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Love the details of the 17 paths. I can totally relate to a few of the paths. You totally gave away the Spanx girl though! :P

Hey Kyle! Definitely agree with you on the importance of mental narrative. . . . . . And on the Steve Jobs part. I think Steve Jobs is a great example of where people misunderstand causality. It's not that he became successful because he did crazy stuff -- but rather despite it. He's not the best guy to emulate as far as business goes ;) Speaking of making reading biographies: I read Jeff Bezos read Sam Waltons book ("Made in America") like 100 times, and credits much of his success to it. Eliott Hulse: -- Holy crap. I had no idea Elliot Hulse was such a hustler (I know very little about him). All in all, interesting post. Lots of stuff I didn't know. I like learning new things.

Just ordered "Made in America" :) Good call on Hulse! He is a hustler for sure, a surprisingly grounded hustler. Thanks for the feedback sir, you rock

Wonderful stories Kyle! Just shared it on through Triberr. Always great to see inspiring pieces like this BTW, your author box Follow me on Twitter link is broken.

Good...but it would help if you could put real names and companies etc so we can do some follow up research. Thanks for sharing

Thanks Dennis, I'm checking it out now!

I left some heavy hints Jimi - which were most interesting to you?

:P You rock

It's a very good book. You will not regret it. Especially not if you're into retailing. --Walton was a really cool guy, as you will see.

Kyle I am not what I want to do but I wanted to possibly start out with something simple and build up from there. I have been looking at drop shopping that looked interesting. I just need some help getting something started. I don't want to work for someone all my life. Can you offer me some assistance. Thank you.

Have you checked out Will's post on importing? It's the PERFECT place for you to start with this: https://startupbros.com/how-you-can-make-big-money-importing-from-china-the-rise-and-fall-of-my-empire/

I did check out you post. It was good. I wonder if you offer mentoring.

This article is a beast of helpful information. I really enjoyed reading it! I completely agree with knowing the path of others. This helps show us possible paths that we can follow (or something similar to it.) Anyway, love the article and always enjoy the material at start up bros.

We've helped a ton of people launch successful importing businesses in our coaching group. We don't advertise it anywhere but email me for details!

Awesome post! I could identify about half of them. I loved the story about the YouTube guy who did not succeed with 5 videos a week, so he bumped it up to 14. Just wondering ... did you meet them or did you read about them?

Great Post Kyle, You only post now and then but when ever you do i can tell you put alot of effort into it, Keep it up!

Both! The YouTuber there is Elliott Hulse (https://www.youtube.com/user/elliottsaidwhat). He told me that story the first time we met. I've met a bunch of them but not the Spanx girl :P

Thanks Callum! I'll try to keep them coming more consistently :)

Great stuff! I head somewhere not to compare your Chapter 1 to someone else's Chapter 20 ... this was a great reminder that a story without a struggle is boring. One (or many) setbacks don't mean failure, but to "keep on keeping on" is the true path.

Hi Kyle I've found that learning to code websites can be learned easily within a small time frame, have you thought about doing an article about that? Would be great advice to your readers. You can code a template, sell the template but build your own site from that as well. You can do this multiple times until you're a multi-billionaire (I'm yet to reach that so can't guarantee :P).

thanks a lot I am going to send you an email soon

Really amazing post, Kyle. It's truly inspiring to see the footsteps of people that have achieved so much and remember that everybody has to overcome big difficulties along the way, that's how it works.

Thanks for the kind words, Sergi! That IS how it works, the tough stuff seems to be the only stuff that matters in the end.

Pretty much the most exciting blog post I read ever. I can certainly relate. I just started my import business after seeing wills tutorial, and made a few sales in india.

Awesome Nifal! Congrats :D

Hi kyle, Great post. Anyone wanting to start up or struggling in business has to read this kinda stuff. It makes you realize that no matter what you situation is success is always still an option. My favourite was #3 johnny the mower only because it's was just hilarious, simple and his poor parents will have to eat their words. Which most parents hate doing! The story I would of liked included is the Bros story (or did you leave clues that I missed?). So Kyle... care to tell? Naomi

Love this success story about humble beginnings to greatness. Every successful entrepreneur today experienced some kind of failure. That's how real business people grow. Just because a person created a startup and failed doesn't mean they're a loser. The only time someone is a loser is when he or she gives up in trying times. If anything, I admire those who like "Thomas Alva Edison" failed 10,000 times before succeeding. When you keep striving despite failure and do the transformation work, that's when you become a true transformation business champion.

Hi Kyle! I've come to realize that you aim for a path, but you CAN'T comprehend how the skills and experiences you take on - which will be either failures and successes - fit together until your future. It's awesome when you experience that. Jobs said it better: “You can't connect the dots looking forward; you can only connect them looking backwards. So you have to trust that the dots will somehow connect in your future.”

Hear! Hear! You make an interesting point--we get the skills either through success or failure. We win as long as we're moving... of course success is a better win :)

Hi Kyle, I always learn something after landing on your page and spending sometime here!! Great Article, inspiring stories :-)

Glad you enjoy it Vikas! If you sign up for your newsletter we'll email you whenever we put new info up :)

Great origin stories folks! The key point I get from all this is to NEVER give up and keep hustling. When your ass gets handed to you, get up, learn from it and keep going. One only needs 1 success and it doesn't matter how many failures somebody goes through :)

That's true, you only need one :)

I'm pretty sure "Freddy W." is really Sheldon, am I right? I'm digging your articles so far, thanks for writing them and sharing for free=) I love to read books and quite a few people have told me that I should write one; I'm hoping the how part of your next piece explains how to get published or somehow make money after writing it. I've had more than my fair share of failure thus far, so it's about time things turn around for me.

Hi Angela, Actually, this is the Freddie W I was talking about: https://www.youtube.com/ If you think you should write a book then you need to write a book!

This is the most encouraging article I've ever read. There's a message in here that many people desperately need (even people who don't think of themselves as entrepreneurs or future entrepreneurs): that we may be right on track, even if it feels like we're floundering. And instead of only offering a fleeting hit of inspiration and optimism, you tell that story in a way that sinks in, because it rings so true. I hope you keep writing, Kyle. Thank you for sharing it.

I'm glad you *got* it Todd, thanks so much for the comment

This is got to be one of the funniest/motivational posts I've recently read

Love the article and would like to share it with our trainees, though I feel it doesn't showcase sufficient female stories to do so.

You brought up a great point: there is no one right path with entrepreneurship. Some people break all the rules. But it was still good to read about them and see that determination and hard work helped propel them. Great article!