How Dan Abbate Built Wealth by Working Less and Thinking Bigger

In this powerful episode, Joel reconnects with longtime friend Dan Abbate — an entrepreneur, philosopher, investor, and all-around fascinating human. They dive deep into entrepreneurship, long-term thinking, mindset, AI, personal growth, private equity, and why Dan thinks centralization is the enemy of innovation. 👀

🔥 What you'll hear in this episode:


    - Dan’s unusual education journey (college at 15, Harvard, Edinburgh, and more)
    - How philosophy helps him win in business
    - Lessons from advising over 100 entrepreneurs
    - How his fund, CLOteen Capital, helps scale real-world investments
    - The importance of time horizons in decision-making
    - The mental shift that 10x’d his net worth while reducing his workload
    - Government overreach, Covid, decentralization, and why gas prices are                    actually a brilliant economics lesson

    - OnlyFans business model brilliance (yes, really)

    - His Guinness World Record for the world's biggest hot dog 🌭

💡 Whether you’re a business builder, a thinker, a curious human, or someone wanting to level up your mindset — you’ll get wisdom bombs, real talk, and a few laughs from two guys who've been through it.

📌 Mentioned in the episode:

    CLOteen Capital Fund: https://cloteencapital.com

    Dan’s IG: @thebigda

    BigHotDog.com (yep, it's real) 🌭

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