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Welcome to anyone who is reading!
I am using this progress thread as:
Let's Begin!
It all began on a cloudy 10th day in the month of April, with Spring of 91' fast approaching i poked my head into the world at 7:57am... Haha, Just kidding not starting that far back
Thread
This thread is about my journey of starting and building a SaaS company from scratch, with NO prior coding experience whatsoever! motivational!
About Me
Currently 24 Years old. Have a Beautiful Girlfriend of 5 years. Have a Motivation and desire kicking inside me like no other. I am goal oriented, and plan on hitting certain life goals. Read The MFL.
Not sure if this is true of most entrepreneurs but here goes..
Come from a family where we grew up and parents were always 1 something from broke, My parents did the best they could to take care of us (3 kids) and i am grateful for it. Never the biggest fan of school, pretty much went so i could play sports (baseball).
Started working at the age of 16, since... i have had approximately if i am not forgetting any, around 12 different jobs. Ranging from a waiter at Applebees to Film Coating pills in a pharmaceutical company overnight to a top salesmen in GNC to current Personal Trainer (only as side work now though)
Quit all of these jobs because they flat out all sucked. Ugh i was a drone.
At the age of 19 i began Wrestling Professionally which i actually wrote a thread about. I took that from just learning how to do it, to traveling the country with the 2nd biggest company in the world (Ring of Honor) i had awesome and excellent experiences and wouldn't trade my time doing it for the world. I Attended two WWE tryouts, Wrestled a WWE Hall-Of-Famer and met many many more. I have plenty of stories if i ever get the chance to one day write a book, including a bomb i would drop about my crazy rollercoaster personal life that would drop some peoples jaws(an experience i had that would change anyones life)
On my 24th birthday, my mom called me to tell me we were being evicted from our apartment because of rent raises, but they were giving her another apt. elsewhere(1 BR).
ANNNNNDDDDD SCREEEEEEEEEEEEECHHHH go the tires on my Wrestling Career.
I had to find a place to live which meant taking up more clients at the gym, which meant having to stop wrestling (woe is me).
This definitely sucked but as i look back it is molding the person i am becoming.
Me and my Girlfriend moved out into our own apartment and i got to work. Thinking of idea after idea. I landed on one but to make it work i needed an investment for sure. Yep, i was going to hire someone to code it and together we would make it happen. Except one thing, Who The F*ck was going to give my unproved, no venture starting a*s any money?
Thankfully it was around this time that i finished reading The Millionaire Fastlane and i would honestly and sincerely like to thank @MJ DeMarco for every bit of that wonderful book and all i learned. It has honestly changed my life for the better. So, MJ... Thank you.
At this point
My girlfriends mom offered for us to move into her house with her so we can save money. Almost like Stars aligning, I am taking this opportunity to teach myself to code the SaaS business myself in Swift which is apples native iOS language.
I started learning to code with no prior experience 3 months ago, and i am happy to say i am understanding at a phenomenal rate and even actually enjoy it. I have around 10% of the SaaS coded already and it truly is a fulfilling experience to be able to think of something, then go and will it into creation. Which brings me to today..
This post has been long-winded enough, now you guys and gals know a bit about me and i will post my first progress report a little later tonight. Feel free to ask me any questions and i hope you find insightful information throughout this thread and journey, as well as some motivation.
-Matt
I am using this progress thread as:
- A way to stay on track (Although i keep a personal journal of the day's progress in a notebook..more on that soon)
- A tool to motivate anyone who may be able to relate
- A place where i can look back at the end and re-live the most integral moments on my steps of progression to success. My version of success
Let's Begin!
It all began on a cloudy 10th day in the month of April, with Spring of 91' fast approaching i poked my head into the world at 7:57am... Haha, Just kidding not starting that far back
Thread
This thread is about my journey of starting and building a SaaS company from scratch, with NO prior coding experience whatsoever! motivational!
About Me
Currently 24 Years old. Have a Beautiful Girlfriend of 5 years. Have a Motivation and desire kicking inside me like no other. I am goal oriented, and plan on hitting certain life goals. Read The MFL.
Not sure if this is true of most entrepreneurs but here goes..
Come from a family where we grew up and parents were always 1 something from broke, My parents did the best they could to take care of us (3 kids) and i am grateful for it. Never the biggest fan of school, pretty much went so i could play sports (baseball).
Started working at the age of 16, since... i have had approximately if i am not forgetting any, around 12 different jobs. Ranging from a waiter at Applebees to Film Coating pills in a pharmaceutical company overnight to a top salesmen in GNC to current Personal Trainer (only as side work now though)
Quit all of these jobs because they flat out all sucked. Ugh i was a drone.
At the age of 19 i began Wrestling Professionally which i actually wrote a thread about. I took that from just learning how to do it, to traveling the country with the 2nd biggest company in the world (Ring of Honor) i had awesome and excellent experiences and wouldn't trade my time doing it for the world. I Attended two WWE tryouts, Wrestled a WWE Hall-Of-Famer and met many many more. I have plenty of stories if i ever get the chance to one day write a book, including a bomb i would drop about my crazy rollercoaster personal life that would drop some peoples jaws(an experience i had that would change anyones life)
On my 24th birthday, my mom called me to tell me we were being evicted from our apartment because of rent raises, but they were giving her another apt. elsewhere(1 BR).
ANNNNNDDDDD SCREEEEEEEEEEEEECHHHH go the tires on my Wrestling Career.
I had to find a place to live which meant taking up more clients at the gym, which meant having to stop wrestling (woe is me).
This definitely sucked but as i look back it is molding the person i am becoming.
Me and my Girlfriend moved out into our own apartment and i got to work. Thinking of idea after idea. I landed on one but to make it work i needed an investment for sure. Yep, i was going to hire someone to code it and together we would make it happen. Except one thing, Who The F*ck was going to give my unproved, no venture starting a*s any money?
Thankfully it was around this time that i finished reading The Millionaire Fastlane and i would honestly and sincerely like to thank @MJ DeMarco for every bit of that wonderful book and all i learned. It has honestly changed my life for the better. So, MJ... Thank you.
At this point
My girlfriends mom offered for us to move into her house with her so we can save money. Almost like Stars aligning, I am taking this opportunity to teach myself to code the SaaS business myself in Swift which is apples native iOS language.
I started learning to code with no prior experience 3 months ago, and i am happy to say i am understanding at a phenomenal rate and even actually enjoy it. I have around 10% of the SaaS coded already and it truly is a fulfilling experience to be able to think of something, then go and will it into creation. Which brings me to today..
This post has been long-winded enough, now you guys and gals know a bit about me and i will post my first progress report a little later tonight. Feel free to ask me any questions and i hope you find insightful information throughout this thread and journey, as well as some motivation.
-Matt
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