In case you are raring to go, but the little seed of doubt is creeping into your head as you hear, “It´s too hard,” “You need money to invest” etc., have a look at these real life examples to see how anything is possible.

Success Stories

“I´m too young”

 Allyson Ames started Wonderland Bakery  when she was 17. One year later she was named Best Young Chef of America and in 2009 included in the book The Richest Kids in America.

 “I´m too old”

 Colonel Sanders of KFC was serving food at his own dining table when he was 40. When his chicken became popular, he moved across the street to a restaurant, but it wasn´t until he was 65 that he started his franchising business. 

“It will never sell”

The creator of Spanx slimming undergarments, got the idea when she cut off the bottom of her pantyhose.  Most people told her it would never sell, but she eventually convinced a manufacturer to make it, and sold 50,000 in the first three months, from her apartment.  Now Spanx is worn by housewives and movie stars all over the world, and the creator Sara Blakely is a billionaire.

“It´s been done before”

Bert and John Jacobs were selling their own t-shirts on the streets and in colleges for five years with average success,  until they added a cartoon character and motto to their t-shirts.  Jake the dog and his message “Life is Good” marked a turning point in their business taking sales to $100 million in 2010.

“I don´t have the energy”

Tsh Oxenreider started blogging about her simple lifestyle after she was diagnosed with depression when pregnant with her second child.  Now her website Simplemom.net gets over a million visitors a month.

“It´s just for kids”

Maddie Bradshaw painted a bottle cap added a magnet and stuck it to her locker to jazz it up a bit.  Her friends loved it and asked her to make them one.  Then her mum helped her make more, which she sold to a local toy store.  Fast forward three years and Maddie was a 13-year old millionaire with her Snap caps selling in thousands of stores.

“It´s a stupid idea”

“Everything Men Know About Women” was originally published in 1985 and is still going strong on Amazon – at the time of writing this report, the book was in the top 100 list for three categories.   The unique twist to this idea is the fact that the pages of the book are completely blank!

None of these ideas were rocket science, or inventions that changed the world, they are all just variations on a theme.