The $100 Startup

Reinvent the Way You Make a Living, Do What You Love, and Create a New Future

    • 4.1 • 352 Ratings
    • $13.99
    • $13.99

Publisher Description

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 theirs. This remarkable book will start you on your way.

GENRE
Business & Personal Finance
RELEASED
2012
May 8
LANGUAGE
EN
English
LENGTH
304
Pages
PUBLISHER
Crown
SELLER
Penguin Random House LLC
SIZE
28
MB

Customer Reviews

Will4Pressident ,

Good book

easy read and inspiring .

Cajun God Father ,

Don't buy the book

At the end of each chapter the last 7 pages are all the same and you do not get the whole chapter.

I want a refund but have ever gotten a reply.

This would of been a good book but like I said you don't get the complete copy of it.

Pass on this one can.

Eagleslife ,

Good, but toooo wordy

Some very good unique thoughts. Some good advice. Some useful tips. Many stories of varying interest and/or relevance. But toooooo wordy, sometimes too redundant, and could be written (without losing value) in half the pages. Lucky I can speed read when needed.

More Books Like This

2017
2012
2005
2021
2015
2012

More Books by Chris Guillebeau

2010
2017
2014
2019
2020
2023

Customers Also Bought

2010
2010
2019
2011
2015
2008