Masters in Business · Friday, August 7, 2026
After a unfulfilling remote corporate finance role at UPS during the pandemic, Jack Raines, author of 'Young Money,' pivoted. Unable to secure traditional media jobs, he launched a Substack newsletter blending investing and travel, which eventually led to a book deal. Raines views writing as a cathartic exercise for distilling thoughts.
“So I like always liked just writing about like stuff I was seeing going on in markets.”
“So I just started writing, like I just launched a sub stack and started writing a newsletter.”
“I've always found it a bit cathartic, like putting your thoughts on paper, and it's a good I don't know, I think it's like a good exercise for anybody to really like distill what you think about a thing is try to sit down and put pin on paper.”