Hey guys!
I just ordered my copy of the book just a few days ago. Very excited to read this book. Seems alot different than others I've read (in a good way). I like the brutal honesty of MJ (judging from a podcast and the articles on this site), this book appears to want to HELP vs. giving you the run around to buy another book and you are left with "How do you even start???"
My back story:
I quit college my senior year with only 3 credit hours left to graduate. I had a realization that I can succeed somehow. But also deeply questioned how people get to the 'top of the ladder' and why the HUGE pay gap from your middle managers and VPs? Many great people don't have degrees but still have made great money as entrepreneurs. This is where I realized that my life can't be just your 9-5, day in - day out, work, gym, sleep, Sunday blues, repeat.
I felt I needed my college degree as a fall back plan, got that, got a 'good' job (make 50k out of college, better than my peers), but STILL deep inside I know that this is only temporary. I have worked incredibly awesome jobs that I've been interested in but somehow after 3 months of getting that new job, the rush always wears off and it just seems like busy work instead of 'challenging.'
I've read a few other books, read a few entrepreneur blogs, I follow mainly entrepreneurs on twitter, new to starting businesses and generating my own income, but not new to generating ideas. Ideas are a dime a dozen, but it's just taking the ideas I have and making them into reality.
I actually just started a very small business to generate an extra little income (less than $200 a week) just to see if it's going to get me any extra spending money. I downloaded Square to take credit card payments, bought 500 business cards to hand out and I'm going to wait for the calls. I don't want to quit my job over this venture obviously, but it would be sweet to have an extra $50 for virtually no work. That cost me a whopping $25 to start. I already felt a rush about making my own money no matter if it's $2! I'M IN CONTROL OF THAT $2. =]
My future plans: Create an online website that I have an idea about. Just bought the domain last night and started developing. I feel that excitement again! One of my friends is also an aspiring entrepreneur with is own ventures. I was telling him, I'm actually MORE scared if it succeeds than if this thing fails. If it fails, I wasted less than $100 and quite alot of time invested by developing it by myself. If it succeeds, I leave the nest of that 'secure' (they aren't secure anyway) job and real life begins..
If you made it this far, thanks for reading! One quick question about ideas.. I have a computer science background, I've been a developer, system admin, data center tech, etc.. so all my ideas are relative to the internet. My question is this how did you guys develop a tangible product and make money? I congratulate you guys on that. I don't have the knack to sense a need for a product, also too scared to take a loan out, but I can't seem to develop products. I always lean towards service ideas.
Again, thanks for reading!
I just ordered my copy of the book just a few days ago. Very excited to read this book. Seems alot different than others I've read (in a good way). I like the brutal honesty of MJ (judging from a podcast and the articles on this site), this book appears to want to HELP vs. giving you the run around to buy another book and you are left with "How do you even start???"
My back story:
I quit college my senior year with only 3 credit hours left to graduate. I had a realization that I can succeed somehow. But also deeply questioned how people get to the 'top of the ladder' and why the HUGE pay gap from your middle managers and VPs? Many great people don't have degrees but still have made great money as entrepreneurs. This is where I realized that my life can't be just your 9-5, day in - day out, work, gym, sleep, Sunday blues, repeat.
I felt I needed my college degree as a fall back plan, got that, got a 'good' job (make 50k out of college, better than my peers), but STILL deep inside I know that this is only temporary. I have worked incredibly awesome jobs that I've been interested in but somehow after 3 months of getting that new job, the rush always wears off and it just seems like busy work instead of 'challenging.'
I've read a few other books, read a few entrepreneur blogs, I follow mainly entrepreneurs on twitter, new to starting businesses and generating my own income, but not new to generating ideas. Ideas are a dime a dozen, but it's just taking the ideas I have and making them into reality.
I actually just started a very small business to generate an extra little income (less than $200 a week) just to see if it's going to get me any extra spending money. I downloaded Square to take credit card payments, bought 500 business cards to hand out and I'm going to wait for the calls. I don't want to quit my job over this venture obviously, but it would be sweet to have an extra $50 for virtually no work. That cost me a whopping $25 to start. I already felt a rush about making my own money no matter if it's $2! I'M IN CONTROL OF THAT $2. =]
My future plans: Create an online website that I have an idea about. Just bought the domain last night and started developing. I feel that excitement again! One of my friends is also an aspiring entrepreneur with is own ventures. I was telling him, I'm actually MORE scared if it succeeds than if this thing fails. If it fails, I wasted less than $100 and quite alot of time invested by developing it by myself. If it succeeds, I leave the nest of that 'secure' (they aren't secure anyway) job and real life begins..
If you made it this far, thanks for reading! One quick question about ideas.. I have a computer science background, I've been a developer, system admin, data center tech, etc.. so all my ideas are relative to the internet. My question is this how did you guys develop a tangible product and make money? I congratulate you guys on that. I don't have the knack to sense a need for a product, also too scared to take a loan out, but I can't seem to develop products. I always lean towards service ideas.
Again, thanks for reading!
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