| ink"> | | | | I have to go back several years to the day when |
| You gotta love problems for the solutions they | | | | I first let go of my ‘hostess job' in a fine |
| inspire. Here are some names you might | | | | restaurant and went from part-time Entrepreneur |
| recognize who were canned, laid off, or otherwise | | | | to full time on the Internet. What a great feeling it |
| given the boot. They have joined the Pink-Slip | | | | was to plan my own day, design my own |
| Billionaires because instead of finding a new job, | | | | schedule and answer to no one but myself. |
| they launched their own careers. | | | | Surfing the Internet for a good money-stream is |
| Some will call this FATE, supposedly making these | | | | now second nature to me, and to do this I have |
| events inevitable -- no argument offered. Here | | | | learned to use the Forums. People don't hesitate |
| are some names you might recognize who were | | | | to gripe about a company or a program full of BS |
| canned, laid off, or otherwise given the boot. | | | | and hype. They rip them up and down and others |
| They have joined the Pink-Slip Billionaires because | | | | join their whine list. Just as out-spoken are the |
| instead of finding a new job, they launched their | | | | ones who like to brag about the successes they |
| own careers. | | | | have found, the pay-outs that are hitting their |
| Michael Bloomberg — New York City Mayor | | | | bank accounts, and the simplicity of the program |
| David Neeleman — Jet Blue Aircraft | | | | itself. |
| Bernie Marcus & Allen Blank — Home | | | | I have found a few open doors that I liked the |
| Depot | | | | sounds of and with further due diligence, I joined. |
| J K Rawling — Harry Potter | | | | You don't even have to become a member of |
| Of the four backgrounds I read on these | | | | these Forums, just spend every spare hour you |
| entrepreneurs, Rawling's was the most amusing: | | | | have reading them on a daily basis. Get one |
| discovered writing short stories on company time, | | | | money stream up and going, and start looking for |
| she was given her pink-slip. How funny is that? He | | | | the next one. Diversification, as taught by the |
| should have offered her a private office for a | | | | experts, is your best insurance on Wall Street and |
| percent of the publishing rights. | | | | Cyberspace. |
| Gaining control over your life is what it's all about. | | | | Look for money streams in the form of residuals |
| Doing something you love or believe in is a good | | | | or leveraged income. With some effort up front |
| reason to start your own career. Confucius said: | | | | and a minimum investment, get it going and coast |
| "Find a business you love, and you will never have | | | | while you look for another money stream. Many |
| to work another day in your life". | | | | use this strategy to build their bank account while |
| Maybe your day will have longer hours or odd | | | | collecting a paycheck. Good idea if your ultimate |
| hours at first, but when you're having fun at what | | | | plan is to break-away from your Dilbert cube. |
| you're doing why would you care about free | | | | As Entrepreneurs in the fastest growing area of |
| weekends? It's all going to benefit YOU, not them. | | | | the economy, we as the risk takers and wealth |
| The Internet is the biggest revelation of our time. | | | | generators might be looked upon as grasshoppers |
| In the past one hundred years of communication, | | | | as we search for our answers. What makes us |
| only the telephone and aviation equal its | | | | jump? The simple answer and motivation is the |
| development. But its importance to small business | | | | desire to create: the desire to create. And high |
| is greater today than either television or radio. | | | | self-esteem adds serious fuel. |
| Three million Entrepreneurs every year find the | | | | Motivation comes from anyone who tells us, it |
| courage to start a business of their own. Others | | | | can't be done. We love an impossible challenge. |
| fight the fear of "no paycheck" resulting in | | | | We are dreamers. We want to control our own |
| two-thirds of all employees hating their work, their | | | | lives. We see things that others can not. Our |
| boss or their hours. But they grind away their life | | | | determination is driven by high self-esteem. We |
| in this situation. | | | | leave a boring job to take on the fearsome |
| We already know that 49% of all companies are | | | | adventure with the last of our savings. We are a |
| now operated from the home office, so this is | | | | strange lot. So tell me, given the choice, would |
| not rocket science. And did you know — | | | | you choose being bored, or being terrified? |
| many independent business owners earn less | | | | Your answer may or may not qualify you for |
| income than the customers they serve? That's a | | | | Entrepreneurship. |
| fact. | | | | |