Summary Of The $ 100 Start Up By Chris Guillebeau

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The $100 StartUp
Chris Guillebeau
Crown Business New York

Abstract

In life people face many challenges and fight adversity everyday. The world is full of surprises and you’ll never know what you’re going to get. The 100$ start up by Chris Guillebeau presented and showed many quality traits of how an individual might deal with work related problems and turn them into successful business opportunities. An individual must be passionate about their career field he or she chooses, and must be willing to sacrifice anything to help that business maintain and grow. Being passionate and enjoying what you love to do will carry through out the work field and help your business strive and become more successful. The 100$ start
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Chris went around the world to researched and interviewed people who started their business from nothing by at least 100 dollars or less. Chris Guillebeau never had a real job and still collected a paycheck. The money Chris Guillebeau receives goes for his journey across the world and to help other people who are less fortunate.
The people Chris Guillebeau interviewed really didn’t have special skills but they focused on what they were passionate about which help them become successful. Through out his study of each individual interview Chris Guillebeau discovered that each person learned a valuable lesson through their journey and that all you really needed to have business is a product and a service that people are willing to pay for and you’ll be successful. These stories are cumulated all together and will be further discussed throughout this
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Chris Guillebeau explains in his book The $100 Start up that anybody can start their own business and reach customers faster than ever. A person can go from an idea to a start up in a short amount of time for less than 100$. Through out Chris Guillebeau book the $100 start up He creates a business model called ‘The $100 Start up Model which consist of following, passion and ideas. The follow your passion model is built on hobbies and interest. Chris Guillebeau conducted his case studies on 6 criteria’s, following your passion model, low startup cost, at least $50,000 a year in net income, no special skills, full financial disclosure and fewer than five

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