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- I am currently a sophomore in high school. I get average grades.

- I love coding. I picked up some basic C++, java, ruby, and visual basic in programming and web design classes at school. Although, I seem to be more of an artsy kinda guy.

- I like to write, a lot.

- Before I found the business scene I sold my crap on ebay. I scraped together money from helping relatives, working on farms, mowing lawns, all that stuff. It eventually led to me buying, selling and exchanging airsoft guns. Sometimes trading rifles for $500 or more. Simply because I wanted to "look the most cool" and have the best gear when we went to the airsoft arena down town with my friends. Anyone that has been even remotely in the airsoft scene knows deep down that thats what it was really about. It was a lot of fun, for a few years. My house got pretty busy, sometimes sending four or more packages out a day. (My dad gets a godly discount on shipping from where he works.) Ebay takes bearly any effort, but at that time I thought it was pretty fun and interesting.

- I quit playing simply because I hated all the douche-baggery that was involved with it. Sold everything once again, and never went back.

- I looked into starting a few different startups before, but never got to actually creating a website, and actually selling something. Immediately after those few times completely I lost motivation, and quit for a few weeks. I've learned crucial things about myself that I wouldn't have known without that experience.

- I am now looking for clever ideas for a first real online business I can start, build off of, make mistakes, gain experience, and learn more.
 
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I actually grew up in Erie. Do you have any working examples of your coding skills?
 

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I actually grew up in Erie. Do you have any working examples of your coding skills?
I never really did any coding outside of school work until recently. Still, I think I have Visual Studios somewhere on my desktop. I'll see if I can whip something up for you.
 
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Welcome. Sounds like you have a little bit of experience with eBay, hustling, coding and writing. All these give you a good foundation to the Fastlane.

If you haven't already, may I suggest you read The millionaire Fastlane . It will help to put you in a good mindset to excel.
 

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Welcome. Sounds like you have a little bit of experience with eBay, hustling, coding and writing. All these give you a good foundation to the Fastlane.

If you haven't already, may I suggest you read The millionaire Fastlane . It will help to put you in a good mindset to excel.
Thanks! Due to pure sidewalk level of poorness i'm at atm, I have been using other means of reading the book! (Please dont hurt me...) I will legitimately buy the book hopefully within the next few days.
 

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@DevIncredible it's like $5 on Amazon.

Give us a second and I'll buy you a copy...

I got a lot of respect for kids that are already hustling.
 
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Thanks! Due to pure sidewalk level of poorness i'm at atm, I have been using other means of reading the book! (Please dont hurt me...) I will legitimately buy the book hopefully within the next few days.

I'll admit to torrenting the book at first too. The name sounded like another generic "get rich quick" book, and the original cover didn't help put my mind at ease either. At the time it had an orange Muricèlago on the cover. Just didn't seem real.

I've since purchased 3 copies legitimately. 2 for me, 1 for someone else. It's 110% worth the money.
 

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Just didn't seem real.

I know what you mean, when I first started reading TMF I only got a few chapters in, before deciding it was BS. It took me a couple of years to work through my own limiting beliefs before I was able to see what an incredible resource it is. Isn't it sad how much our erroneous beliefs can hold us back?
 

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I have been using other means of reading the book!

Shame Shame! If I had to guess, more than 1/2 the forum who has read the book hasn't paid for it. So you're not alone. ;) In the end, the torrents seem to be a "try before you buy" arrangement.
 

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