I have been an entreprenuer since I was quite young. I have always had a good mind for money and business. I have been slaving away at college for almost two years now (and will continue until I get my degree), and I have been a part of the 9-5 crowd for the same amount of time.
I am sick of not doing what I love. The job that I have right now is a good job but it does not fulfill me and it is not what I would enjoy doing for the rest of my life.
So, with all of that said, I am going to take a step towards my financial freedom and a step towards doing what I want to do with my life. I have been collecting sports cards for a long time now. And it is a difficult business to get ahead in but I greatly want to be involved in it. One day I hope to be a store owner but for now I will start with Ebay: http://shop.ebay.com/merchant/kaitlyn3837_W0QQ_nkwZQQ_armrsZ1QQ_fromZQQ_mdoZ and Sportsbuy.com (will put up link when I get it).
My first goal is to make $500 dollars and have $500 in my paypal account by the 1st of May 2009. Now, I do not have any money in my Paypal account. So, everythign that goes into my pPaypal account will be directly from selling cards (I also get money for writing articles and that will be sent to my paypal account but everytime I receive a payment from that, I will forward it to my bank to keep the balance only cards).
My second goal is spin off of the first. The first was to make $500 but not all of that is profit. So, my second goal is to have $600 PROFIT in my paypal account by July 1st.
These are going to be 2 very hard goals to reach but I feel that if I do not push myself hard enough with my first goals, then this endeavor will fail.
Word of mouth and my own marketing abilities will probably be my best bet for getting exposure to the cards I am selling. If anyone has suggestions on how I may get free advertising then I am all ears. Thanks for reading and feel free to give feedback because I am always looking for ways to improve.