Main Street Over Wall Street: Becoming a Main Street Millionaire

Mar 7, 2025

4:00pm – 5:00pm CT

Leading small business expert, former Wall Street investor, and founder of Contrarian Thinking, Codie Sanchez, shares her unconventional journey to building a 9-figure portfolio, and reveals her dealmaking framework that is investing in Main Street and taking on Wall Street.

Investing in what she calls “Main Street businesses”—unsexy but reliably profitable industries, like plumbing, construction, cleaning, and electrical—that white collar workers have overlooked is reshaping the way the next generation is thinking about wealth and ownership.

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Codie Sanchez

Contrarian Thinking

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