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Passport To Wealth®
The Path From Work Visa to German Passport
A YouTuber built a channel documenting American life in Germany, then leveraged it into an actual self-employment visa, and eventually German citizenship, without ever going through a traditional employer sponsor. Donnie Ashburn, a dual American-German citizen and content creator, joins the podcast to walk through his path from dependent visa to self-employment to citizenship, and what he'd tell anyone considering the same route. ────────────────────────────────────────── CHAPTER TIMESTAMPS ────────────────────────────────────────── 00:00 - Quitting two jobs, traveling nine months, and landing in Germany by chance 02:43 - COVID and the moment "backup plan" stopped being hypothetical 08:10 - What Germany's self-employment visa actually required, dollar for dollar 21:18 - Why becoming self-employed meant giving up his wife's EU Blue Card 23:11 - The real bureaucratic weight of running a business in two countries at once 27:35 - Why he pursued German citizenship as insurance, not just a milestone ────────────────────────────────────────── ABOUT THE GUEST ────────────────────────────────────────── Donnie Ashburn is a dual American-German citizen and content creator living in Germany's Pfalz region. He built a YouTube channel documenting life as an American in Germany, later turned that platform into a self-employment visa, and became a naturalized German citizen in 2025. He now helps other content creators navigate Germany's self-employment visa route. ────────────────────────────────────────── ABOUT YOUR HOST ────────────────────────────────────────── Arielle Tucker, CFP® & IRS Enrolled Agent with Connected Financial Planning, is a cross-border financial planner based in Switzerland helping Americans living abroad navigate U.S. taxes, international investments, and cross-border financial planning. ────────────────────────────────────────── LOVE THIS EPISODE? ────────────────────────────────────────── Follow the show and leave a rating on Apple Podcasts or Spotify, it's the single biggest thing you can do to help other cross-border families find this show. ────────────────────────────────────────── ABOUT PASSPORT TO WEALTH® ────────────────────────────────────────── Passport To Wealth® is the platform for current and aspiring US expats. We connect globally mobile Americans with vetted, licensed cross-border financial advisors, tax professionals, and relocation experts who understand the financial and legal complexities of life abroad. ────────────────────────────────────────── LINKS & RESOURCES ────────────────────────────────────────── Website: https://www.passporttowealth.com Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/passporttowealthofficial LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/passport-to-wealth Subscribe to Donnie's YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@PassportTwo ────────────────────────────────────────── This episode is for educational purposes only and does not constitute tax, legal, or financial advice. Individual circumstances vary. Consult a qualified cross-border financial professional before making any financial or tax decisions. ────────────────────────────────────────── Mentioned in this episode: Click here to subscribe to our newsletter Pre-order "The Expat Money Playbook" Passport to Wealth is a proud member of the SwissCast Network Discover more podcasts for English-speaking Switzerland SwissCast Network Find your cross-border expert on the Passport To Wealth® directory Pre-order "The Expat Money Playbook"
Yesterday · 29 min· Video
The Grant Owen Podcast
9-Figure Founder: Here's Exactly How I Did It
Brian Burt, founder and CEO of Canopy Management, joins Grant to share the path from living out of a car and launching a windshield-repair business at 19 to building an agency that received a nine-figure acquisition offer. He explains the mindset shifts, failures, and practical moves that helped him build durable enterprise value. Brian lays out an actionable roadmap for starting a business, earning your first $10K and $1M, finding a profitable audience, creating a high-value offer, hiring A players, leading teams, performance-based marketing, AI automation, agency roll-ups, and M&A. This conversation is for founders who want to turn attention, expertise, and systems into a real business. Riverside: Go to https://creators.riverside.com/Grant and use code GRANT to get one month of the Grow plan. Chapters: 00:00:00 Brian Burt’s journey to entrepreneurship 00:06:07 Starting an auto glass business at 19 00:11:41 The path to your first $10K 00:19:03 Attention, audience, and monetization 00:21:31 Rebuilding after an SEO agency collapse 00:24:21 Community-led courses and the first millions 00:27:17 Deliver results in advance 00:28:56 Finding a business through your algorithm 00:33:39 The leap from $10K to $1M 00:38:34 Failure, focus, and choosing one business 00:42:54 Building Canopy and enterprise value 00:48:04 Growing from founder to CEO 00:51:02 Hiring A players and building culture 01:05:41 Intrapreneurs and a lateral AI team 01:09:58 Delegation and the 70% rule 01:14:47 Performance-based pricing and growth offers 01:19:42 Building for an exit with AI 01:27:52 Private equity vs. M&A 01:31:00 Roll-ups and Canopy’s first acquisition 01:40:06 EBITDA, multiples, and agency valuation 01:47:14 Keeping the drive without ego 01:50:49 Leadership mistakes at 100-plus employees 01:55:22 AI, attention, and the next wave 01:59:11 Grit, fatherhood, and inner certainty
Sunday · 2 hr 2 min· Video
Simply Charlotte Mason Homeschooling
Why Short, Alternating Lessons Work
Modern research shows Charlotte Mason was right! Short, alternating lessons can make it easier for your student to pay full attention and retain the lesson.
September 16 · 11 min· Video