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  • Your First Million

  • Why You Don't Have to Be Born into a Legacy of Wealth to Leave One Behind
  • By: Arlan Hamilton, Rachel L. Nelson
  • Narrated by: Arlan Hamilton
  • Length: 4 hrs and 29 mins
  • 4.8 out of 5 stars (89 ratings)

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Your First Million

By: Arlan Hamilton, Rachel L. Nelson
Narrated by: Arlan Hamilton
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Publisher's summary

One of the few Black women to break into the boy's club of Silicon Valley offers her secrets for how anyone can build a legacy of wealth and impact.

Having lived nearly her entire life below the poverty line before going on to attain wealth and success as an entrepreneur and investor, Arlan Hamilton knows that money is power—but not for the reasons most people believe. Money is power, she says, because it provides us with options: to pursue our passions, take risks, and change our situation in life.

In Your First Million, Hamilton argues that entrepreneurship is the quickest path to attaining that power—particularly for those who haven’t had much of it in the past—shows how anyone—no matter what they look like or how much money they have—can tap into all the new tools, platforms, and sources of funding available to get their million-dollar idea off the ground.

Listeners will learn: how to identify unmet needs in the market, raise money in ways that preserve ownership, choose the right collaborators, create multiple income streams, and turn their unique knowledge and experience into a profitable businesses—while reinvesting in their communities and empowering others to do the same.

If we can change who gets to decide what new ideas are worthy, and who gets to turn those ideas into reality, not only can we change our own circumstances—we can change the world.

©2024 Arlan Hamilton (P)2024 Little, Brown Spark
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Critic reviews

“Arlan provides actionable advice on every page of Your First Million. Reading this book made me feel like we can all be millionaires.”—Minda Harts, author of The Memo

"Arlan Hamilton shows us that changing our circumstances, building wealth, and empowering our communities is possible through entrepreneurship—and reveals exactly how to achieve this, no matter who you are and what your life currently looks like. Inspiring and remarkably practical."—Annie Grace, author of This Naked Mind

“Arlan Hamilton masterfully lays out the new blueprint for changing lives—both our own and others’. An empowering read for all current and future entrepreneurs.”—Lamar Tyler, CEO of Tyler New Media and founder of Traffic Sales & Profit

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Powerful and Uplifting

Arlan has a gift and vision that centers humanity, dignity and hope. This book, shall I say testimony and declaration in book form instills the step by step ways to manifest true liberation through collective community building starting with knowing your own value, what moves you and not being afraid to fail. Arlan has started a movement 🙏🏾

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Boom, These are True Nuggets!

This is a great, frank discussion about generating positive changes in your life, family and community. There are so many inspiring nuggets of wisdom here. Highly recommend it!

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Maybe I really can do it…

This book is nothing short of profound! So many gems, real life applications, and tools for individuals and entrepreneurs.

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Outstanding demonstration of hope and perseverance

This book walks you through how to not only build wealth but also what it takes to be an underrepresented founder or investor striving to gain the $1M milestone. Great read & listen!

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Right on time

As I’m already in my entrepreneurial, this book was right on time and was fuel for me to keep going. I truly enjoyed learning about Arlan’s journey and her call to action. I was so sad when it was over, as I got to the end so fast.

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Great Book!

i listened to both of her books back to back and loved how she walked us through her personal testimony of how she got to where she is today! Great inspirational tidbits were shared that would encourage anyone that they can achieve their dreams too!

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Truly Inspired to Help Humanity

What a great read. I’m not necessarily interested in venture capitalists, but more in working together as a society to uplift us all, especially minorities. The listen was raw, insightful, and I gained a few gems about finance along the way. Thank for Arlan and the entire team!

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Outstanding Book

She explained things so well I found myself wanting to look into everything she said. There’s a whole financial world out there I didn’t even know about. Thanks for bringing this to my attention. Now off I go! 🚀

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Authenticity squared

Great story! Actionable advice. An abundance of authenticity makes this audiobook a must for anyone in the venture capital / investing / start up ecosystem.

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So Authentic and inspiring

So much wisdom, authenticity, transparency and guidance! Very relatable, almost like she is sitting in a room with you and just telling you her story and her thoughts on these topics, but intentionally! Can’t wait to listen to it all over again because there was just so much to digest in the best way! Also can’t wait to implement some of the lessons as well as do the exercises! Really awesome all around! Thank you Arlan!

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