Chapter 18: Education versus Academics

In my first year of studies, I was told a shocking statistic. 90% of business owners do not hold tertiary qualifications. I was studying to skill up and hearing that my chosen path doesn’t align with where I wanted to be made me question the education system....

Chapter 17: Skills Are Needed

I remember it clear as day, finishing high school and knowing I wanted to be my own boss.  Whilst chasing tertiary education, I wanted to start a side business and earn cash. My friend and his Dad were repairing commercial printers on the side and they asked me if I...

Chapter 16: Annual Perspective

A huge shift in mindset is quantifying operations.  What do I mean by this?  How do you measure your businesses progress? When business owners talk to other business owners, they talk about gross turnover.  More importantly, they talk about the years’ performance. ...

Chapter 15: CMA – Competitive Market Analysis

The content is slowly gearing up to starting a business.  Once you have identified a model that works for you, the next important step is CMA. From my experience, every time I identify a business model that interests me, I google search the business I want to start. I...

Chapter 14: Observe Business Models

There are so many opportunities. So many ways to approach the self-employment model. Using observation, you need to identify what works for you. I am personally chasing after passive income streams. This means I want to live in a world where I make money while doing...