Entrepreneurship

How I Became A Millionaire

It’s harder than you think, but not difficult at all.

I’ve read many stories about entrepreneurship and making money on Medium, written by people with amazing profiles, and impressively actionable calls to action that take you to nice websites used to collect my email.

Just yesterday I read one, and left a simple comment: “Are you a millionaire?” which drew some attention, but no response from the author. Another reader responded to my comment and pointed me to where I could read more about the author of the story.

I’m not here to bash anyone, I’m here to read and learn. But if I’m spending my precious time trying to learn something, I want the people offering the advice to have actual experience. Otherwise everything they’ve written is some just rehashed bullshit with a click-bait title that does nothing more than fuel dreams.

So I decided to write a simple story about how I actually earned over a million dollars by starting a company and selling it three years later.

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