If you’re considering entrepreneurship, think about it like this: you can spend the next ten years working for a corporation, or you can spend the next five or ten years learning how to start and build companies. The latter may be harder, but also that much more rewarding and valuable for the rest of your life. At a young age, with nothing to lose, it’s the perfect time to give it a shot. Here are five key things that catapulted my company, Jackthreads, from a one-man operation out of my bedroom to a multimillion-dollar company with over a million members:
Passion Early on, I realized the importance of choosing an idea that I’m passionate about. When I graduated from Ohio State in 2003, I knew I wasn’t headed toward corporate America; I wanted to start something. I launched a small business with a friend, selling promotional merchandise to college athletic departments. It was successful, but nothing huge, and I decided to walk away because I wasn’t excited by my work. I’ve always been into men’s fashion and online shopping, and when I began to parlay this interest into a business, it never felt like work. I was spending more time on hobbies I already enjoyed, making it much easier to wake up and push myself harder everyday.
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