Die Trying

On today’s show, Eric Anctil talks with Ricky, a young professional working as an engineer who had a much cooler and better paying job than almost anyone else at his age. Ricky followed the capitalist maxim of “buy low/sell high” and he did exactly that. At his high-point, Ricky was selling more than $70,000 a year of collectable and high-end fashion wear, and netting about $50,000 profit. Clothes and shoes made popular by rappers and artists that could sell for hundred or even thousands of dollars. And, if you are someone like Ricky, who can spot an original or a deal, the profits are yours for the taking. 

After listening to Ricky tell his story, you can appreciate why he was voted, "Most likely to get rich or die trying" in high school.

Until the internet and the smartphone (and the hundreds of websites and apps that have sprung up to support all manner of commerce), the best a high school student could hope for was a well-paying grocery store job or maybe making money as a young entrepreneur, selling things to people in the neighborhood or across the city. Today, the sky’s the limit as we will hear from Ricky who bought and sold t-shirts, sweatshirts, sweatpants, sneakers, and more all over the world. 

Ricky is using a pseudonym to maintain his privacy, although everything he did was legal. He was just a kid when he did it.