Matt Raad · April 30, 2024

Podcast: Breakaway Wealth Podcast
April 30, 2024 · 27 min
In this episode, Matt Rod shares his unusual journey to financial independence through buying and selling online businesses. Matt was the first in his family to skip the 9-to-5 job and go directly into business for himself. Matt talks to us about the advantages of online…
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Digital Investor and Educator on Building Online Income for Life on Your Terms
30 Years Entrepreneur & business investorSince 2008 Website investing pioneer100–800 Live & online event audienceseBusiness Institute CEO & Co-Founder
Matt Raad is a 30-year entrepreneur, digital investor, and CEO & Co-Founder of eBusiness Institute, Australia’s leading digital skills training organisation. After starting his career as a zoologist studying kangaroos in the Australian outback, Matt rejected the conventional path and built wealth with his wife Liz by buying, growing, and selling businesses instead of relying on property, a corporate career, or the traditional wealth playbook.
Eighteen years ago, Matt and Liz took that same business-buying approach online and became pioneers in buying, renovating, and selling websites as digital real estate. Today, Matt is one of the leading voices helping millennials, burnt-out professionals, and aspiring entrepreneurs build AI-leveraged digital businesses they own, control, and can one day sell as 6–7 figure assets.
Matt’s message is especially timely for a generation that has been sold a path that no longer works: expensive degrees, insecure careers, unaffordable property, and income that disappears the moment they stop working. Through eBusiness Institute and the Digital Investors Podcast, he teaches people how to earn while they learn, use practical digital and AI skills, create cashflow from home, and build real future security through ownership.
A regular guest on major business and wealth podcasts including Rich Dad Radio, Entrepreneurs on Fire, and RASK, Matt brings a rare mix of contrarian thinking, practical strategy, and lived experience.
In this episode, Matt Rod shares his unusual journey to financial independence through buying and selling online businesses. Matt was the first in his family to skip the 9-to-5 job and go directly into business for himself. Matt talks to us about the advantages of online businesses and how he and his wife leveraged their strategies to attain financial freedom.
3 Key Takeaways:
Cash Flow First: Filter out all the noise about what to focus on in business and focus on cash flow. This alone will lead you to success.
Online Businesses Offer Unique Advantages: Learn to leverage the internet for higher profit margins, geographical flexibility, and the ability to reach niche markets without the constraints of traditional brick-and-mortar operations.
Believe in Yourself: Matt and his wife knew from an early age that they didn't want to work in a regular job, but it took vision, grit and determination. It's more important to believe in yourself than to get the "right" opportunity.
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