After a few hours of thinking, I have decided. I have NO FEAR. I am posting, step for step, my venture path from beginning to end; details many entrepreneurs would pee their pants thinking someone will steal their idea/plan. Purpose?
1) Teach others by showing them how I apply my skills and strengths
2) Motivate others
3) Entertain people who love to watch businesses grow
4) Receive great feedback and advice
5) Maybe even get clients from some of you or someone you can refer
6) Give back to the forum for the things I have learned and motivation and hope I obtained
7) So 2 years from now INC magazine can write an article on me and this thread
DISCLAIMER: For those that try to "steal" the plan (ex. competitive advantage strategy, marketing, execution, idea, etc.) and run with it. Good luck. My particular strengths, computer talent, business savvy, people skills, etc. is what gives me huge confidence that I will make this successful. Besides; it's not a very innovative idea, it's the execution, planning, and WORK.
Some background on me: In a nutshell, I was laid off back in February 2008 from being a commercial recruiter (I staffed manufacturing factories). This was my first "career" job after graduating college, I am 24. Using some saved money to support my bills, I had about 6 months to create income to pay my bills or get a job. Thank God for my web design talent, I created 2 ecommerce sites, 1 high traffic Twitter app site, and do web design on the side. I made all these in 6 months from scratch for less than $250 including business license, hosting, domain registration, etc. Also, being a fairly seasoned internet marketer helped out a ton, so I quickly brought traffic to these sites. Now I have some passive income that pays the bills, and that's about it. No fun money. But money can't buy the free time I have now. If you want more background info or questions, just send me a PM or ask on this thread. I'll be glad to answer any questions pertaining to how I obtained my skills. I also have a blog that's currently 37 chapters about the '6 months' I can post if enough people request it.
So without further ado - I start my first entry in the next post. :coffee:
1) Teach others by showing them how I apply my skills and strengths
2) Motivate others
3) Entertain people who love to watch businesses grow
4) Receive great feedback and advice
5) Maybe even get clients from some of you or someone you can refer
6) Give back to the forum for the things I have learned and motivation and hope I obtained
7) So 2 years from now INC magazine can write an article on me and this thread
DISCLAIMER: For those that try to "steal" the plan (ex. competitive advantage strategy, marketing, execution, idea, etc.) and run with it. Good luck. My particular strengths, computer talent, business savvy, people skills, etc. is what gives me huge confidence that I will make this successful. Besides; it's not a very innovative idea, it's the execution, planning, and WORK.
Some background on me: In a nutshell, I was laid off back in February 2008 from being a commercial recruiter (I staffed manufacturing factories). This was my first "career" job after graduating college, I am 24. Using some saved money to support my bills, I had about 6 months to create income to pay my bills or get a job. Thank God for my web design talent, I created 2 ecommerce sites, 1 high traffic Twitter app site, and do web design on the side. I made all these in 6 months from scratch for less than $250 including business license, hosting, domain registration, etc. Also, being a fairly seasoned internet marketer helped out a ton, so I quickly brought traffic to these sites. Now I have some passive income that pays the bills, and that's about it. No fun money. But money can't buy the free time I have now. If you want more background info or questions, just send me a PM or ask on this thread. I'll be glad to answer any questions pertaining to how I obtained my skills. I also have a blog that's currently 37 chapters about the '6 months' I can post if enough people request it.
So without further ado - I start my first entry in the next post. :coffee:
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