To get from $1.6M to $10M in 7 years I need a 30% CAGR. That sounds easier than 37.5%. It is not. The strategy that got me to $1.6M was built for $93K years. It was not built for $2.3M years.

I’m at $1.6M. The goal is $10M. Closing that gap requires a 30% CAGR every year for seven years — here’s the math, the portfolio mix I think it takes, and what I’m missing to get there.

Thirteen years of formation. Six years of execution. Nineteen years of work in total. That is what $1.6M represents. The line on the chart is flat until 2020. That is not when the work started.

I have never wanted to be a public figure. I still don’t. But I have come to understand something: if you want to operate at a higher level, visibility is not optional — an audience, a network, a name, even a pen name. This page is my first step toward building that infrastructure.