BizChair.com = $500 investment turns into $24 million revenue

[MJ DeMarco]

At 14, Sean Belnick took $500 and started selling office chairs online. Today, he's running a $24 million furniture company whose customers include Microsoft, Google, and the Pentagon.

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http://smallbusiness.aol.com/grow/m...e-chair-man-of-the-board/20070822170909990001

Stories like this further validate that the myth "You need money to start a business" is false. I started with $900. This kid, $500.

"I can't start a business because I have no money" is an excuse.

Money certainly makes it easier, but by all means, isn't an exclusionary factor unless you intend on starting an airline.

 

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[Yankees338]

Glad to hear he's had all of this success while still being able to maintain a strong devotion to academics by gaining admission into Emory. Very impressive story.

It doesn't say when the business started, though. I'd assume it was sometime around 2000 or 2001?

 

[Z5 FILMS]

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[MJ DeMarco]

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[8 SNAKE]

The link works for me.