i am 17, with ideas and needs alot of help

[mcginley]

Ok i went to start a service/business but also wouldnt mind selling a supplement, but i live in ireland and really went to do it, i read the marketing bit of tims book and still find it hard to understand , i reall would love to know how and the basics help anyone , i want to live life not work 9 to 5

[Bizmaker1]

For a starting muse, I'd take Tim's suggestion and think about doing an "information" type product about some skill set you have. They cost nothing or almost nothing to create. Also he said it's a huge head-ache to sell things people eat.

Your first muse does not have to be the final thing you ever do to make money. I keep a notepad with me and write down product ideas as they come to me but just starting out, information products have almost no overhead costs.

Think about what you like doing and sell it. For me, it was cooking. For you, it might be something as obscure as teaching people how to do calligraphy. I don't know. Think about it. Brainstorm. This is the fun part =)

Cheers
Biz

[winvest]

@mcginley My advice is to read this forum inside and out for a week.The week after that you should launch your muse and get feedback from us by posting about your progress. You will only really learn by doing.

[kamakiri]

Hey kid - You aren't going to like this, but throw away your copy, get out there and live a bit first. Heck at 17 you should still be in high school, never having worked a 9-5 in your life. Heck Nobody works 9-5 any more.

Don't look over your most precious resources. Youth and time. In HS and college people spend a lot of time on their appearance. It is only after you hit 40 that you realize it doesn't take much at all for a 20 year old to look sexy (male or female) and that energy could have been spent better elsewhere.

At 17 you have so many options available to you. Free world travel? Yep, Tim did it, I did it. Spend a year abroad. All expenses paid language immersion, travel, exotic people. That is what LD is all about. Why would you develop a muse, make money, then travel? It is like the fisherman story.

The Rotary Exchange program is for students 16-18, and cost $1500 the year I did it. I brought about $300 of my own money at the time. That is peanuts dude. Your parents will spend less on food alone for the year.

The whole concept is to get the most out of live. Leverage your talents, not try to adapt something you dond't need in the first place. Living at home, saving what you would have paid in rent during college, you can take a 3 month trip over summer break every single year, and have a pretty kick ass Spring Break as well.

That is what LD is all about. Not about selling supplements so you dont have to work a 9-5. Sit back, have a pepsi and watch this. Come back in a few years.

[Bizmaker1]

Man, I really liked that. All I can do is sit here and smile. =)

[winvest]

I say go make a job for yourself, I did. I delivered newspapers, sold lemonade, started a lanscaping business and an internet business by the time I was 19. Get some work experience.

[REOBULK]

Originally Posted by kamakiri

watch this. Come back in a few years.

Priceless.....