Don’t underestimate the power of small beginnings.
Think BIG. Why think small if you can think BIG? Are common refrains.
But don’t underestimate the power of small beginnings.
Here are 9 people that embraced the power of small beginnings and started small.
Tom Peters while a rookie at McKinsey was given a lackluster assignment.
That assignment gave birth to the book, In Search of Excellence.
In Search, co-written with Bob Waterman Jr., made Tom an úber guru.
Paul Jarvis instinctively knew the power of small beginnings.
A veteran of online tech world, he has documented how to stay small.
Paul’s book, Company of One: Why Staying Small is the Next Big Thing in Business, shows how to thrive as a small business.
Ali Abdaal learnt how to create YouTube videos while working full time as a medical doctor.
After 10 years, Ali decided to become a full time YouTuber.
Today has over 6million YouTube subscribers, and his book, Feel-Good Productivity, is a reference guide.
As a naïve 19 year old, Daniel Priestly asked his employer to make him a shareholder, so he could make more money.
If you want to make more money, set up your company, was the advice he got.
Daniel took his employer’s “candor” to heart, and founded his company, Dent Global.
Within 5 years Daniel had crossed $10m in annual sales.
Derek Sivers started CD Baby when music shops refused to stock his music CDs.
A professional musician, he reached out to other musicians to sell their CDs through CD Baby, an online shop.
Ten years later he sold CD Baby for $22million, and started a new life, writing books.
Amy Porterfield was note taker working with Tony Robbins.
With the internet booming Amy left her job to start her own company.
According to her, she didn’t know what she was doing – her first course flopped, making just $298.
Today Amy’s networth is $13m and she has sold courses in excess of $100m.
Justin Welsh is a solopreneur exponent with over 1 million followers on LinkedIn and X.
Justin Welsh deliberately decided to go solo and stay small.
His revenues come from digital products, coaching, and community building.
Dr. Uyi Abraham started small, way very small.
He left Nigeria with a small suitcase and a big dream.
His destination: America – the “Land of the Free and the Home of the Brave.”
Today he’s the owner of Vonza, the all-in-one CRM platform helping thousands of entrepreneurs all over the world.
Alex Hormozi quit the consulting job he hated to go into the gym business.
The future looked bleak – Alex slept on gym floors, sometimes going hungry.
But within 3 years he’d scaled his business, tweaking and innovating along the way.
Today Alex, and his wife, Laila, are the poster persons for success and winning at scale.
Their combined net-worth: estimated at $200m.
Alex and Laila started by sleeping on gym floors.
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