{"podcast":{"title":"Managing Tech Millions","slug":"managing-tech-millions-6705312","podcast_index_feed_id":6705312,"rss_url":"https://feeds.redcircle.com/8f2225e0-c4ac-469c-9e36-07f3677a22a7","website_url":"https://redcircle.com/shows/tech-equity-and-money-talk","image_url":"https://media.redcircle.com/images/2025/1/21/17/038d64ac-3862-49d0-9fb0-9c12a3796373_f3-43c9-be6f-34886fbe6fae_new_tcmt_cover_art_2.jpg","author":"Christopher Nelson","episode_count":169,"summary":"Welcome to Managing Tech Millions! http://www.managingtechmillions.com/ is where you could hang out with experienced tech industry executives, ask them about career growth, equity compensation, money, investing, financial strategies, and more; then take an insight or two to guide your own career and lifestyle? That’s what we do each week on Managing Tech Millions. Hosted by Christopher Nelson –– author, tech exec, and Principal and Co-Founder of Wealthward Capital –– every episode is an in-depth look at how to navigate tech careers in hyper-growth companies, select the right companies to work for, earn equity, and build a passive income portfolio. The goal is to give you the information you need to grow your career, build wealth, and make an impact!","last_synced_at":"2026-07-22T04:18:42.997737+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/managing-tech-millions-6705312"},"episode":{"title":"The Kind of Portfolio That Makes You Immune to Market Swings","slug":"the-kind-of-portfolio-that-makes-you-immune-to-market-swings","published_at":"2026-07-21T13:00:33+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/managing-tech-millions-6705312/the-kind-of-portfolio-that-makes-you-immune-to-market-swings","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/managing-tech-millions-6705312","url":"http://www.managingtechmillions.com/","audio_url":"https://audio3.redcircle.com/episodes/5a12788e-9ffb-45de-8092-57ea98194b5a/stream.mp3","summary":"Most retirement advice tells you to survive market swings with more diversification, more bonds, more cash on the sidelines. I'm going to show you why that entire premise is backwards. Here's the uncomfortable truth: a 20% drop doesn't hurt you. Being forced to sell into that drop does. And the traditional retirement model all but guarantees that moment arrives. There's even a name for it in the research, and two retirees with the identical average return can have wildly different outcomes based on nothing but timing. In this video, I put two models side by side using a real $3 million portfolio. One is the drawdown plan your advisor recommends. The other is the evergreen structure the ultra-wealthy actually build. Same income. Completely different outcome. And when I show you what the wealthiest families keep in the public markets, it's going to surprise you. If you have $1M–$30M and you're serious about income that ignores the market's mood, watch to the end. Let's keep building.","meta_description":"Most retirement advice tells you to survive market swings with more diversification, more bonds, more cash on the sidelines. I'm going to show you why tha…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":662,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/managing-tech-millions-6705312/episodes/the-kind-of-portfolio-that-makes-you-immune-to-market-swings/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/managing-tech-millions-6705312/the-kind-of-portfolio-that-makes-you-immune-to-market-swings.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}