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Yeah, that has nothing to do with it. Anyone can start a business, but most of them will fail. Do yourself a favor and research attrition rates.

Because once one fails, it's impossible to start another?

Saying that something isn't worth trying just because you're not guaranteed to succeed on the first try is terrible logic.

Advocating a course of action that only the tiniest fraction of people are ever successful at is not any better.

What sorts the man or woman who is gonna be rich from the man or woman who will try it once, give up, and dream about it, is your ability, as with all human activity, to adapt. So you're gonna say, OK, you know, this isn't working, we've gotta change our methodology, we've got to try something else that's gonna make this damn thing work! And if you keep doing that, if you listen to anyone in that industry who has any kind of sense, and if you're willing to change until it starts working, then they cannot stop you, for the simple reason that in the end, you will get it right. And I had to do that many, many times.

So can you get rich? Can you start your own business empire? Is it a delusion to believe that so-called ordinary men and women can, within not so many years, do what I did? And what did I do? I went from being a failed blues musician, and an arts student, living in a crummy bedsit without the price of a beer in my pocket, let alone the money to pay the rents, into becoming one of the richest men in Britain. I went from being a highschool dropout without a penny of capital or the benefit of a university education to owning my own business, flying around in private jets, purchasing homes with acres of land around the world, being chauffeured in a fleet of Rolls-Royces and Maybachs and drinking the finest wine in the world from my own private cellars.

In the end, if you want too much money, then make a decision you do want it, then go out there and get it brother! And nothing can stop you, I swear that to you, nothing on this Earth can stop you apart from the death. Nothing.

Yeah, that has nothing to do with it. Anyone can start a business, but most of them will fail. Do yourself a favor and research attrition rates.

You seem to be ignoring the fact that starting a business takes MONEY which a lot of us don't have. Not only that, but the banks aren't really keen on giving out loans these days. Otherwise, I would've already tried my luck with that.

Are you sure about that? I really doubt I could start a buisness not that I really want to but I do not think I have the skills nessisary.......I mean my math skills are pretty much at a 5th grade level which would not help with managing costs, income and all that crap. I lack the social skills including assertiveness and such that I would need to deal with difficult people and such....I imagine I would have to answer a lot of phone calls and I could easily get confused with financial technicalities and have people trying to sue or just shut my hypothetical buisness down in general.

I think its kinda ignorant to assume everyone has the exact same abilities, not everyone is capable of the same things.

Use savings, borrow money from friends and family, go to capital investment companies.

What if you don't have any savings, your friends and family are just as bad if not worse off than you, and you have nothing this capital investment company to be willing to invest in?

Felix Dennis, the billionaire I quoted before, says that he's "never been good at the bean counting." He doesn't understand balance sheets and so on either. So maths doesn't matter, just go an accountant.

As for what skills you have, I'm sure you can use them for some sort of business. There's a wide range of fields out there. And you don't need to be an expert in the specifics as long as you hire people who are.

Reason being most people don't bother trying, or if they do, they try once and give up. Let's see what an expert has to say on the matter shall we?



Remember this is a guy with decades of business experience who's started multiple successful and failed ventures himself. He is one of the richest men in Britain and he says anyone can get rich if they put some actual effort into it. I'm thinking it's logical to believe what he says, unless you have more experience in the matter?

In short, success in America, like is true anywhere else, depends primarily on how and where you entered this world, and the degree of caring and support you get from family, friends and community. It may also depend, in part, on how tall you are, your body mass index and how beautiful you are. Your race also predicts your success. While no one is guaranteed to be a success, the odds increase dramatically in your favor if you have some or all of the above.

I made £100 fairly recently from one website with Google AdWords. If you start up multiple sites, and take time to drive legit traffic to them, you can make serious money. As in tens of thousands (eventually). That can bring you an income even if you're unemployed.

There are always simple ways to make money, no matter what. If you make just a few hundred pounds and use it to help yourself start a bigger business, that works too.

Are you sure about that? I really doubt I could start a buisness not that I really want to but I do not think I have the skills nessisary.......I mean my math skills are pretty much at a 5th grade level which would not help with managing costs, income and all that crap. I lack the social skills including assertiveness and such that I would need to deal with difficult people and such....I imagine I would have to answer a lot of phone calls and I could easily get confused with financial technicalities and have people trying to sue or just shut my hypothetical buisness down in general.

I think its kinda ignorant to assume everyone has the exact same abilities, not everyone is capable of the same things.

Funny you call something a "myth" when there are many real world examples of it, GoonSquad. And I doubt he, being a billionaire, cares too much about making a bit of money from books anyway. He wrote it because it's true, and many other entrepreneurs say the same thing. Only people with no real world experience seem to say otherwise.

Sweetleaf, Google's ad services are obviously legit. The rest, I wouldn't bother with.