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A change of direction at 16
What's a moment from your teens or early twenties that changed your direction?
When he turned 16, reading Robert Kiyosaki's Rich Dad, Poor Dad kind of changed his entire direction. After he read that book is kind of when he started developing McCrawAI. He had always been an entrepreneur, and he realized that something can really grow big and really help as many people as possible if you are willing to put in the work.
When I turned 16, reading Robert Kiyosaki, Rich Dad, Poor Dad, kind of changed my entire direction on where my life was actually heading. After I read that book is kind of when I started developing McCrawAI, but also I've always been an entrepreneur, and I realized that something can really grow big and really help as many people as possible if you are willing to put in the work.
Source: Round 1, question 8. Michael McCraw, voice transcript relayed by Gideon, Nov 14, 2026, 3:30 PM MT. Pages on this site use only his interview answers or other verified sources. Nothing here is invented.
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What's a moment from your teens or early twenties that changed your direction?
When I turned 16, reading Robert Kiyosaki, Rich Dad, Poor Dad, kind of changed my entire direction on where my life was actually heading. After I read that book is kind of when I started developing McCrawAI, but also I've always been an entrepreneur, and I realized that something can really grow big and really help as many people as possible if you are willing to put in the work.