The $100 Startup: Reinvent the Way You Make a Living, Do What You Love, and Create a New Future

Make a solid livelihood while enjoying an exciting, meaningful life.

"Thoughtful, humorous, and incredibly readable, this manual demonstrates how regular people can create stable lives with autonomy and meaning on their own terms."—Gretchen Rubin, the author of The Happiness Project, a #1 New York Times bestseller

Chris Guillebeau, who is still in his early thirties, has been to every nation on earth, yet he has never had a "real job" or a steady salary. Instead, he has a unique talent for converting concepts into money, and he uses it to fund his adventurous lifestyle as well as charitable endeavours.

Chris found 1,500 people who, with a little initial investment (sometimes as little as $100), have established enterprises that bring in $50,000 or more. He then concentrated on the top 50 case studies.People with no particular talents almost always found profitable components of their own hobbies and were able to rearrange their life to provide them more freedom and fulfilment.

The most important takeaways from those who have figured out how to utilise their work as a doorway to self-fulfillment have now been condensed into one handy manual.Finding the link between what other people are willing to pay for and your "expertise"—even if you don't think of it as such—is the key. An MBA, a business strategy, or even staff members are not requirements. All you really need is a service or product that arises naturally from your passion, customers who are prepared to pay, and a means of payment.

Chris doesn't just talk in generalities; instead, he details the precise amount of money his group of unanticipated entrepreneurs needed to launch their projects, what these people did in the initial weeks and months to make a substantial amount of money, some of the major errors they made along the way, and the pivotal realisations that helped the business succeed.Among Chris's core beliefs are the following: action always prevails over preparation when it comes to decisions; if you're excellent at something, you're definitely good at something else; and never teach a guy to fish—instead sell him the fish.

People who were unhappy with their life in the past used to dream of discovering magic lights, hidden wealth, or streets covered in gold.We now understand that we have the power to alter our own life.The finest aspect is that we can assist others alter their lives if we can change our own.This outstanding book will get you started.