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Posted by ivanpw under Self-Development
From http://www.bizepic.com 3843 days ago

Successful people grab challenges by the collar and beat them to achieve success. Here are rags to riches stories from such amazing people.

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Written by lyceum
3838 days ago

Ivan: I will do that! Stay tuned... ;)

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Written by lyceum
3841 days ago

Ivan:

Thanks for sharing your personal business story!

I started my first trading company in the end of the 80's, importing tea and 3.5" floppy disks. It was a real challenge to find an independent distributing channel for tea and I managed to cut the price on diskettes, but after some time, all the margin was gone.

In the mid 00's I started a café and business center together with some other part-owners. The idea of a meeting place for business minded individuals was a good one, but a bit too early...

You could read what I have learned from this venture, by reading my piece on American Express Open Forum, Five Lessons Learned from my Start-up — And why I’d Do it Again, 01/19/2009.

I am now involved in an online start-up, dealing with slogans on clothing. We will use the power of new media in order to become successful and we have no real monetary risk involved (no inventory, only print-on-demand).

I look forward to the day when Biz Epic will write about us! :)

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Written by ivanpw
3838 days ago

Martin,

Well, please share away the website link/video link and I'll see what I can do :)

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Written by lyceum
3842 days ago

Ivan: Which is your favorite rag to rich story?

How did you start your own company?

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Written by ivanpw
3841 days ago

Martin,

Chris Gardner's has always been my favorite. Me?

I bought 2 franchise units of business service centers using borrowed money from my parents - and blew both stores :)

I pick up the pieces and start doing business online with less than $1,000. Today, I am location independent and supporting my family 100% from online income.

There you go; not really rags to riches story, though...

How about you?

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