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What finally pushed you to start your first business?

Source: Quora Answered by :  Josh Fechter _______________ Even if you think you’re three times smarter than when you graduated college, the chances are you only get paid twice as much. Probably less. It’s not easy to climb the ladder. Doesn’t matter how much value you provide. The worst part:  you cap out. Most companies won’t pay you over $200,000 even if you’re responsible for most of their growth. I’m talking about adding million of dollars in revenue to their bottom line. They don’t care. Why? Because you’re not taking risks. People who take risks get paid more. It’s that simple. And people who take risks start businesses. I don’t want to have limits, so I rather take risks. It’s ugly on the other side. Even if you work for one of the best tech companies in Silicon Valley and have a job in the top five percent of employees, then you still get paid less than $150,000/year. Maybe that doesn’t sound too bad…until you think about it this way: As

What should I know in my twenties?

Source : Quora Answered by :  William Beteet _________________ That unwanted pregnancy can happen to anyone  - So wrap it up or take the pill. That most of your dreams will not come true  - The older you get, the more you become aware that your dreams were never destined to be. But you didn’t want those dreams anyway  - Most the dreams we have are just superficial yearnings to be validated. That having fewer friends allows you to have deeper friendships - We can only deeply invest in a few people at a time. But networking is really important -  Making time to talk to people in a field that you want to work in will change your life. That it is not enough to simply be good at something -  The whole so good they can’t ignore you paradigm is nice to hear, but incomplete. But being Good makes everything a lot easier -  But being good at something makes opportunities more abundant. That you need to move from your home to grow -  You hold your identity where you live. So some

What's something you've done that unexpectedly made you a lot of money?

Source : Quora Answered by :  Julian Frank ________________ A couple of years ago, I was selling an old laptop on eBay, and I listed it for about 200 dollars. Or, at least I thought I did. It turns out that I added an extra zero, so the price was set at 2,000 dollars. I only found this out when I got a notification saying that the item had sold. I was pretty happy. The funny thing is that the buyer never messaged me about the price or asked for a refund or anything. He just paid and let bygones be bygones. Fine by me.