
Everyone’s dream is to come up with an idea that will revolutionize something in the world. If you look around online or in person, you would notice that there are tons of Entrepreneurs running around trying to sell you a certain product, introduce you to something, and even brag about their success. What these Entrepreneurs are trying to do is making money. Making money as an Entrepreneur is a endless task because the possibilities really varies on how the person is. Why do I mention making money in this post? It is because having enough money is the second option you can choose from when you retire. The first option you have is wait until you’re about 60-70 years old before you receive the money from your retirement plans. I surely don’t want to wait that long to retire because what would you do with the thousands of dollars you are going to get back? You’re really going to have to bust your ass by working hard if you wish to retire like an average person.
Retiring Early
Now everyone in the world would like to retire early one way or the other. Retiring early gives a person freedom from the business or working life. Some people actually love working, but retiring early doesn’t mean you have to stop working. There are a lot of retired adults going out to seek for jobs, but they don’t have to worry about problems in the financial world because if you retire early, it practically means you’re stable.
Before I go on to discuss more about retiring, I want to bring up a huge problem with people giving up education to seek money making opportunities. My wife and I hate schooling because schools don’t teach you anything you need in the real world. You are the one that learns what you need when you start seeking for a career. Take for example 2 very big online Entrepreneurs, Max and Graham. Well, they’re not that big, but they’re big in the blogosphere world. First of all, Max graduated college, but he told me his grade point average wasn’t that great and he barely passed. Now for Graham, he gave up his college education by dropping out after he received about $50-100,000 (after taxes and fees) for Million Dollar Wiki. He decided to drop out supposedly because he wants to carry on his life being a bigger Entrepreneur, especially with Entrecard. So what is the different between Max and Graham? If any online ventures fail for any of them, Max would have a college diploma to find a higher paying job, while Graham will NOT have a college diploma. If some of you guys follow the recent world economy, you would realize that education is sooooo important that jobs are being more selective. It’s basically choosing a person with higher education over the one without. Even the school you attend factors into these decisions.
My wife and I aren’t doing too well in school at East Los Angeles College, but we have made a devotion to ourselves that we will continue no matter how long it takes. It won’t be unti my wife and l I somehow score a million bucks before we quit schooling or if we graduate of course
If things fail, we would still be able to continue our lives without having trouble seeking jobs. Hey, some of you guys may be more successful in life if you drop out, but I suggest not ![]()
Are You Ready?
I’m going to be straightforward with this sub-topic and tell you that if you don’t have money or some sort of platform, you’re not ready to retire at a young age. What I mean by a platform is something to hold you in place and not allow you to fall back down. If you fall back down, you won’t have anything left because 1. you have retired 2. what are you gonna do? It is pretty obvious you’re not pretty if you don’t have enough money to retire or you don’t have anything to back yourself up.
What Have You Done?
As an early retirer (I know, it’s not a word :P) or a person that wants to retire, you should ask yourself first if you have made any accomplishments. If you haven’t done anything, you won’t be known as a person that is “special”. If you’re going to retire early just because you have money, you shouldn’t even bother. The young and riches are making something out of their lives by creating something for the world to see, hear, or touch.
When it comes to the online Entrepreneur world, many of them have created websites that are by far the most spectacular things that have happened on the Internet. Why is that? I don’t know, us viewers are the ones that brings the site up to being popular. I just think that if you haven’t done anything worthy of retiring, why are you going to retire when you have more than enough time in the world to think of something.
Plan Ahead For The Future
If retiring is your final decision, there isn’t anyone or anything stopping you. Retiring is not even the hardest part of retiring itself. Planning for the future is the hardest thing you have to do. You’re gonna be bored to heck even if you’re going to be a rich ass sitting at home with gigantic plasma screens or Ferrari and Lamborghinis in your driveway.
What you should you before retiring is plan on what you will do with your life. If you became rich because of being a online Entrepreneur, you continue at it and you will continue to build off your platform. You would now have the money to market anything you create with ease. Make sure you write a list of what you will do and when because when you retire, you retire. There are people that come back into the working 9-5 life, but it may be very difficult after being free ![]()
RetireAt21 Review

It seems like these days, people are retiring earlier and earlier and when I say “early”, I mean at the ages of 18-25. Look at the creator of Facebook, Mark Zuckerberg, for instance. The guy was just a 23 year old college student, but he is now one of the richest young adults in the world. With so much new young millionaires and billionaires, some of us may not be able to keep track, but Michael Dunlop will help you.
Background - About Page
Just when I discussed about college drop outs in the beginning of this article, I found out that Michael Dunlop is one of “THOSE” :). His about information mentions he is already 21 for some reason, but if you calculate his birthday 12/20/1988, he’s younger than me and I’m not even 21 yet. Currently located in England, Sussex, Michael knew that after dropping out of college that he would have to do something before his life is over. He even mentioned this following line, “Whilst many youngsters faced with these obstacles would have turned to drugs or crime, Michael merely saw them as challenges, and his drug of choice became Online Business”. Michael may be stupid to drop out of school, but he is smart to search through the untapped leftovers of “Online Business”.
Ever since Michael was young, he has had a mind like a true Entrepreneur. With words like “I want to own a shop” at the age of 5, you already know that he has something to bring to us. He first started with an eBay business by trying to sell whatever he got his hands on, but then he decided to move on and create a website. This is when RetireAt21.com came to life, where the stories of real life Entrepreneurs are interviewed and discussed about.
Interviews
Michael has accomplished a huge feat by interviewing some of the biggest names in Internet Entrepreneurs. It is amazing at how many of these names I have never heard of before. I’m surprised at how these huge names accept Michael’s interview requests, but I guess mainly because he has made an image for himself. As I stated in the “RSS subscription” article, your image is very important.
Here’s a few interviews of a few big names out there in the Internet business:
It is really good that big names in the Online business are being interviewed because how else would we know more about them? Sometimes the interviews get a bit personal, but the interviewee usually doesn’t mind, so we may see a few secrets.
The Lists
This blog has very great posts besides the massive amount of interviews. The thing I like about the posts are that their usually some sort of list. I love these lists because they’re quite interesting and the statistics are pretty much true. Here’s a few posts, so you guys will know what I am talking about:
- Sexiest Female Bloggers
- Top 10 Make Money Online Reviews
- Top 50 Young Entrepreneurs Under 30 (Frontpage of Digg + Press)
- 5 Soul Crushing Mistakes That Beginner Bloggers Make
These lists are quite different from what you see elsewhere. Michael has a portfolio of sites and interviews to base his “TOP” lists, so we could understand the ranks more. If I posted a list, it would probably be less accurate than his because I have nothing to support myself.
The Critique
Michael, you have a great thing going on here with the Interviews and lists you publish on your blog. Make sure you don’t give it up if someone offers you an high amount
Overall, I really like your design because it makes it VERY VERY easy to search for the interviews. It is almost like a real directory of interviews LOL.
I usually make a list of things to fix, but there isn’t anything to say. Everything is so unique about your site and I like it very much. From what I’m seeing so far, you’re a very inspirational Internet Marketer. It’ll be a matter of time before you reach your own “TOP ENTREPRENEURS” list ![]()















Thanks for a great list of sites to look at. There are so many that have a good tagline and have no substance to them, it is nice to see several that have a lot of substance, thanks.
You’ve been excellently writing very comprehensive article on your blog. It’s nice to read blog post full of meat…hehe
Interesting interviews including Pete Cashmore. I didn’t realize he was only 22.
Well, my dream used to become a millionaire by the time I am 25, I guess I am over due now…darn…
Hey Mike,
Great write up
You should come over to R21 and write for me! 
Thanks for the plug…
WTF? Why am I seeing retireat21 review on every blog that I go to? He must be conducting another experiment of blogs worthy of purchasing reviews for, huh?
Jay
Millionaires are getting younger.We should work more harder!
Hey Mike,
If that’s the case, you should probably consider getting in as a sponsor for the contest that I’m currently promoting
Jay
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Mike - Is that you sitting on the chair on beach shore
Its every one’s dream to do that, buts see where we will land.
At times it is frustrating to me to see some of the people who are making money online. Many of them do not seem original to me or even intelligent, but then again they did SOMETHING right to get the massive traffic and massive financial return. So that is what keeps me trying with a variety of different things to have that “one big hit” that will allow me to retire early, or earlier then 50, 60, or 70!!! that is what I think many people dont consider. If you dont find yourself a really high paying job, or hit it big with some huge idea, most of us are going to work well past our 60’s just to survive. large pensions and retirement plans are almost things of the past and that is a sad thing, but reality. many more people will be working until they literally die sadly.
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Political Disgust
Well he is younger than me too!!.
I feel a little insecure that so many young entrepreneurs are sprouting up!!.Well that is life in this 21st century-competition and competition!!.
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