Make One Guy Rich
One of us gets pulled out. All of us decide who we are.
Everyone starts at zero once. This is not about helping him. It is about proving it can still happen, in public, with the receipts open.
He is not the hero. The internet is.
Monthly survival
$275 of $1,500
Rent, food, lights on
Current progress
Raised
$0.00Current bar
$1,000
Move the bar
Any amount, no minimum, no limit.
Secure checkout by Stripe. You choose the amount, no upper limit.
The notebook is open. Every dollar in and out, written down by hand.
The notebook
Every dollar, written down
This is not a highlight reel. It is the same page I keep with a pen: what I spent today, what came in, and what is actually left in the bank. Nobody has to trust me. The page is open.
In the bank
$75.00
Came in
+$197.00
Spent
-$47.40
Jul 27
-$20.00 net
- Food-$10.00
- X ads budget-$20.00
- Came in from the internet+$10.00
Jul 26
+$169.60 net
- Bread, eggs, rice-$6.40
- Domain name-$11.00
- Came in from the internet+$187.00
Updated by hand, every day this experiment runs.
He is the evidence, not the recipient of a favour.
The ladder
- 1$1,000In progress
- 2$5,000Locked
- 3$20,000Locked
- 4$50,000Locked
- 5$100,000Locked
- 6$1,000,000Locked
- 7$10,000,000Locked
Questions
- What is Make One Guy Rich?
- A public social experiment. One progress bar tracks how much money the internet has sent to one person, starting at a $1,000 goal and unlocking new bars at $5,000, $20,000, $50,000, $100,000, $1,000,000 and $10,000,000.
- How much can I contribute?
- Any amount you want. Payments are pay what you want and handled securely by Stripe. There is no minimum and no maximum.
- Do I get anything in return?
- No. Contributions are voluntary gifts with no product, service, reward, equity or refund attached. The only thing that happens is the bar moves.
- Is the amount on the bar real?
- Yes. The bar reflects contributions received through Stripe and updates automatically as new payments come in.
Video journal
Day 1
This is where it starts. No audience, no backing, no plan B. Just one bar at zero and an honest question: will strangers on the internet actually move it? I am recording every step of this, so whatever happens next is on the record. Press play and turn the sound on.
Day 1 of the experiment. Sound on for the full thing.
