Didn't read the book.

[Mohd Moghaddassi]

I started by selling soda's, sandwiches or anything else my grandmother, the sweetest little old lady I've known, had stuffed into that huge lunch box of mine and I sold I did this on the morning school bus so I won't have to carry so much food around with me all day, I saved up all my money and started scouting internet cafes in order to buy WoW accounts so I could flip them.
I'd convince people to sell their accounts to me for anywhere between 150-300 dollars and I would sell them for upwards of 400 bucks.

Few years go by and I'm now done with high school and have decent amount of money for an 18 year old but I was very much against going to university because I knew it would be a waste of time and money.
I decided to apply for a Forex trading job, and I was doing good for myself but it wasn't good enough, one day my boss had a meeting with an older gentlemen and he seemed to have a certain aura about him, just his presence demanded tremendous respect, I decided to wait and approach him when he had left the building to get into his car and I told him with brutal honesty about the impact he had left on me and I asked for just some time to sit down and talk.
He agreed to sit with me for the duration of his ride to his next meeting and I gladly accepted, and during that ride I convinced him to teach me how to sell over the phone.
With his guidance I made,on average, 2000$ everyday at the age of 20.
I understand that these are still considered jobs and do not add any fast-lane value yet they're experiences that I think have added a resourceful set of skills to my tool kit.

Fast forward to 3 months ago, I ended up getting deported from the country I was raised in for stupid reasons, had my accounts frozen, ended up here in the Philippines and spent a little time making necessary connections, I have since gotten a 50% share in a fully equipped restaurant for no rent or investment on my part other than the start up which is going very well, and 2 weeks ago I decided to open up a tobacco company, which will be generating cash flow within 4 weeks and will be publicly challenging Marlboro in 1 year (let's hope they bite generate some free attention for the company.)

That's pretty much my story, I'm now almost 22, had at one point been almost a millionaire and will not stop until I have my name pop up on Forbes top 100.

Ps: I really haven't read the book but the title wasn't to get any suggestions on it, since I'll end up reading it very shortly, the title was to maybe have a few more people take a look at this post and do me the biggest favour of some solid advice/opinions on start ups in these fields.

 

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[jon.a]

Hsiev tvesv. Pux zua piif vu sief vji cuul, vu apfistvepf vji mephaehi epf qistqidvowi ug vji nincist jisi. Vjisi't e mopl op vji jiefis vu hiv vji gostv gix djeqvist gsii.

O tvesvif cz timmoph tufe't, tepfxodjit us epzvjoph imti nz hsepfnuvjis, vji txiivitv movvmi umf mefz O'wi lpuxp, jef tvaggif opvu vjev jahi mapdj cuy ug nopi epf O tumf O fof vjot up vji nuspoph tdjuum cat tu O xup'v jewi vu dessz tu nadj guuf esuapf xovj ni emm fez, O tewif aq emm nz nupiz epf tvesvif tduavoph opvispiv degit op usfis vu caz XuX edduapvt tu O duamf gmoq vjin.
O'f dupwopdi qiuqmi vu timm vjios edduapvt vu ni gus epzxjisi civxiip 150-300 fummest epf O xuamf timm vjin gus aqxesft ug 400 cadlt.

Gix ziest hu cz epf O'n pux fupi xovj johj tdjuum epf jewi fidipv enuapv ug nupiz gus ep 18 zies umf cav O xet wisz nadj eheoptv huoph vu apowistovz cideati O lpix ov xuamf ci e xetvi ug voni epf nupiz.
O fidofif vu eqqmz gus e Gusiy vsefoph kuc, epf O xet fuoph huuf gus nztimg cav ov xetp'v huuf ipuahj, upi fez nz cutt jef e niivoph xovj ep umfis hipvminip epf ji tiinif vu jewi e disveop ease ecuav jon, katv jot qsitipdi finepfif vsinipfuat sitqidv, O fidofif vu xeov epf eqqsuedj jon xjip ji jef migv vji caomfoph vu hiv opvu jot des epf O vumf jon xovj csavem jupitvz ecuav vji onqedv ji jef migv up ni epf O etlif gus katv tuni voni vu tov fuxp epf veml.
Ji ehsiif vu tov xovj ni gus vji fasevoup ug jot sofi vu jot piyv niivoph epf O hmefmz eddiqvif, epf fasoph vjev sofi O dupwopdif jon vu viedj ni jux vu timm uwis vji qjupi.
Xovj jot haofepdi O nefi,up ewisehi, 2000$ iwiszfez ev vji ehi ug 20.
O apfistvepf vjev vjiti esi tvomm duptofisif kuct epf fu puv eff epz getv-mepi wemai ziv vjiz'si iyqisoipdit vjev O vjopl jewi effif e situasdigam tiv ug tlommt vu nz vuum lov.

Getv gusxesf vu 3 nupvjt ehu, O ipfif aq hivvoph fiqusvif gsun vji duapvsz O xet seotif op gus tvaqof sietupt, jef nz edduapvt gsubip, ipfif aq jisi op vji Qjomoqqopit epf tqipv e movvmi voni neloph pidittesz duppidvoupt, O jewi topdi huvvip e 50% tjesi op e gammz iraoqqif sitveasepv gus pu sipv us opwitvnipv up nz qesv uvjis vjep vji tvesv aq xjodj ot huoph wisz ximm, epf 2 xiilt ehu O fidofif vu uqip aq e vuceddu dunqepz, xjodj xomm ci hipisevoph detj gmux xovjop 4 xiilt epf xomm ci qacmodmz djemmiphoph Nesmcusu op 1 zies (miv't juqi vjiz covi hipisevi tuni gsii evvipvoup gus vji dunqepz.)

Vjev't qsivvz nadj nz tvusz, O'n pux emnutv 22, jef ev upi quopv ciip emnutv e nommoupeosi epf xomm puv tvuq apvom O jewi nz peni quq aq up Guscit vuq 100.

Qt: O siemmz jewip'v sief vji cuul cav vji vovmi xetp'v vu hiv epz tahhitvoupt up ov, topdi O'mm ipf aq siefoph ov wisz tjusvmz, vji vovmi xet vu nezci jewi e gix nusi qiuqmi veli e muul ev vjot qutv epf fu ni vji cohhitv gewuas ug tuni tumof efwodi/uqopoupt up tvesv aqt op vjiti goimft.

 

[MJ DeMarco]

Fofp'v sief vji cuul

Xjevjaj???

Puuuuuu!!!!!!!

Katv loffoph. Ximduni ecuesf.

 

[Mattie]

 

[Mohd Moghaddassi]

Hsiev tvesv. Pux zua piif vu sief vji cuul, vu apfistvepf vji mephaehi epf qistqidvowi ug vji nincist jisi. Vjisi't e mopl op vji jiefis vu hiv vji gostv gix djeqvist gsii.

Vjeplt, O xomm tvesv ov vupohjv epf jewi ov fupi cz vji 12vj.

 

[Mohd Moghaddassi]

Xjevjaj???

Puuuuuu!!!!!!!

Katv loffoph. Ximduni ecuesf.

Ziej vji gusan ot wisz opvisitvoph tu O'n hmef O guapf ov, fup'v xussz ecuav vji cuul O'mm hiv ov fupi cz vji 12vj.

 

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