Here’s What I Would Do If I had To Start Over and Rebuild My Business (It’s NOT What You Think)
I've been an entrepreneur for 17 years. But if I had to start over, it wouldn't look the same. I'm going to share with you that if I had to start all over, here's what I would do. And you know what? It's not what you think.
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See, when I was starting out at 16 years old or 15-and-a-half, I wanted to make more money.
And I couldn't get a high-paying job.
I didn't even have a high school degree at that time, I was still in school.
And I wasn't even graduated from college.
Because when I started off, that's what almost all jobs required.
So it was really hard to make a six-figure income without being an entrepreneur.
Heck, my first job was cleaning toilets and picking up trash at a theme park for $5.75 an hour.
Now, here the thing.
If you want to do well, it's not just about, hey, I want to be an entrepreneur and start a business.
Because if you do that, you're going to make a lot of mistakes.
And that's okay, that's a journey and route that a lot of people take.
But I've learned that that's not the ideal approach.
If I had to start over again, here's what I would do.
For the first nine years, I would go and work for someone else.
I know that sounds crazy, but you learn so much working for other people.
Then when you're ready to start your own career, as an entrepreneur, things will start taking off because you'll know what not to do, plus, you'll have some savings, as well, that you can use.
And it's not just as simple as working for someone else for nine years.
Here's how I'd break it down.
For a few years, for the first two years, I would go and work for a small startup.
I'm not talkin' about Uber or a startup that's just growing like a hockey stick.
I'm talking about a st
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