Get Rich Slowly

If you’re new here, you may want to learn what this site is about. I encourage you to subscribe to my RSS feed. Thanks for visiting!I’m in Trader Joe’s with Rich Rogers. I’m looking for bread. He’s looking at cheese. Rich is in the process of opening an artisan cheese shop in Dallas, Texas, [...]

I’ve had a week now to adjust to the idea that I’m a full-time blogger, that I’m completely in control of my financial success or failure. To be honest, I’m both excited and scared.
I had the same job for sixteen years. I’ve never made a career change. I’m sure that many of you have [...]

Don recently pointed me to an NPR piece about a new children’s book that explores the concepts of microlending and entrepreneurship.
Katie Smith Milway’s One Hen: How One Small Loan Made a Big Difference tells the story of Kojo, a young boy from Ghana in West Africa. He borrows a little money to buy a [...]

This is a guest post from Chris Bibey, a full-time freelance writer offering tips and documenting his income at www.chrisblogging.com.
Going into business for yourself can be a fun, enjoyable, and profitable experience. Still, you need to keep your personal finances safe no matter what career move you are making. If you’re not careful, you could [...]

“Have you quit the day job yet?” everyone wants to know. “Are you blogging full-time?”
Not yet.
In fact, right now I have less time to write for Get Rich Slowly than at any point since I started the site nearly two years ago. Fortunately, this is a temporary situation.
We’ve hired my replacement at the box [...]

The fundamental law of money is: To gain wealth, you must spend less than you earn. If you want to increase your wealth, you must spend less or you must earn more. (Doing both is even better.)
Often personal finance writers focus on the “spend less” half of the equation. Frugality is quick and easy to [...]

This is a guest post from the Millionaire Mommy Next Door. At her blog, MMND shares her recipe for success, happiness, and financial freedom. This piece originally appeared on her site in a slightly different format.
When my husband and I married (at age 23), I was working as an office assistant at a veterinary [...]

This is a guest post from Jeff Sackmann, a GMAT tutor based in New York City. Jeff runs the blog GMAT Hacks.  He is the author of The GMAT Math Bible and several other GMAT-related resources.
Are you looking for a way to earn some extra money?  Did you do well in school, or on standardized [...]

In 1978, Don Lancaster — a computer and electronics geek — published a book called The Incredible Secret Money Machine. Though the title smacks of get-rich-quick schemes, The Incredible Secret Money Machine is really about starting and running a small business.
To Lancaster, a “money machine” is any venture that generates “nickels”. Nickels are small streams [...]

Something amazing has happened in the past eighteen months. While I’ve been learning about personal finance — and sharing my knowledge with you — Get Rich Slowly has grown from a small site with a couple hundred readers into a real-life business. GRS currently has 35,000 subscribers and generates $5,000 in monthly revenue. It [...]