20 Unconventional Entrepreneurs Which Will Inspire You1451676
I only took one entrepreneurship course in school (I was a Women's Studies major at Washington University in St. Louis...we will skip THAT storyline for now). It was a strong course, but in many situations it was a parade of traditional entrepreneurship. As an example, here were common steps heard throughout the session:
Come up with an idea.
Find out more about the heck out from the thought, write a massive business plan, raise money, create business.
Wave goodbye to family and friends as your life is the business. Yay.
Expand business by hiring one zillion folks, after creating business and move into every marketplace on the planet.
Following your massive expansion into a worldwide domination, sell your company for top dollar.
Post-sale, retire to your favorite island or return to step one and wash, rinse, repeat.
Now, there's nothing wrong with this guidance per say. The truth is, there was a parade of special guests throughout the session that shared their narrative that fit into those measures one manner or another.
The situation, as I see it, is less in cogency of the advice and instead more in the limitations of it. Significance, be like, feel like, entrepreneurship surely doesn't have to look like or follow most of those measures. It is like offering a course on sports, but the one sport covered is baseball.
Fact is, there is a variety of of entrepreneurs.
There are entrepreneurs whose entire goal is always to build a company and sell it for as much as possible or take it public. All these are the "enormous way outs" we hear about in the tech world.
There are entrepreneurs who create a company to franchise it (the E-Myth doctrine). Examples where I am from in St. Louis include a chain of tanning salons and massage parlors.
There are. Perhaps the factory makes cups or hats or something of the like.
There are entrepreneurs which are in more traditional businesses who have no aspirations of selling but rather look to earn a living brick and mortar style. An example might function as the corner bakery or a clothes boutique.
There are Internet entrepreneurs focused on creative passive income by any means required to make a living (and possibly appreciate life on the beach or something). Example might be someone who sells vitamin nutritional supplements online.
However, there is an alternative group all together that I bet you're part of (I know I am). And that's the entrepreneurs that are unconventional. Features of this group include:
Doing work that questions. Not just work to earn a dollar (such as selling bizarre vitamin nutritional supplements online..unless you are ridiculously passionate about vitamins, and in that case stone on). Work that you're passionate about. Work that makes a difference. Work which is art. Cash follows passion and not the other way around.
Challenging the way it's been done. Doing it your way. Shifting businesses which were stuck for years (or decades or centuries). Creative disrupters.
Appreciating the fruits of our labor. No, this does not mean non-traditional entrepreneurs don't work hard. It only means we understand and live by the doctrine that there is more to life than just work (passions and hobbies outside work, friends and family, enjoying life the way you need to).
Does this mean as an unconventional entrepreneur which you hire a group of folks or can not sell your business? Not in any way. It just implies that you aren't conforming to the limits of conventional entrepreneurs.
Since 2008, I Have had the incredible chance to interview over 300 entrepreneurs of shapes and sizes. Traditional and non-conventional. Tremendous businesses and solopreneurs. People that have sold others and 50 companies which have started one. But I'd have to say, if I had been hard-pressed, my favourite ones are the unconventional ones (and that's where most interviews will drop in the immediate future). Thomas Caufmann This is a list of 20 of them, in no special order, that I bet you will pick up insights, thoughts and inspiration from. Love!
- 1: Andrew Warner - Mixergy.com
Why? Successful not yet fulfilled from his previous venture, Andrew has made it his life's mission.
- 2: Ishita Gupta - panic.less
Why? Who says magazines must be in print? Always a disrupter, Ishita is changing the publishing world through her exceptional magazine anxiety.less.
Why? Rejected by everyone in the publishing world, Tucker did not give up. Instead, he took his crazy, hilarious stories to the Net and results have been astounding.
- 4: Seth Godin - SethGodin.com
Why? The quintessential disrupter and leader, a wrench is throwing to the publishing industry with The Domino Project.
- 5: Neil Strauss - NeilStrauss.com
Why? How is it possible to make a living by infiltrating and learning from the secret world of celebs, pick up artists and multiple -passport sneaky world travelers? It has been done by Neil.
- 6: Chris Guillebeau - ChrisGuillebeau.com
Why? Moving to Africa? Becoming an expert writer in significantly less than one year? Inspiring others to not live conventional lives?
Interview with Chris
Why? By doing it his way, Matt has established an empire from his hilarious and unique comics.
- 8: Rob and Kim Murgatroyd - JetSetLife.TV
Why? They created among the coolest jobs ever Traveling to the poshest places in the world and writing unique, insider guidebooks. Sweet.
Interview with Kim and Rob
Why? What does all day, Jason get to do? Create all sorts of interesting videos and other goodies online and he's paid to wear tops. Sweet.
- 10: Tim Ferriss - FourHourWorkWeek.com
Why? Yes, we all know Tim has inspired an incredible quantity of men and women to work less, live more (and more lately, get in great shape), however there's a great deal to understand from how Tim has created his own company and lifestyle. He's a walking model of unusual entrepreneurship.
Interview with Tim
Why? The man who has built an empire around counting and wearing a name tag everyday for the previous 10 years. You need to see it to believe it.
Interview with Scott
- 12: Michael Buckley - What The Dollar
Why? Michael turned it into his dream career and took a love for pop culture. His show, What The Buck, is one of YouTube's most popular
Interview with Michael
- 13: Adam Baker - Guy Vs. Debt
Why? Can the act of getting yourself out of debt and sharing the insights become a company? Leave it to Adam Baker to turn it into one.
Interview with Adam
- 14: Chris Ducker - Virtual Business Lifestyle
Why? The walk walks and talks the talk. As I type this, he is probably running his business from a beach somewhere.
- 15: Gregory Ng - Freezer Burns
Why? That is just the subject matter of this unconventional entrepreneur's net show.
- 16: Elizabeth Marshall - Writer Telesminars
Why? She found her passion for novels and turned it into an amazing profession. The best part might be she gets the pick of the litter as it pertains to her customers.
Interview with Elizabeth
- 17: Vanessa Van Petten - RadicalParenting.com
Why? Vanessa did not wait to be decided. She composed a parenting publication from a teenager's view when she was a teen. Her empire has unbelievable grown since then and she gets to do every day, what she loves.
Interview with Vanessa
Why? The musician that is entrepreneurial. His business model permits him to create (and earn money from) the music he wants without the bounds of a label.
Interview with Jonathan
Why? The guy who's redefining the world of cartooning. And it is being done by him .
Interview with Scott Kurtz
- 20: Nate Houghteling and Kai Hasson - White Collar Brawler
Why? Leaving their day jobs to become recreational boxers and create an online web series and movement? This items is simply amazing.
