Millionaire intentionally goes homeless to prove anybody can make a million in a year

[Trillhouse]

Millionaire makes himself homeless in experiment to try and prove anyone can make $1million in 12 months
Mike Black's Million Dollar Comeback project saw him leave everything behind to start afresh

A man made himself homeless in a social experiment to try and prove that he could make $1m (£802K) in 12 months.

Back in 2020, in the middle of the Covid-19 pandemic, Mike Black stepped away from his seven-figure business and started sleeping on benches.

He cleared out his bank account, said goodbye to his family, and set out trying to prove that he could make a 'comeback' in 12 months.

He committed to the challenge - named the Million Dollar Comeback - in a bid to inspire others and show how you can go from 'nothing to something'.

When he first began, Black totally cut himself off from his network and left his home.

In one video, he explained how his first steps were finding a place to sleep for free, in exchange for work.

"I'm willing to sleep on a floor, couch, doesn't matter," he said.

Eventually, Black was put in touch with a stranger on Craigslist who allowed him to sleep in his van for free.

This allowed Black to start working on his comeback, with his first move focussed on selling Craigslist furniture for a profit.

On the side, he also started doing odd jobs such as telemarketing and delivery work.

"One of the best things to sell are tables," he said. "I started taking ads on Craigslist in the free section, putting it on ******** Marketplace and selling it for a profit.

"I acted as the middleman, handling all the logistics between the buyer and the seller."

On the second day, Black made $250 in profit and saved every penny, eating beans and plain spaghetti at mealtimes.

The next stage of Black's plan was figuring out what business he wanted to launch.

While he first considered starting a cleaning business, he later decided to launch a coffee brand that donated proceeds to animal rescues.

But sadly, Black suffered a number of severe setbacks in his experiment, the first of which came when his father was diagnosed with stage four cancer.

Despite trying to battle through and continue, Black then began suffering from health issues himself - including two autoimmune diseases and a tumour on his hip - which left him in agony.

Black was ready to throw the towel in, when a stranger messaged him, explaining that his project had stopped him from taking his own life.

Black ploughed on, implementing a subscription model for his growing business and commissioning advertising.

But with two months left until the end of the experiment, Black ultimately made the decision to end the project.

Admitting he had had the 'worst six months of his life', Black said he needed to put himself first and focus on what was important.

He did, however, make $65K (£52K), which is still an impressive feat.

"I have officially decided to end the project early... I've been dealing with a lot of things personally... my health has declined to the point that I need to start taking care of it," said Black.

"A lot of what's come to light for me is what truly matters, health and gratitude."

You can catch Black's full journey on his YouTube channel now.

[Trillhouse]

lol why is why is FB censored?

[dabbmw2002]

So he basically proved that grinding away and having a miserable life you can make just above the average per capita income in the united states.

[drakkarman]

who knew you could make millions selling tables on suckbook

[mchabs]

this is the biggest crock of chit i've seen in a while. so many holes in the story.

[6gorillion]

Imagine actually believing this

[GaryRidgway]

I was expecting his name to be Shlomo Goldstein but his name is Mike Black? WTF? He's so obviously Jewish.

That unfunny comedian michael ian black's real name is Michael Schwartz.

[Trillhouse]

So he basically proved that grinding away and having a miserable life you can make just above the average per capita income in the united states.

He proved bootstrap theory is a bunch of horse****.

[FelixTheCat1919]

- Says he'll make a million dollars in 1 year with zero help from previously made connections

- Ends up making $65k, less than a ton of regular wagies, while eating plain beans and spaghetti for meals before giving up


Yep, money makes money. There is no such thing as starting from the dirt with zero help, a total lack of decent luck, and somehow turning that into big money within 1 year's time. That's not how real life works at all lmao

[shmobin]

So he failed. What a fuking loser.

[stevemckenna]

So even with all the knowledge he has, he can't recreate being a millionaire again? All that proves is that he didn't become a millionaire on his own.

[Anachron]

However, he did make $65K in less than a year, starting from a "homeless" state.

[Condo41]

I didn't understand this...

It said he liquidated and eliminated his millions of dollars

He began living like a homeless person.

He kept thinking he'd call it quits

How tf would he call it quits? How?

Like....he cleared his bank account. It's over.

You can't call it quits.

[nn586]

I didn't understand this...

It said he liquidated and eliminated his millions of dollars

He began living like a homeless person.

He kept thinking he'd call it quits

How tf would he call it quits? How?

Like....he cleared his bank account. It's over.

You can't call it quits.

He called up daddy Goldstein to activate his account again cause he couldn't hack it


Dude is a total trust fund baby



JOO ass nose too

[8pieces]

didn't he fail? he made it to 60k I believe

[MetroBrah]

This has been done before on a show that Grant Cardone was on. They had to change their names so that they couldn't use the fact that they were famous, and I think started with ~$100 bucks and an old vehicle.

Show is called 'Undercover Billionaire'




All 3 players were able to get some legit businesses off the ground starting with nothing. Grant mogged

[shmobin]

This has been done before on a show that Grant Cardone was on. They had to change their names so that they couldn't use the fact that they were famous, and I think started with ~$100 bucks and an old vehicle.

Show is called 'Undercover Billionaire'




All 3 players were able to get some legit businesses off the ground starting with nothing. Grant mogged

Grant failed and had to cheat. He's not your greatest example from that show.

[crupiea]

He starts off day one with a cell phone so thats a pretty big advantage right there.

[coast2coastam]

So he basically proved that grinding away and having a miserable life you can make just above the average per capita income in the united states.

It sounds from the OP like it almost killed him, so he had to tap out early.

It's interesting though, as it demonstrates what a lot of people probably think about themselves: If I can make it, anyone can, they're probably just stupid and lazy. Let me prove it by starting from nothing.

At least he'll leave this humbled. Most people in his position never get to experience that humility.

[stayhomeneet]

Even with all the business knowledge in the world it's gonna be 10x harder if you can't use your pre existing connections.

People massively underrate how much connections and networking (I.E Politics) matter.

[ooph]

He starts off day one with a cell phone so thats a pretty big advantage right there.

LOL?

They give away cell phones in my city to homeless people with service...

There is a tent up every weekend in front of the most popular homeless resource place in our city, has a sign that says, "Free internet, cell phones, tablets".

You can go get a cell phone tablet and service for free if you are homeless.

[johnvee73]

Sheer laziness keeps most people at the bottom.

I've lived on the street and stayed in homeless shelters, the streets/homeless shelters are full of degenerate, lazy pieces of sh!t who simply don't want to work, someone with a good iq and willing to work ALOT could easily go from nothing to having their own apartment with a car and whatever in a year.

[ShatteredMind]

wow

who knew all i had to do was sell free **** off craiglists for profit than ask the bank to give me money to start a business

wow

[Jessejame5]

oh great all you need is the skills, experience and cashed up contacts previously acquired form being a millionaire
easy

btw im a stronk believer in the entrepreneur mentality, but this is horsechit

[aherpderp]

so he had to live like a normie pleb for a few months and almost killed himself

[Visel]

If you think about it, $1m is a very arbitrary number. Might as well have said $1,025,401. Or $903,583.

I wonder if he could've done it if he didn't face the family/health issues, especially without leveraging prior connections and finance.

TBH it's kind of a low risk thing to do. He's already a millionaire, but just left his money elsewhere, so his worst case scenario isn't dire, unlike 99% of others if they started from literally nothing. Take out the worst case scenarios and the "challenge" feels more like a game.

[SUPERH0T]

Black then began suffering from health issues himself - including two autoimmune diseases and a tumour on his hip - which left him in agony.

I guess his background made the jab irresistible - it was FREE after all

[redwine91]

lol at failing his own ostentatious project

lol at saying “fuk this” six months in and reclaiming his wealth

lol at exposing the reality for most

lol at this *******

[propreffered7]

oh great all you need is the skills, experience and cashed up contacts previously acquired form being a millionaire
easy

btw im a stronk believer in the entrepreneur mentality, but this is horsechit

Seriously.. he didnt start from the bottom

And still failed

My take from it sounds like he was getting donations from somewhere too

From his youtube channel or whatever - the guy saying he was inspired

[mulletwarrior]

Imagine actually believing this

lol these boomers actually do. They literally have the mindset of "if you need money, why don't you just go to the money store and get some more money"?