The $100 Dollar Startup
Still, in his early thirties, Chris Guillebeau completed a tour of every country on earth, and yet he’s never held a “real job” or earned a regular paycheck. Instead, he has a particular genius for turning ideas into income, and he uses what he makes both to support his life of adventure and give back.
Chris identified 1,500 individuals who have built businesses earning $50,000 or more from a modest investment (in many cases, $100 or less) and focused on the 50 most intriguing case studies. In nearly all cases, people with no special skills discovered aspects of their passions that they could monetize and were able to restructure their lives in ways that gave them greater freedom and fulfillment.
Here, finally, distilled into one easy-to-use guide, are the most valuable lessons from those who’ve learned how to turn what they do into a gateway to self-fulfillment. It’s all about finding the intersection between your “expertise,” even if you do not consider it such. You do not need an MBA, a business plan, or even employees. All you need is a product or service that springs from what you love to do anyway, people willing to pay, and a way to get paid.
Not content to talk in generalities, Chris tells you exactly how many dollars his group of unexpected entrepreneurs required to get their projects up and to run. These individuals did in the first weeks and months to generate significant cash, some of the critical mistakes they made along the way, and the crucial insights that made the business stick. Among Chris’s fundamental principles: If you are good at one thing, you are probably good at something else; never teach a man to fish, and in the battle between planning and action, action wins.
In ancient times, people who were dissatisfied with their lives dreamed of finding magic lamps, buried treasure, or streets paved with gold. Today, we know that it’s up to us to change our lives. And the best part is, if we change our own life, we can help others change theirs. This remarkable book will start you on your way.
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