've Achieved Financial Independence (plus young entrepreneurs LIVE from Camp FI) SB1411Imagine that you JUST figured out what the financial independence movement is all about. You've been saving, but doing nothing exotic. You earlier had thought that putting money in the stock market was "gambling," like many people do. Today, though, you figure out that you've not only done a great job of making your dreams come true, but you've achieved financial independence, and you're still in your 40's. How happy would you be?Today we're live from Camp FI (camp financial independence), where a group of like-minded people are hanging out for a weekend talking about values...
2023-09-181h 08
The Personal Finance PodcastThe Complete Guide to Generational Wealth: Part 1 How to Build Generational WealthIn this episode of the Personal Finance Podcast, we're gonna give you the ultimate guide to generational wealth.How Andrew Can Help You:
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2023-04-2451 min
So Money with Farnoosh Torabi1498: The Ultimate Teen Money Hack with Dan SheeksDan Sheeks, founder of SheeksFreaks and author of First to a Million is back! He discusses. his ultimate teen money hack for parents, strategy he says is the BEST way for a parent to prepare their children to crush their financial future.More about Dan: He is a high school Business/Marketing teacher, real estate investor, and personal finance advocate in Denver, CO. His students have competed at the national level in entrepreneurship, personal finance, marketing, and hospitality services with much success over the years. The SheeksFreaks community aims to help teens use specific methods of saving...
2023-04-1026 min
The Stacking Benjamins ShowSmart Money Moves: Building Financial Habits That Last a LifetimeDiscussing finances can be intimidating, especially for beginners. However, initiating regular money conversations early on can be a great way to introduce the topic and potentially set yourself up for financial success. In today's roundtable, we welcome Dan Sheeks, author of the new hit book, First to a Million: A Beginner's Guide to Achieving Early Financial Independence, Katie Brewer, a certified financial planner and professional money teacher, and OG, our in-house money expert and father of three. They will discuss the importance of having money conversations and provide tips on how to set yourself up for a life of...
2023-03-101h 18So Money with Farnoosh Torabi1478: The Best Ways to Teach Teens About Money with Dan SheeksDan Sheeks, founder of SheeksFreaks and author of First to a Million: A Teenager’s Guide to Achieving Early Financial Freedom shares strategies, concepts, and the mindset teenagers need to achieve early financial freedom.More about Dan: He is a high school Business/Marketing teacher, real estate investor, and personal finance advocate in Denver, CO. His students have competed at the national level in entrepreneurship, personal finance, marketing, and hospitality services with much success over the years. The SheeksFreaks community aims to help teens use specific methods of saving, earning extra income, and investing to set them on...
2023-02-2234 min
The Erik Cabral ShowE261: Teaching Financial Literacy to Young People with Dan SheeksAs a parent or an educator, one of the best things you can do is to equip the kids with a roadmap to earlier financial independence. In this conversation, Erik Cabral speaks with Dan Sheeks, about his passion for helping Gen Z or Zoomers live their best lives. A high school business and marketing teacher in Denver, Colorado for 18 years, Dan is the founder of SheeksFreaks LLC where he teaches teenagers early financial freedom strategies.
Here are some power takeaways from today’s conversation:
Why personal finance isn’t valued in our public school system
Getting to m...
2023-02-1343 minThe Personal Finance PodcastThe Complete Beginners Guide to Financial Independence (and Quitting Your Job Early!)In this episode of The Personal Finance Podcast, I'm going to give you a complete guide to financial independence for beginners. Join Our Newsletter here!Learn to Invest with Index Fund Pro! Our complete step-by-step guide to investing! https://mastermoney.co/index-fund-pro/ Thanks to Our Amazing Sponsors!:
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2023-01-1841 min
BiggerPockets Daily3 Examples of Why Workaholic Real Estate Investors Have It All Wrong by Dan Sheeks
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2023-01-0409 min
Taking The InitiativeSuccessfully Teaching Financial Freedom To TeensWhat a great episode! If you have any teens in your life, this episode is for them!Dan Sheeks is a teacher, author, and real estate investor who has a passion for teaching teenagers financial freedom. How Dan started in Real Estate Investing and Finacial IndependenceAbout writing his book "A teenagers Guide to Early Financial Independence 1st to 1 Million."What motivated Dan to start teaching Financial IndependenceHow Dan started investing in Real Estate How teaching/having a community has helped Dan in his real estate investingWhat is the Key Factor to helping teens...
2022-12-1940 min
Retire Sooner with Wes MossInstilling Financial Literacy In Younger Generations with Dan SheeksFinancial literacy is the blueprint to building financial success for the younger generation. In general, that could lead to earning your children early financial independence and increased happiness in retirement. To help us learn more about educating the rising generation regarding their finances, we called on Dan Sheeks, Owner and Founder Of Sheeks Freaks LLC, author, high school business/marketing teacher, personal finance advocate, and real estate investor for this week’s episode. Dan shares details about his life and his real estate investments along with five takeaways from his book to tell your kids about getting to...
2022-11-101h 00
Journey To LaunchHow To Be a Future Millionaire: Teaching Gen Z About Financial Freedom, & Letting Go Of The American Dream With Dan SheeksDan Sheeks, owner and founder of Sheeks Freaks, an online community helping young people live their best lives by making smart money decisions, joins the Journey To Launch podcast to talk about his passion for helping teenagers get on the path to become millionaires. Achieving early financial independence is an option most people don't know even exist, which is why Dan spends his career making financial freedom education available to Gen Z and High Schoolers. We chat about his new book, "First to a Million: A Teenager's Guide to Achieving Early Financial Independence", how to...
2022-10-2647 minThe Personal Finance PodcastHow To Teach Your Teenager About Financial Independence With Dan SheeksIn this episode of the personal finance podcast, we're gonna talk to Dan Sheeks about how you can teach your teenager about financial independence.Join Our Newsletter here!Connect. with Dan!Purchase First to a Million: A Teenager’s Guide to Achieving Early Financial Independence: https://bit.ly/3Aageh5SheeksFreaks Community: https://bit.ly/sheeksfreaks140 SheeksFreaks Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sheeksfreaks/Dan’s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dsheeks/Dan's email: dan@sheeksfreaks.com
2022-09-0538 min
BiggerPockets Money Podcast330: The Ultimate Teen Money Hack for ParentsYou’ve heard of money hacks before, but probably not like this. For the teenagers and parents of teenagers listening, this episode will give you everything you need to make yourself, or your child, financially successful, straight out of high school. Most parents think that a strong financial foundation is built through allowances, debit cards, and making their child get an after-school job. While none of that is bad advice, it doesn’t leave the teenager with a sense of financial security or knowledge of how to manage money.
Thankfully, the Sheek Freak himself, Dan Sheeks, is back on the show to give hi...
2022-08-2600 min
BiggerPockets Money PodcastThe Ultimate Teen Money Hack for Parents
You’ve heard of money hacks before, but probably not like this. For the teenagers and parents of teenagers listening, this episode will give you everything you need to make yourself, or your child, financially successful, straight out of high school. Most parents think that a strong financial foundation is built through allowances, debit cards, and making their child get an after-school job. While none of that is bad advice, it doesn’t leave the teenager with a sense of financial security or knowledge of how to manage money.Thankfully, the Sheek Freak himself, Dan Sheeks, is back on the sho...
2022-08-2645 minBiggerPockets Money Podcast330: The Ultimate Teen Money Hack for ParentsYou’ve heard of money hacks before, but probably not like this. For the teenagers and parents of teenagers listening, this episode will give you everything you need to make yourself, or your child, financially successful, straight out of high school. Most parents think that a strong financial foundation is built through allowances, debit cards, and making their child get an after-school job. While none of that is bad advice, it doesn’t leave the teenager with a sense of financial security or knowledge of how to manage money.
Thankfully, the Sheek Freak himself, Dan Sheeks, is back on the show to give hi...
2022-08-2600 min
Thought Hustle146. How To Become Financially Independent In Your 20s - W/ Dan SheeksDan Sheeks from Sheeks Freaks discusses the question on every budding entrepreneurs mind… how do I make money when I’m young? How do I set myself up for success? Granted, not most young folks are thinking about building wealth, no, but there are a few “freaks” out there. Instead of chasing girls, the hottest new shoe, video game or artist, there are those who want to grustle while they're young, so that they have the CHOICE to continue working when they’re older. That’s where Dan Sheek’s Sheeks Freaks comes in… a community of young, like-minded entrepreneurs an...
2022-07-0745 min
The Academy Presents podcastCollege is Not The Only Path To Success With Dan SheeksIn this episode, I welcome Dan Sheeks! Dan Sheeks is a high school business/marketing teacher, real estate investor, and personal finance advocate in Denver, Colorado. Dan tells us about his passion project, which is “Sheeks Freaks”, which is an online community for youn people who are motivated and interested in entrepreneurship. Listen in on this episode as Dan tell us about his passion project, “Sheeks Freaks”, which he started a year and a half ago. Dan realized that there are many different ways to achieve success without a college degree, such as through certificates or busines...
2022-06-1528 minThe Academy Presents podcastA Change In Mindset Can Be Difficult But Ultimately Rewarding with Dan SheeksIn this episode, I welcome Dan Sheeks! Dan Sheeks is a high school business/marketing teacher, real estate investor, and personal finance advocate in Denver, Colorado. Dan tells us about his passion project, which is “Sheeks Freaks”, which is an online community for youn people who are motivated and interested in entrepreneurship. Listen in on this episode as Dan tell us about his passion project, “Sheeks Freaks”, which he started a year and a half ago. Dan realized that there are many different ways to achieve success without a college degree, such as through certificates or busines...
2022-06-1350 min
MoneyDad PodcastA Teen’s Guide to Achieving Early Financial Independence with Dan SheeksSend us a text#011. Today’s guest is Dan Sheeks. We chat about why financial literacy and personal finance is not a focus in the public school system. We talk about what financial independence looks like and how your teenager can achieve early financial independence as a viable option to the typical working 9-5, until 65 grind. We learn about the strategies that Dan uses as a teacher to help teens learn about personal finance and the benefits of parents working through these concepts alongside their teenager. We get into the 4 main mechanisms to achieve early FI and specifi...
2022-06-0748 min
Real Estate MonopolyThe Secret To Reaching Early Financial Freedom | REM #143A lack of financial literacy is one of the main things that prevents many people from escaping poverty and reaching their financial goals. It’s important to understand how money works, and debunk some widely held misconceptions about investing in order to create new, improved financial habits and improve life overall. Financial literacy doesn’t have to be extremely complicated either— Dan Sheeks teaches teenagers how to achieve financial freedom and invest to reach their life goals.
Dan is a BiggerPockets Published author of First to a Million: A Teenager’s Guide to Achieving Early Financial Freedom. In the b...
2022-05-0946 min
Real Estate RookieFrom Freak to Financially Independent & Beating the Average Joe to $1MFinancial literacy is the first step to becoming a millionaire. Unfortunately, the US is a (relatively) financially illiterate country, so to become financially independent and add more zeros to your net worth, you have to self-educate. Fortunately, today’s guest has published a book and workbook that lays out exactly how to become a millionaire, even at a young age. Dan Sheeks lives and breathes all things personal finance. He has been a high school teacher for twenty years and teaches young people everything he wishes he would have known about financial literacy. He teaches a variety of different...
2022-05-0454 min
Marriage Kids and Money: Personal Finance for FamiliesIs College Worth It for My Teen? [w/ Dan Sheeks] + Vee Weir (Internet Money)If you're raising a teenager and looking at the cost of higher education, you may be asking yourself ... is college worth it?Dan Sheeks, Author of "First to a Million: A Teenager's Guide to Achieving Early Financial Independence", shares how parents and teens can make the decision to go to college or not.Also, on our Internet Money segment, we hear from Vee Weir who makes $10k per year dog sitting through Rover!RESOURCES**Sponsor + Partners + Deals: https://www.marriagekidsandmoney.com/sponsorsDan Sheeks (Website): http://www.sheeksfreaks.com/ ...
2022-04-2535 min
How Did They Do It? Real EstateSA418 | Financial Literacy and Real Estate Investing for Young Adults with Dan SheeksBeing young should not hold you back in gaining financial independence and real estate investing, and Dan Sheeks is here to shed light on learning about money management at an early age. We’ll talk about how young people can learn more about personal finance, get into investing business, and things to do early in life to set themselves up for financial success. Key Takeaways To Listen ForReasons why personal finance should be taught to teenagersThings young adults should do to set themselves up for financial successHow young people can get involved in rea...
2022-04-2227 min
Wealth Formula by Buck JoffreyBonus Episode: Financial Education for KidsMy kids are little. My oldest is 12 and her sisters are 9 and 6.
Admittedly, I’ve spent no significant amount of time trying to teach them about money as of yet. If anything, I have taught them a little bit about the burden of taxes by eating half of the cupcakes and ice cream and metaphorically blaming the IRS. That one seems to get the point across!
When they get older, you can be sure that I will spend a significant amount of time with them teaching them about money. After all, it is my intent to...
2022-04-0523 min
The Professional Failure PodcastEP 006: Full Time Teacher/Entrepreneur and Encouraging Young Adults Toward an Early Path to Financial Independence with Dan SheeksJoin me for a conversation with Dan Sheeks! Dan is a high school marketing and entrepreneur teacher from Denver, CO. He’s the founder of SheeksFreaks, an online community to help young people live their best lives by making smart money decisions. He’s also the author of the new BiggerPockets published book First to a Million: A Teenager’s Guide to Achieving Financial Independence. Dan is passionate about investing, real estate, and helping others find their own financial path to financial freedom. First to a Million Bookwww.SheekFreaks.com This...
2022-03-2620 min
Rockstar Dad ShowDan Sheeks (Author of First to a Million) On this week’s episode, Jaret and Gary talk with Dan Sheeks, who is a father, husband and author of First to a Million: A Teenager’s Guide to Achieving Early Financial Independence.
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2022-02-161h 01
ChooseFI363 | First to a MillionJonathan and Brad talk with Dan Sheeks about exactly what a 17-year-old should know when getting started on their financial journey. A detailed synthesis of this information can be found in Dan's book First to a Million. https://www.sheeksfreaks.com
2022-02-0758 min
Financially Independent TeachersEpisode 50- Author Dan Sheeks "First to a Million"-Financial Independence for TeensSend us a textDan Sheeks is the owner and founder of SheeksFreaks LLC, an online community to help young people live their best lives by making smart money decisions. He has been a high school business teacher in Denver, CO for eighteen years, and he’s passionate about teaching teenagers personal finance, passive income, real estate investing, and early financial freedom strategies so they can live their best lives.Have a teen in your life? Most teenagers are told about only one financial path: Work until you’re old and then retire. But what if y...
2022-02-061h 00
The Brian Beers ShowHappy Hour - The 3 Fund Portfolio | Ep 48Welcome to the Business with Beers Happy Hour!This is the second episode in a new series launching every Thursday.It’s a short, solo episode in which IHighlight some gold nuggets from a recent guest,Talk about how I am going to apply that advice in my life, and Provide some updates on my personal business & investing journeyThis past week I had Dan Sheeks on the show. Dan has written a book called “First to a Million, A teenager’s guide to achieving early financial independence”. We had a great conversation covering a...
2022-02-0308 minMile High FI PodcastFinancial Independence for Teens | Dan Sheeks | MHFI 046We’re giving away free copies of First to a Million: A Teenager’s Guide to Achieving Early Financial Independence by Dan Sheeks! Leave a comment on the Mile High FI YouTube channel telling us about a teen you think deserves to get a copy of the book. We’ll pick three comments and send you a copy along with the accompanying workbook for you to pass along!
In this episode, Doug and Carl interview Dan Sheeks about teaching teen financial literacy and his new book First to a Million. Here are a few highlights of our discussion...
2022-02-0156 minMile High FI PodcastFinancial Independence for Teens | Dan Sheeks | MHFI 046We’re giving away free copies of First to a Million: A Teenager’s Guide to Achieving Early Financial Independence by Dan Sheeks! Leave a comment on the Mile High FI YouTube channel telling us about a teen you think deserves to get a copy of the book. We’ll pick three comments and send you a copy along with the accompanying workbook for you to pass along!
In this episode, Doug and Carl interview Dan Sheeks about teaching teen financial literacy and his new book First to a Million. Here are a few highlights of our discussion...
2022-02-0156 minMile High FI PodcastFinancial Independence for Teens | Dan Sheeks | MHFI 046We’re giving away free copies of First to a Million: A Teenager’s Guide to Achieving Early Financial Independence by Dan Sheeks! Leave a comment on the Mile High FI YouTube channel telling us about a teen you think deserves to get a copy of the book. We’ll pick three comments and send you a copy along with the accompanying workbook for you to pass along!
In this episode, Doug and Carl interview Dan Sheeks about teaching teen financial literacy and his new book First to a Million. Here are a few highlights of our discussion...
2022-02-0156 min
The Mentee PodcastS5E4: The 4 Mechanisms of Early Financial Independence with Dan SheeksWhat would happen if we were able to teach teenagers financial independence? High school teacher, real estate investor, and net worth millionaire, Dan Sheeks, joins me today as we discuss his newest book, First to a Million: A Teenager’s Guide to Achieving Early Financial Independence. Although written for teenagers, Dan wrote the book for anyone who is getting into the idea of early financial independence and seeking to carve out their path to a good life.Not every young person is interested in learning and focusing on their financial future – and not every adult is either. But...
2022-01-3148 min
Get Rich EducationDismal State Of High School Financial EducationA high school teacher reveals the sad state of financial education today. Most students still think the path is: go to school, get good grades, go to college, get a job, work until you're 65, and then start enjoying life. Dan Sheeks is a Denver, Colorado-based high school teacher and real estate investor. He enjoys working with teenagers. He also volunteers for the Colorado Attorney General to advance financial education. Just last month, Dan released a book with Bigger Pockets: "First to a Million: A Teenager's Guide to Achieving Early Financial Independence". See it here. He...
2022-01-3141 min
The Brian Beers ShowAchieving Early Financial Independence with Dan Sheeks | Ep 47Today we’ve got Dan Sheeks on the show. Dan is a high school teacher, real estate investor, and author of a booked called “First To $1 million: A Teenager’s Guide to Achieving Early Financial Independence” Dan is a leader with the FIRE community which stands for “Financial Independence Retire Early”. We dive into the core principles of how to achieve financial independence. We cover a number of great topics at a high level such as generating passive income, good vs. bad debt, index investing and more. I read his book cover to cover and I truly believe...
2022-01-3137 minThe Academy Presents podcastStarting Them Young: Inspiring and Educating the Youth to Build Wealth Pt. 2This is part 2 of my conversation with Dan Sheeks. Dan is a high school business/marketing teacher, real estate investor, author, and personal finance advocate in Denver, Colorado. He founded the online community, SheeksFreaks which is a community that is specifically for young people (ages 15-25) who are highly motivated in the areas of building wealth, entrepreneurship, real estate investing, mindset, early financial independence, and networking. He and his wife have a variety of real estate investments including multifamily, single-family, Airbnb, and out-of-state BRRRR, and he aims to help teens use specific methods of saving, earning extra income, and...
2022-01-1922 min
The FI ShowFirst to a Million | Dan SheeksToday's episode features Dan Sheeks author of First to a Million and founder of Sheeks Freaks.Dan is a teacher in Colorado and is really changing the lives of young people and giving them a space where they can feel normal sharing their financial interests.He recently authored his first book (and workbook) First to a Million which was created in the hopes of spreading financial independence education to the young masses.This book could easily change the life of a young person in your life. Imagine if you got started at 16 down t...
2022-01-1832 min
The Financial Independence ShowFirst to a Million | Dan SheeksToday’s episode features Dan Sheeks author of First to a Million and founder of Sheeks Freaks.
Dan is a teacher in Colorado and is really changing the lives of young people and giving them a space where they can feel normal sharing their financial interests.
He recently authored his first book (and workbook) First to a Million which was created in the hopes of spreading financial independence education to the young masses.
This book could easily change the life of a young person in your life. Imagine if you got started at 16 dow...
2022-01-1832 minThe Academy Presents podcastStarting Them Young: Inspiring and Educating the Youth to Build Wealth Pt. 1This is part 1 of my conversation with Dan Sheeks. Dan is a high school business/marketing teacher, real estate investor, author, and personal finance advocate in Denver, Colorado. He founded the online community, SheeksFreaks which is a community that is specifically for young people (ages 15-25) who are highly motivated in the areas of building wealth, entrepreneurship, real estate investing, mindset, early financial independence, and networking. He and his wife have a variety of real estate investments including multifamily, single-family, Airbnb, and out-of-state BRRRR, and he aims to help teens use specific methods of saving, earning extra income, and...
2022-01-1727 minThe Mentee PodcastS5E1: Passing On Your Legacy of Growth, Grit, Wealth, and Intentionality with Don WennerAccording to statistics, around 70% of first-generation wealth is lost by the second generation over 90% of the time and they're “back to shirtsleeves” by the third generation. This is where the adage "shirtsleeves to shirtsleeves in three generations" actually came from, which puts the family legacy at risk. So how do you reverse this cycle and not become another statistic?In this episode, Don Wenner reveals the real secret to success, happiness, and fulfillment – the power of intentionality. You have to make sure you’re bringing it into all eight F’s of your life – faith, family, friends, freedom, fun...
2022-01-1454 min
Crushing DebtAchieving the Pathway to Financial FreedomHow young did you begin to learn money management skills? How early are you teaching your kids these skills? When did you buy your first home? Do you wish you did sooner? How do you teach your kids how to achieve financial independence at a young age? This week's guest on the Crushing Debt Podcast is Dan Sheeks, the newest Bigger Pockets published author, with his book First to a Million: A Teenager's Guide to Achieving Early Financial Freedom. Dan is a 19-year high school business and marketing teacher, real estate...
2022-01-1339 min
Secure Your RetirementDan Sheeks – A Teenager's Guide to Achieving Financial FreedomAre you a teenager with the goal of achieving financial and time freedom before the retirement age? Or maybe you’d like for your teenager to consider following this path?There are different paths that young people can learn about and adopt to build their financial future without following the traditional “9 to 5 then retire” path. Dan explains how teens can start getting involved with finances early to build a financially free future as is written in his book.In this episode of the Secure Your Retirement podcast, we have Dan Sheeks, a high school teacher well-k...
2022-01-0324 min
Build A Bigger LifeEpisode 171: First to a Million with Dan SheeksDan is a high school Business teacher, real estate investor, and personal finance advocate in Denver, Colorado. In late 2019 Dan launched the SheeksFreaks community with a simple mission: to provide young people with free money advice so they could live their best lives. The SheeksFreaks movement is dedicated to helping young people learn money management skills to achieve early financial independence. In late 2021, Dan’s first book, First to a Million, will be published and released by Bigger Pockets Publishing. The book is about achieving early financial independence and is specifically for teenagers.
2021-12-3043 min
Talking To Teens: Expert Tips for Parenting TeenagersEp 169: How Early Could Your Teen Retire?Dan Sheeks, author of First to a Million, gives us a run-down of what early financial independence could look like for your teen and how they can get started on their journey. It’s not about making enough money to laze around all day—it’s about having more options.Full show notesDo you ever wish you learned smart financial planning earlier in life? Maybe if you’d just had some more information, you could have that sports car you’ve always fantasized about...or maybe you would’ve just avoided making some rough mistakes! In...
2021-12-1930 min
Real Estate Investing with Coach Carson#197: Financial Freaks - How Teenagers Can Build a Bold Future by Being Different FinanciallyEpisode 197 - Most teenagers are told about only one financial path: Work until you're old and then retire. But what if you want to spend your adult life traveling, creating, or bettering the world instead of working all day, every day? How to change that narrative and teach our young people about money and financial freedom is the topic of this podcast episode with Dan Sheeks, author of a fantastic new book First to a Million. GET BOOK - First to a Million: www.biggerpockets.com/teen DAN'S COMMUNITY FOR TEENS - www.sheeksfreaks.com
2021-12-131h 00
The Matt King ShowFirst to a Million with Dan Sheeks - Member Spotlight Episode 162Dan is a high school Business/Marketing teacher, real estate investor, and personal finance advocate in Denver, Colorado. Dan launched SheeksFreaks in late 2019, which is an online community dedicated to helping young people learn money management skills, start investing in real estate, and pursue early financial independence. Working with teenagers, personal finance advocacy, real estate investing, and the FIRE (Financial Independence, Retire Early) movement are Dan’s four passions.
Highlights of the Episode:
01:16 - Background about Dan Sheeks
03:19 - Start of Teaching Career
05:44 - Teaching Personal Finance in Hig...
2021-12-1046 min
True MultifamilyE95: Why you should tell The American Dream to eff off!High school business teacher Dan Sheeks joins True Multifamily to talk about his latest book, First to a Million: A Teenager’s Guide to Achieving Early Financial Independence. The book is written for young people where he introduces the idea that you don't have to work till you're 65.
Teaching the basics of investing such as passive income and real estate investing, Dan offers various options for building wealth and achieving early financial independence. Dan also shares the 4 mechanisms that lead to early financial independence, which has nothing to do with being rich.
Here are some po...
2021-12-0928 min
BetterWealth with Caleb GuilliamsFirst to a Million: A Teenager’s Guide to Achieving Early Financial Independence with Author Dan SheeksIn this podcast, I interview Dan Sheeks, teacher and author of his new book “First To A Million” which explores the pathway for early financial independence. Dan writes this book particularly for teens. Listen as Dan shares an overview of his book and his passion for personal finance, financial literacy and personal financial independence for teens.Be sure to check out Dan’s book “First To A Million: A Teenager’s Guide To Achieving Early Financial Independence” - https://bit.ly/3I1FsS7 #BETTERWEALTHFor more information on BetterWealth or the content you hear on the...
2021-12-0855 min
The Co-Living ShowEpisode 62 - Become A Sheeksfreak And Achieve Early FI With Dan SheeksEarly FI and what it takes to get there is not for everybody... and that’s fine!It has been a year since Dan Sheeks started SheeksFreaks, an online community dedicated to helping young people live their best lives by making smart money decisions.In this episode, he returns to the podcast to talk about early FIRE and how even teenagers can become millionaires—in just a few years! He also gives a preview of his upcoming book (and workbook!), shares his FI equation, and offers advice to listeners who are just...
2021-12-0847 min
The Good Financial Cents Show w/ Jeff Rose, CFP®Ep. 104 - How To Achieve Financial Freedom in Your 20's - Interview with Dan SheeksWhat are some of the things in your life that you absolutely FREAK OUT about? For me it is In-N-Out Burgers and my favorite sports team going all in. Financial Independence and retiring early is another for me and a lot of other people, including todays guest! Tune in as he shares his story of how he achieved financial freedom at a very young age. Purchase First to a Million: A Teenager’s Guide to Achieving Early Financial Independence: https://bit.ly/30Zq5Jj SheeksFreaks Community: https://bit.ly/sh...
2021-12-0741 min
Getting Money RightGMR 184: First to a Million: A Teenager's Guide to Achieving Early Financial IndependenceIf there’s one topic that we should be teaching our teenagers and young adults is personal finance. In this episode of Getting Money Right, we’re talking with Dan Sheeks, the author of First to a Million: A Teenager’s Guide to Achieving Early Financial Independence. Dan’s passion for teaching kids to understand and apply financial strategies to achieve financial independence is truly inspiring. If you have a teen or young adult, or will eventually have one someday, you will want to listen to this episode and get a copy of Dan’s book.
2021-12-0734 min
The Dad Edge PodcastOptimizing Your Finances with Dan Sheeks I don't know about the rest of you guys, but I didn't take personal finance growing up. I had no idea what I was doing when I entered into the real world, as it related to my personal finance. And that's why I'm interviewing today's guest. My guest is Dan Sheeks. He is the owner and founder of Sheeks freaks, LLC, an online community to help young people live their best lives by making smart money decisions. He's been helping high school students as a teacher teacher in Denver, Colorado for the past 18 years, and he's passionate ab...
2021-12-0657 min
BiggerPockets Money PodcastEscaping The Rat Race Before Your First Job w/ Dan Sheeks
If you’ve been in the FI community for years, you know the ins and outs of retirement planning, index fund investing, house hacking, and every other money-making opportunity around. But, it’s safe to say that this took you years to figure out, sometimes well into adulthood. What if you were given the same knowledge you have now, but when you were a teenager?Dan Sheeks is trying to do this exactly, by teaching his students about personal finance, saving, investing, and how they can plan for FI. Dan has taken his knowledge of f...
2021-12-061h 09BiggerPockets Money Podcast255: Escaping The Rat Race Before Your First Job w/ Dan SheeksIf you’ve been in the FI community for years, you know the ins and outs of retirement planning, index fund investing, house hacking, and every other money-making opportunity around. But, it’s safe to say that this took you years to figure out, sometimes well into adulthood. What if you were given the same knowledge you have now, but when you were a teenager?
Dan Sheeks is trying to do this exactly, by teaching his students about personal finance, saving, investing, and how they can plan for FI. Dan has taken his knowledge of finance, teaching, and working with teen...
2021-12-0600 minBiggerPockets Money Podcast255: Escaping The Rat Race Before Your First Job w/ Dan SheeksIf you’ve been in the FI community for years, you know the ins and outs of retirement planning, index fund investing, house hacking, and every other money-making opportunity around. But, it’s safe to say that this took you years to figure out, sometimes well into adulthood. What if you were given the same knowledge you have now, but when you were a teenager?
Dan Sheeks is trying to do this exactly, by teaching his students about personal finance, saving, investing, and how they can plan for FI. Dan has taken his knowledge of finance, teaching, and working with teen...
2021-12-0600 min
Average Joe Finances71. Achieving Early Financial Independence in Your 20s with Dan SheeksJoin Mike Cavaggioni with Dan Sheeks on the 71st episode of the Average Joe Finances Podcast to discuss achieving early financial independence in their early 20s. Dan is the founder of SheeksFreaks, an online community dedicated to helping young people learn money management skills, real estate investing, and early financial independence. He shares how he helps teens learn financial literacy. He is also a BiggerPockets author!In this episode, you’ll learn:A passionate high school teacher helping teens get educated in terms of financesWhy someone with a mentality of reaching financial independence is a “freak”Job tr...
2021-12-0543 min
Future Rich with Barbara Ginty, CFP®141 - EXPERT Dan Sheeks - How to Achieve Early Financial IndependenceHappy Friday! In this special expert episode of Future Rich, Certified Financial Planner Barbara Ginty had the pleasure of discussing Early Financial Independence with Dan Sheeks!
Dan is an author, high school Business/Marketing teacher, real estate investor, and personal finance advocate in Denver, Colorado. Dan launched SheeksFreaks in late 2019, an online community dedicated to helping young people learn money management skills, start investing in real estate, and pursue early financial independence. The SheeksFreaks community aims to help those between 15 and 25-years old use specific methods of saving, earning extra income, and investing to set them on a track to...
2021-12-0333 min
Earn & InvestHow to be First to a Million w/ Dan SheeksToday's guest is Dan Sheeks author of the new book: First to a Million. Should high school kids be educated about the financial independence movement? Should adults? We discuss with Dan when financial education should begin. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
2021-12-0258 min
Grow Your Business and Grow Your WealthEP 072 Dan Sheeks, Financial Consultant – Personal Finance Advocate/Entrepreneur/AuthorDan is a high school Business/Marketing teacher, real estate investor, and personal finance advocate in Denver, CO. In his 18 years of teaching high school, he has taught a variety of business subjects including personal finance, entrepreneurship, and marketing. Dan’s passions include working with teenagers, advocating for personal finance education, investing in real estate, and promoting the FIRE movement. Embedded in his classes is the co-curricular DECA club in which students travel, compete, acquire leadership skills, do community service, and have fun! His students have competed at the national level in entrepreneurship, personal finance, marketing, and hospitality services wi...
2021-12-0127 min
Grow Your Business and Grow Your WealthDan Sheeks, Financial Consultant – Personal Finance Advocate/Entrepreneur/AuthorDan is a high school Business/Marketing teacher, real estate investor, and personal finance advocate in Denver, CO. In his 18 years of teaching high school, he has taught a variety of business subjects including personal finance, entrepreneurship, and marketing. Dan’s passions include working with teenagers, advocating for personal finance education, investing in real estate, and promoting the FIRE movement. Embedded in his classes is the co-curricular DECA club in which students travel, compete, acquire leadership skills, do community service, and have fun! His students have competed at the national level in entrepreneurship, personal finance, marketing, and hospitality services wi...
2021-12-0127 min
Talking to Teens TeasersEp 169: How Early Could Your Teen Retire?Do you ever wish you learned smart financial planning earlier in life? Maybe if you’d just had some more information, you could have that sports car you’ve always fantasized about...or maybe you would’ve just avoided making some rough mistakes! In order to set our teens on a better path, it might be wise to get them started on a financial education while they’re still under our roofs–so that when they step into adult life, they’ll pay bills and crunch numbers like a boss.The only problem is….kids don’t want to...
2021-11-2103 min
Raising Financial FreedomStart Your Kids Early in Real Estate For Success!Send us a text#036 Dan shares that he has repeatedly made failed attempts at getting schools around him to make personal finance classes a requirement for graduation and explains the reasons. The first reason is that the public school system is severely underfunded across the country, and making changes to the curriculum would require money. Secondly, most politicians focus on the data that is available on student performance which does not include personal finance; hence it is relegated to the background. Additionally, the older generations who now make most...
2021-09-1935 min
Teen Financial FreedomAchieving Early Financial Independence with Dan SheeksIn this episode, Jacob and Terry interview Dan Sheeks on how to achieve early financial independence.#Teen Financial FreedomLearn more about Teen Financial Freedom https://teenfinancialfreedom.com/Guest Bio & Links:Dan is a high school Business/Marketing teacher, real estate investor, and personal finance advocate in Denver, Colorado. He and his wife have a variety of real estate investments including multifamily, single-family, Airbnb, and out-of-state BRRRRs (buy, rehab, rent, refinance, repeat). Working with teenagers, personal finance advocacy, real estate investing, and the FIRE (Financial Independence, Retire Early) movement are Dan’s...
2021-07-0624 min
The Young Entrepreneurs RebellionNever Working Again with Dan SheeksOn this weeks episode of the nal finance educator and Entrepreneur Dan Sheeks. Today on the episode you will learn about how to reach financial independence, reduce expenses, raise incomes, and the principles of basic investing. They also talked about Dans upcoming book, soon to be released November!Podcast Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/theentrepreneurialyouth/?hl=enContact Dan: https://www.instagram.com/sheeksfreaks/?hl=enCredit to Bensound for the Creative Minds Music!
2021-06-0641 min
Build A Bigger LifeEp 162: What Are Sheek Freaks featuring Dan SheeksDan is a high school Business and Marketing teacher, real estate investor, and personal finance advocate in Denver, Colorado. In his 18 years of teaching high school, he has taught a variety of business subjects, including financial literacy, entrepreneurship, personal finance, and marketing.
2021-04-2947 min
Martinis and Your Money PodcastTeens, Gen Z, and Finances with Dan SheeksApril is Financial Literacy month and I always say that Financial Literacy is like regular literacy, it needs to be taught from an early age, preferably practiced and supported at home, and continually learned as you grow older and your financial decisions get more complicated. Financial literacy is the core mission of The Financial Gym and it’s also the core mission for today’s guest, Dan Sheeks owner and founder of SheeksFreaks an online community to help young people live their best lives by making smart money decisions. He shares some of his best tips for helpi...
2021-04-091h 03The Financial Independence ShowSetting Teens Up for Financial Independence | Dan SheeksToday’s episode features Dan Sheeks from Sheeks Freaks who has created a place for teens that are “obsessed” with making smart financial decisions.
Dan is a teacher in Colorado and is really changing the lives of young people and giving them a place where they can feel normal sharing their financial interests.
It’s obvious through all the success stories he highlights that this is working and was a needed niche.
We hope you’re as excited to hear how the next generation is chasing FI/RE as we are. So sit back and t...
2021-02-2349 minThe FI ShowSetting Teens Up for Financial Independence | Dan SheeksToday's episode features Dan Sheeks from Sheeks Freaks who has created a place for teens that are "obsessed" with making smart financial decisions.Dan is a teacher in Colorado and is really changing the lives of young people and giving them a place where they can feel normal sharing their financial interests.It's obvious through all the success stories he highlights that this is working and was a needed niche.We hope you're as excited to hear how the next generation is chasing FI/RE as we are. So sit back and take...
2021-02-2349 min
True MultifamilyE54: Dan Sheeks - He built a community to teach personal finance to highschool students!On this episode, Dan Sheeks of Sheeks Freaks joins Justin Fraser to talk about his mission in educating young people about financial independence, real estate investing, and passive income. He shares how starting financial education at an early age can help people live a better adult life, encouraging teenagers to explore the house hacking strategy while tapping on different ways of passive investing.
Dan also shares his two-year action plan on how to hammer your credit score at an early age, making you bankable as early as 20 years old!
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2021-01-2233 min
The Morning Spotlight with Mike HamDan Sheeks - SheeksFreaks and Financial Education for Young People @ PodMAXThe second installment of a 3 part series from the December 4th, 2020 PodMax event, Mike Ham is joined by Dan Sheeks. Dan is a high school Business and Marketing teacher, real estate investor, and personal finance advocate in Denver, Colorado. In his 17 years of teaching high school, he has taught a variety of business subjects, including financial literacy, entrepreneurship, personal finance, and marketing. Dan and his wife have a variety of real estate investments, including multifamily, single-family, Airbnb, and out-of-state BRRRRs. They currently have 14 units in the Denver metro area, Colorado Springs, and Detroit and continue to grow their portfolio. Embedded in...
2021-01-1245 min
On Air Brands PodcastE54: Are You A Financial Freak?On todays episode the team is joined by Dan Sheeks! Dan is a high school teacher by day, where he educates students on topics such as such as personal finance, entrepreneurship, and marketing. Through his work in the school system, Dan developed a passion for educating the next generation about finance and business. He turned this passion to a new company called SheeksFreaks which boasts the following mission statement: "To provide a community in which young people can learn freakish money skills to help them reach early financial independence and find like-minded Freaks for collaboration and accountability."
T...
2020-12-0957 min
The Ray Agliata ShowEpisode 34 Dan SheeksDan Sheeks is a Colorado based high school business teacher, DECA advisor, real estate investor, and personal finance advocate. He is also the founder of Sheeks Freeks, a website dedicate to helping young people achieve early financial freedom.
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2020-12-0742 minThe Co-Living ShowEpisode 6 - Get Your Freak On By Acquiring Real Estate Properties With Dan SheeksDo you have what it takes to be a SheeksFreak? Well, today’s guest is a self-proclaimed SheeksFreak as he has been achieving financial independence by owning multifamily, single-family, Airbnb, and BRRRRs properties both in and out of state!Dan Sheeks has also been successfully balancing mentoring students about the idea of financial independence and investing in real estate – making it all look effortless!If you want to start on real estate investing, definitely reach out to him and be a “SheeksFreak” yourself as Dan definitely knows the tips and trick...
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