Never heard of such a thing, I'm pretty amazed to see how popular it is out there; enough to sustain many locations. my gut tells me it would never work where I live. good luck, looking forward to reading your progress.

awesome thread, its inspiring. I'm way behind you in the earlier stages but similar goals. keep up the good work.

I speculate it's one of those grass is always green type of things. has its pros and cons. personally I would get married if I was going to have kids, otherwise no

i know it hurts to fall behind and get bad grades, but you need to dig your way out of it and not quit. do everything you can to do better than you are, don't just quit because you can't have all A's. swallow your pride and ask your teachers for help, study hard, and win.

I bought one a few years ago to make prototypes instead of outsourcing the work. I had similar thoughts about making money with it, but never dove into it. You have to take a hard look at "why would they choose me" and the only market is going to be custom one of a kind orders. anything a 3D...

I'm going to give it a try, been having some technical issues making an account. got ID through and currently under review. it does sting a bit that they take 20%! but lots of promising jobs posted.

Thank you guys for the replies, I really appreciate it. I read them all a few times. I'll be on here reading and working. i started a new website recently so we'll see what happens this attempt.

Way back when I was young I always loved the idea of owning my own business, and working on creating new things; it’s always been one of my top life goals. Having a nice steady salaried job had its allure as well, everyone older I knew doing this seemed really happy and would always tell me they...