Michael Slavin, author of One Million in The Bank, a CEO and founder, and former commander of two army aviation units. Listen as Michael shares how he ended up losing everything after his service to the military and how he got back on his feet 7 years later to build a business and how he banked his 1st million dollars.

Famous 5
Favorite Book? – Accidental Genius
What CEO do you follow?— Paul Graham
What is your favorite online tool?— Dropbox
Do you get 8 hours of sleep?— No
If you could let your 20 year old self know one thing, what would it be?— Pay attention on learning technnology

Time Stamped Show Notes:
01:00 – Nathan’s introduction
01:28 – Welcoming Michael to the show
01:39 – 10 years of service in the army
01:55 – Writing One Million in the Bank
02:09 – “I struggled badly for 7 years. I lost everything.”
03:26 – US Emerald Energy
06:55 – Biggest loss of $1.2M in a well
07:12 – More details on the book
07:48 – Frank Nunez
10:33 – 1500 books sold in 5 months
13:51 – Audio book
15:23 – “I spend most of my time taking care of my wife (who has Parkinson’s)”
16:38 – www.onemillioninthebank.com
19:03 – Famous 5

3 Key Points:
You don’t need a new and innovative idea to be successful.
You don’t need your own money to be successful.
There’s lots of FREE help—you just have to ask.

Resources Mentioned:
Host Gator – The site Nathan uses to buy his domain names and hosting for cheapest price possible.
Leadpages – The drag and drop tool Nathan uses to quickly create his webinar landing pages which convert at 35%+
Audible – Nathan uses Audible when he's driving from Austin to San Antonio (1.5 hour drive) to listen to audio books.

Show Notes provided by Mallard Creatives

The Top is FOR YOU if you are:

A STUDENT who wants to become the CEO of a $10m company in under 24 months (episode #4)

STUCK in the CORPORATE grind and looking to create a $10k/mo side business so you can quit (episode #7)

An influencer or BLOGGER who wants to make $27k/mo in monthly RECURRING revenue to have the life you want and full CONTROL (episode #1)

The Software as a Service (SaaS) entrepreneur who wants to grow to a $100m+ valuation (episode #14).

Your host, Nathan Latka is a 25 year old software entrepreneur who has driven over $4.5 million in revenue and built a 25 person team as he dropped out of school, raised $2.5million from a Forbes Billionaire, and attracted over 10,000 paying customers from 160+ different countries.

Oprah gets 60 minutes or more to make her guests comfortable to then ask tough questions. Nathan does it all in less than 15 minutes in this daily podcast that's like an audio version of Pat Flynn's monthly income report. Join the Top Tribe at http://NathanLatka.com/TheTop

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