Clever Dude founded CleverDude.com in June 2006 while working as a technical analyst in the Washington, D.C. area. A Penn State graduate, he built the site as a side project alongside a white-collar career that included earning a master’s degree and multiple promotions.
In five years he wrote nearly 1,300 articles on personal finance and life lessons drawn from his own experience. The blog grew from a hobby into a recognized early voice in the personal-finance community and generated meaningful revenue. He sold the site in 2010, continued as a guest contributor through 2015, and returned in 2023 after further career advances, paying off his home, and extensive travel.
A personal friend and professional colleague, J Money, has partnered with Nate from ItStartsWith.Us to start a new way to give to those in need: Love Drop (http://lovedrop.org/). I haven't had a personal conversation with J about it, but from the … [Read more...] about A new way to give to those in need… Love Drop
It's that time of year again when American Express rolls out its 25,000 bonus points offer on its American Express(R) Premier Rewards Gold Card. Here's the details: The offer ends November 8, 2010, so you have just over a week to take advantage of … [Read more...] about 25,000 bonus points from American Express!
One of my wife's college friends moved from the DC area to Vietnam temporarily and has something to say about Vietnamese currency. If you've visited southeast Asia, you'll know how much your American dollar can get you. In the case of Heather, it's … [Read more...] about Wanna be a millionaire? Move to Vietnam!
My wife and I are now in our early thirties. It was over 3 years ago that we first started talking about adoption, and we asked your opinion. But as you probably guessed, we haven't proceeded with adopting, fostering or having a child biologically. … [Read more...] about How do childless couples deal with parent friends?
Have you ever wanted to both hug something, then punch them square in the face for the way they act? Recently I got to reading "Secrets of a Stingy Scoundrel: 100 Dirty Little Money-Grubbing Secrets" by a colleague Phil Villarreal over at The … [Read more...] about I’m gonna hug you, then PUNCH YOU IN THE FACE!
by Clever Dudette "I am never going to get out of debt. Why should I even bother?" Have you ever thought that you will never get out of debt or that your financial troubles will always bring you down, that you are going to be haunted by your … [Read more...] about An Attitude for Being Debt Free
Sometime early Saturday, September 18, 2010, we received our 1,000,000th visitor to CleverDude.com. We also recently crossed over 1,600,000 page views. As of Tuesday, Sept. 21 around 1pm EST, here are the actual numbers: I started this site … [Read more...] about We’ve crossed 1 Million Visitors and 1.6 Million Page Views!
Last night, for no apparent reason, a thought popped into my head about Giant Supermarket's Gas Promotion I wrote about earlier. There's a way to cheat and steal others' points . I really shouldn't tell others, I suppose, but getting this out … [Read more...] about How you can cheat on Giant’s Gas Promo…and steal from others!
