Hello guys!
My name is Eric and I am 19 year old aspiring entrepreneur from Chicago, IL. Frequent lurker and I recently read The Millionaire Fastlane which prompted me to finally make an account.
In January I began my eCommerce business based on my first invention and I'm here to learn more about business and entrepreneurship from the experienced group of members on this forum. Some of the posts here have helped me tremendously to get started on the right track and the book has really helped to put things into perspective.
Right now I am planting the seeds to my money tree but I have a long way to go on the journey to success. I have a love for problem solving and I am always thinking of new ideas. From a young age I always knew that I wanted to be an entrepreneur. Something about the whole 9-5 life has never clicked with my vision. I knew that there was more to life than that.
My first go with business was when I imported green laser pens in 6th grade to sell to my classmates. Easy flip $5 to $20 at school. The only problem... no credit card to buy them. I devised that I would ride my bike to the nearby Walgreens and load a pre-paid credit card and it worked! Unfortunately my stealth operation was shut down when my mom intercepted a package and became worried that I would be suspended from school. Tough luck, it was a good hustle at that age!
School has always been tough for me, my mind has always raced with thoughts and ideas on how to create real world practical value vs. wasting time learning nonsense that I am uninterested in. Eventually my goal is to create another path in America for young entrepreneurs like me who would rather be taught useful skills at school rather than be pushed away from education as a whole by useless courses. There are great people out there with amazing creative ability who have been suppressed by formal education and the fear of failure.
Thanks for reading! And to @MJ DeMarco THANK YOU for wise words in your book. I really enjoyed the way that it was written and I couldn't put the darn thing down!
My name is Eric and I am 19 year old aspiring entrepreneur from Chicago, IL. Frequent lurker and I recently read The Millionaire Fastlane which prompted me to finally make an account.
In January I began my eCommerce business based on my first invention and I'm here to learn more about business and entrepreneurship from the experienced group of members on this forum. Some of the posts here have helped me tremendously to get started on the right track and the book has really helped to put things into perspective.
Right now I am planting the seeds to my money tree but I have a long way to go on the journey to success. I have a love for problem solving and I am always thinking of new ideas. From a young age I always knew that I wanted to be an entrepreneur. Something about the whole 9-5 life has never clicked with my vision. I knew that there was more to life than that.
My first go with business was when I imported green laser pens in 6th grade to sell to my classmates. Easy flip $5 to $20 at school. The only problem... no credit card to buy them. I devised that I would ride my bike to the nearby Walgreens and load a pre-paid credit card and it worked! Unfortunately my stealth operation was shut down when my mom intercepted a package and became worried that I would be suspended from school. Tough luck, it was a good hustle at that age!
School has always been tough for me, my mind has always raced with thoughts and ideas on how to create real world practical value vs. wasting time learning nonsense that I am uninterested in. Eventually my goal is to create another path in America for young entrepreneurs like me who would rather be taught useful skills at school rather than be pushed away from education as a whole by useless courses. There are great people out there with amazing creative ability who have been suppressed by formal education and the fear of failure.
Thanks for reading! And to @MJ DeMarco THANK YOU for wise words in your book. I really enjoyed the way that it was written and I couldn't put the darn thing down!
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