I'm 19 years old and I love business. The thing is, I can't think of anything to do. My parents could back me up with stuff online, I guess. Should I get into something like wholesale? What should I do? Any suggestions would be appreciated!
It looks like the site you've developed (I took a look) is already very well developed. Aren't you happy with the jewelery business? When you say you "can't think of anything to do" - do you mean aside from the ecommerce site you've already established?
poor is a weird term.. what do you consider poor? You should do what you are into, or work at mcdonalds hand out flyers for your website in the bags..
ly2 - the poster is a child relying on his parents to support him. You can't retire until you've done something.
I retired and now you tell me I should have done something first!!!! LOL Really, now that I am retired, I wonder why I bothered working all my life. I should have retired at 20 and let my first wife support me.
Get into the info business. No stock, no physical shipping, customer gets instant gratification with automatic downloads, etc. Very little overhead as well (hosting account and time is all it takes) Big money being made with affiliate and information distribution.
Oh I'm sure he has done something in the 19 years he has been alive. Why waste so much time working? Just ask mom and dad to add you to the checking account and kick back! P.S. </sarcasm>
I'm Sick & Tired of Being Sick & Tired... Small usless jobs could be yours easily and I sure you wanna be a Get Rich Quick kinda person... Paper routes, Burger King, things like that but you seem to want more... Use the *Force ayjewelry* think of unusual and unique things to make money online... When you find something I want my Cut....
If everything else fails, you can always stalk Warren Buffett and peddle him a charity project. He will throw you some of his crumbs (i..e $Millions) and you can retire as youngest Charity Foundation chief.
ask your parents to pay you some rent. i mean, they are probaby 40-50 now and they still live in YOUR house!
Well don't get sick of being poor. Bcoz you have parents and knowledge to develop a site and post on forums. I have seen people in more trouble then you are in. If at 19 you are getting sick or tired then there are many surprises waiting for you in your life. What will you do then? Also if for example you have a 1 million target and it is say somehow done. Then what will you do? Believe me friend this is just useless talk about retiring. I had set my targets in 2001. DID Visual Basic 6.0 hehe Nothing from it. Then I tried my luck in MCP (Nothing from it) 2003 - MCSD (Same as before. Worked my ass off but got nothing) Even started MCA. (Left it in 2005. And wasted fees which my father paid for me) MCDBA - (Nothing from it too) Then August 2005. PHP/MySQL - Developed first website. Sold first product. And decided I will sell that products copy for 5000 times and I am rich And google did a big time update in that period of time, my site went in sandbox. And no traffic nor any sales. Then went in domaining where there were already many players with better names then me. Did freelancing jobs on scriptlance. To buy new domains. And at last in Feb 2006 I got my first big sale. Still I am working. Exchanging links and developing new projects. I am still running after each dollar that comes my way. Bcoz who knows may be in some time PHP/MySQL will also settle down. If it happens then again I am automatically retired.
You're only 19. You still probably live with your parents. Until you're out there trying to support yourself and not living under their roof, you have no idea what "poor" is. So first of all, stop whining and be more appreciative of what you do have. Second, go get yourself an education that's going to serve you well for the rest of your life, rather than thinking along the lines of "right now". The long run is infinitely more important. And anything you could do online for quick money with no education... guess what... anyone else could too. Build an expertise, so even if things don't work out on your own, you'll have something to fall back on. Money will come in time, trust me. Now do something to give people a reason to want to hire you... and an "I want money," attitude just isn't going to cut it. Jenn
Good advice jhmattern. If you are 19, I would suggest you to enroll in a university or college and get an education. You can worry about getting rich after you complete your degree.
Well i don't know where are you from but i'm from Romania and from 19 i'm suporting myself working as freelancers (i usualy make 800$/month wich is quite good in my country) for some time i studyid the posibilitys of owning some websites to help people but olso make money from it ... i still develop 4 sites and i am wating to launch them to see how it goes .. I made a directory but in this field adsense for exemple is not soo good but 1 failure doens't stop me i whant to try more it takes tim,e to reach the top and very much time So concentrate on what you know and your good at . Regards
im gonna agree with others, go to college, get a degree in something. I just finished college about 2 weeks ago. Now i make much more at my job and I have evenings free to do work online. Its the way to go man.