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Work InformationThe $100 Startup: Reinvent the Way You Make a Living, Do What You Love, and Create a New Future by Chris Guillebeau
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Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. No current Talk conversations about this book. It is a 300-page documentary about the struggles of 80 micro business owners. The book speaks about micro business revolution - a way of earning a good living while crafting a life of independence and purpose. Yes, business is about finding freedom... Freedom is what we’re all looking for, and value is the way to achieve it. Find the convergence between what you love and what other people are willing to buy. If you're thinking about setting up your own micro business, glance at "$100 startup" for some inspiration. Also, keep in mind - You're probably good at more than one thing. I'm paraphrasing but near the beginning the author outlines the 3 necessary ingredients to start a business, and this is all the more important if you're starting with very little capital. You need a product or service, people willing to buy it, and a means of accepting payment. That's it. You can expect more challenges and nuance to grow the business as you go but you'll need at least those 3 conditions to start. That's the gist of it. And then you'll hear plenty of examples about how scrappy and innovative entrepreneurs made it work. The book then slowly undermines itself by switching gears from showing you the process of starting a business to trying to sell you on the idea of traveling the world and generally being your own remote boss. Signing in for two hours to run your business from a beach in Thailand sounds fantastic but I've heard this pitch from far too many snake oil salesmen to trust this tactic. It's a shame too because Chris Guillebeau has a lot of interesting things to say. I just wish he kept it to the substance and didn't spend a desperate amount of time highlighting the glamour. no reviews | add a review
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HTML:Lead a life of adventure, meaning and purpose??and earn a good living. ??Thoughtful, funny, and compulsively readable, this guide shows how ordinary people can build solid livings, with independence and purpose, on their own terms.???Gretchen Rubin, author of the #1 New York Times bestseller The Happiness Project Still in his early thirties, Chris Guillebeau completed a tour of every country on earth and yet he??s never held a ??real job? or earned a regular paycheck. Rather, he has a special genius for turning ideas into income, and he uses what he earns both to support his life of adventure and to give back. Chris identified 1,500 individuals who have built businesses earning $50,000 or more from a modest investment (in many cases, $100 or less), and focused on the 50 most intriguing case studies. In nearly all cases, people with no special skills discovered aspects of their personal passions that could be monetized, and were able to restructure their lives in ways that gave them greater freedom and fulfillment. Here, finally, distilled into one easy-to-use guide, are the most valuable lessons from those who??ve learned how to turn what they do into a gateway to self-fulfillment. It??s all about finding the intersection between your ??expertise???even if you don??t consider it such??and what other people will pay for. You don??t need an MBA, a business plan or even employees. All you need is a product or service that springs from what you love to do anyway, people willing to pay, and a way to get paid. Not content to talk in generalities, Chris tells you exactly how many dollars his group of unexpected entrepreneurs required to get their projects up and running; what these individuals did in the first weeks and months to generate significant cash; some of the key mistakes they made along the way, and the crucial insights that made the business stick. Among Chris??s key principles: If you??re good at one thing, you??re probably good at something else; never teach a man to fish??sell him the fish instead; and in the battle between planning and action, action wins. In ancient times, people who were dissatisfied with their lives dreamed of finding magic lamps, buried treasure, or streets paved with gold. Today, we know that it??s up to us to change our lives. And the best part is, if we change our own life, we can help others change their No library descriptions found.
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Well researched, varied, and personal stories of frugal entrepreneurs combined with Chris's clear writing style make for an engaging and educational read. The only reason I didn't award five stars -- my sense of playing out of my league. While this is not fair to the text, feeling ill at ease about joining the ranks of these successful business owners is one clear take away for me. But! Repeat exposure to these ideas, time, and incremental progress as a working artist may bring me back to change this rating one day.
I've been trying to update my website and figure out ways to scale my work. The advice about selling something quickly and the difference between a business and a hobby. Well...No doubt these challenging tasks have had and effect on the way I received this book. ( )