Wall Street Oasis: Bootstrapping A Community-Based, Lifestyle Business – with Patrick Curtis

Patrick Curtis, Wall Street Oasis, Bootstrapping, Educational Company, Lifestyle Business, Mixergy Fan

Patrick Curtis is a Mixergy viewer who recently emailed me his site’s finances and said he was in Argentina. When I asked why he was in South America, he said it’s because he bootstrapped a profitable community that he could run from anywhere.

His company is Wall Street Oasis, an online finance community that offers career guidance. I invited him to teach how he built it.

Patrick Curtis

Wall Street Oasis

Patrick Curtis is the founder of Wall Street Oasis, an online finance community that offers career guidance.

 

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