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She turned $30,000 and one stubborn goal into an eight-figure fortune — then almost lost herself building it. Teri Ijeoma quit her job as an assistant principal, put $30,000 of trading education on a credit card, and went on to make her first million dollars in a single day. In this episode she breaks down the number one myth about trading options, the $26,000 loss that taught her everything, how to actually invest $1,000 right now, her three-layer framework for investing in AI, and the wound that made her rich but still hasn't healed. WHERE TO FIND TERI IJEOMA Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/teriijeoma TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@teriijeoma Twitter/X: https://x.com/teriijeoma Teri's Latest Book The Risk Worth Taking: https://www.theriskworthtaking.com Become a Member of The Room (Afropolitan Private Membership) Join our private community for deeper insights and exclusive content: https://www.patreon.com/c/Afropolitanpodcast EPISODE SPONSORS Zobo Money — Zobo is a money transfer app built for Africans in the diaspora. It lets you send money from the US, UK, and Europe to countries like Nigeria, Cameroon, Ghana, and more. https://www.zobo.money/afropolitan BONUS OFFER: Use code AFROPOLITAN and get a $10 bonus when you sign up, complete your KYC, and send $50 or more to Africa. Hisa — Borderless investments for Africa. Use code AFROPOLITAN: https://hisa.co/ CONVO BY AFROPOLITAN Book 1:1 calls with Africa's boldest thinkers: https://convo.vip/ AFROPOLITAN Twitter/X: https://x.com/afropolitan Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/afropolitanpodcast Newsletter: https://www.afropolitan.io/newsletter Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/c/Afropolitanpodcast 0:00 The $26,000 loss in a single trade 1:08 Quick subscribe break 1:24 Afropolitan goes global (recording in the US) 1:48 The #1 myth people believe about trading options 2:30 Do you have to be glued to your screen to trade? 3:28 From assistant principal to multimillionaire trader 5:18 Betting half her salary on a credit card 6:27 Why Black wealth-building can't wait 30 years 7:39 Setting realistic expectations for your returns 8:49 How to navigate losses: the Pandora story 11:01 Position size, stop losses & reward-to-risk 12:36 Discipline, greed & FOMO in trading 14:20 What growing up taught her about money 16:09 Minister and millionaire: faith and wealth 17:20 Black tax & "you have to work for it" 18:29 The Room on Patreon 19:25 Zobo Money 20:05 Are courses still worth it in the AI era? 21:55 Scaling from 35 to 35,000 students — and burning out 23:30 The breaking point: booking a flight to Mexico 24:45 Tony Robbins & the six core needs 26:55 The five types of wealth & grieving relationships 28:58 When did she finally feel free? 30:47 How losing a friend became the catalyst 32:30 Why she wrote The Risk Worth Taking as a novel 33:47 The four C's of taking any risk 35:35 How to invest $1,000 right now 38:36 Investing in AI: the three-layer pyramid 40:33 The $500K AI portfolio that returned $200K 43:32 The wound that made her rich 46:28 The dinner-table wealth gap 47:33 Grading herself on the five types of wealth 50:46 Alignment, energy & the hustle trap 51:34 Hitting her first million & the emptiness after 53:41 Learning to teach and scale online courses 56:00 What to read and watch to learn investing 57:11 The next risk: becoming a NYT bestseller 59:45 Day trading vs. swing trading explained 1:00:15 Where women can actually talk about money 1:01:30 Calls, puts & margin calls explained 1:03:06 The AI app layer & Claude's disruption 1:05:01 Hisa 1:06:11 Rapid fire 1:09:37 A money habit rich people have that broke people think is crazy 1:10:25 The investment that has nothing to do with stocks 1:11:35 Advice for her mom & who's next in the chair