Million Dollar Skill Sets

Your skill set is what allows you to turn your ideas into money. If Will Smith needs an extra million dollars, he goes an do a movie. Donald Trump will sell a house. Jay-Z will make a new album. Thomas Friedman will write a new book. What would you do? [...]

Maven IG Profile: Marcus Smith

We always like to see others turn good ideas into sources of income.  Below is the story of a good friend who turned an idea into money.  Also, visit his website: Marcus Smith

How I Became Interested in Public Speaking
The first time I heard Carl Liebert speak was during a manager’s meeting in April 2006 at [...]

Maven IG Ideas: Blogging

One of our ideas here at Maven IG, was creating a blog. As we became experts in particular fields of study and developed financial freedom, we realized our friends and family wanted us to teach them to do the same. So one easy way to do this was to keep a blog that [...]

Oh, If I could only win the LOTTERY…

Last night I invited some friends over to watch the BCS Championship game, and in doing such I was explaining to them about Maven Investment Group and our blog MoneyIsJustAnIdea.  They were ranting about how they did not like their jobs and how upcoming job cuts could affect them.  Then one guy yells out, “IF [...]

supplementing your income

One of the first things we learned to do when we decided that we wanted to quit our jobs and become more financially free was to supplement our income. Individually we took our pay and calculated how much each of us made on a daily basis. Then we brainstormed and tried to figure out different [...]

Why doesn’t Maven Investment Group just tell me how to make a million dollars so I can just go out and do it already! (Part 2)

So here at MoneyIsJustAnIdea, our purpose is to however, serve as your online mentor.  We will give you insights on the stock market, real estate, and businesses.  Teach you step-by-step how to start a company, open up an online brokerage account, and so forth.  Along with that, we will tell you what we experienced and [...]