Markus
New Contributor
Hi, my name is Markus, I'm an 18 year-old entrepreneur from Finland. I have almost finished high-school and plan to work very intensely on my business for a year before I have to go to army for 6-12 months (forced to go by Finnish goverment, sucks but no can do..) In that time my main goal is to establish a stable income so I can move out to my own apartment.
My first entrepreneur endeavor was a tennis racquet stringing business, but 1 year in I realized it didn't really make any sense at all because I was constantly exchanging my time for money. There really was no scaling potential either because the amount of players was fairly small in my area.
Now after reading TMF and bunch of other material I'm moving forward and have decided to start building an e-commerce business. My plan is to first start selling goods in my country (through Finland's eBay, own webstore) and expand from there when I get enough volume. I have found 3 possible niches and thought that it would be wise to test them all and after that figure out what products I should continue to sell based on the results.
I hope I'm not coming across as too naive or anything, I'm not following any 'get rich quick' program but you've gotta start somewhere and e-commerce seems like a good business to start with a low amount of capital.
After about 2 months reading the forum I finally decided to register and I plan to share my journey with you guys as I move forward and hope to exchange ideas and experiences as well.
Work hard,
Markus
My first entrepreneur endeavor was a tennis racquet stringing business, but 1 year in I realized it didn't really make any sense at all because I was constantly exchanging my time for money. There really was no scaling potential either because the amount of players was fairly small in my area.
Now after reading TMF and bunch of other material I'm moving forward and have decided to start building an e-commerce business. My plan is to first start selling goods in my country (through Finland's eBay, own webstore) and expand from there when I get enough volume. I have found 3 possible niches and thought that it would be wise to test them all and after that figure out what products I should continue to sell based on the results.
I hope I'm not coming across as too naive or anything, I'm not following any 'get rich quick' program but you've gotta start somewhere and e-commerce seems like a good business to start with a low amount of capital.
After about 2 months reading the forum I finally decided to register and I plan to share my journey with you guys as I move forward and hope to exchange ideas and experiences as well.
Work hard,
Markus
Dislike ads? Become a Fastlane member:
Subscribe today and surround yourself with winners and millionaire mentors, not those broke friends who only want to drink beer and play video games. :-)
Access Restricted: Unlock 1,000,000+ Posts
Stop Peeking Through the Keyhole.
Open the Door.
You hit a wall because the best advice isn't free—it's earned. Since 2007, MJ DeMarco has been active here daily (99.9% active rate), building a war room for entrepreneurs who refuse to settle for mediocrity.
- Active Daily: Life-changing content posted dozens of times every day. No dead threads.
- MJ's Inner Circle: Direct access to the author of The Millionaire Fastlane.
- Vetted Network: Connect with founders scaling to 7 and 8 figures.
- Proven Roadmaps: Strategy over motivation. Execution over "hustle porn."
"SCALED TO 6-FIGURE MONTHS"
"Tips and advice here saved me from huge mistakes, others allowed me to scale my business to 6-figure months."— User MitchC
"INSANE QUALITY OF PEOPLE"
"The number of high quality people I've met from this forum has been insane. All of it predicated on building real value."— User Richard Peck
"You are the average of the five people you surround yourself with."
Are you surrounding yourself with success?
