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$5 submissions · 02-18-2005, 03:36 AM

My first business--charging fellow elementary students to read US comic books my Mom sent me back in grade school here in the Philippines. American comic book heroes were really popular-- I must have made P50 a day (that's big money back in the 70's). When I moved to the US in 1979 my next business was selling candies from Fedco to fellow elementary school students. My brother and I would buy a big pack of candy for $5 and split it up into twenty pieces and sell it for 75 cents each.

What's your first business experience story?

BRISK · 02-18-2005, 03:38 AM

I beat up some kid for his lunch money.

100% profit baby!!!

Raf1 · 02-18-2005, 03:40 AM

I collected basketball cards when I was a kid. I started buying/trading them and selling for more. Same with comic books. I think I was about nine or ten years old at the time

baddog · 02-18-2005, 03:41 AM

kool-Aid stand . . . probably 6 years old

baddog · 02-18-2005, 03:41 AM

it may have been lemonade now that I think about it

$5 submissions · 02-18-2005, 03:42 AM

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Originally Posted by Raf1

I collected basketball cards when I was a kid. I started buying/trading them and selling for more. Same with comic books. I think I was about nine or ten years old at the time

Yep. I had a buddy who went from collecting comics to selling/trading them at conventions to owning a chain of comic book stores in Southern California. Lesson I learned from him: Find your passion, get good at it, make a living from it.

baddog · 02-18-2005, 03:44 AM

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Lesson I learned from him: Find your passion, get good at it, make a living from it.

I tried that, but there was no big money in lemonade.

$5 submissions · 02-18-2005, 03:46 AM

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I tried that, but there was no big money in lemonade.

Tell that to Mr. Chemirinsky. He is also know as Hi-C

moneybiz · 02-18-2005, 05:20 AM

well my first ONLINE biz was selling on ebay.

kuthi123 · 02-18-2005, 05:26 AM

when i am 17 i tried to sell pomegranate ,i bought two boxes aroung 10 kilo i sold one fruit.then bring all remaing fruits my home and ate it every thing

nico-t · 02-18-2005, 05:30 AM

selling my ass for cash

swedguy · 02-18-2005, 05:33 AM

Me and a friend were putting up satellite dishes for people around '92. We said to each other as a joke "If this goes to hell, we'll start selling porn on the Internet". It did go to hell, but we never went into porn. Too bad

jayeff · 02-18-2005, 05:35 AM

10 years old maybe, I was buying scrap wood from the local sawmill and selling it for firewood. Nice markup but hard work doing the deliveries...

Rui · 02-18-2005, 05:53 AM

cant remember

$5 submissions · 02-18-2005, 06:15 PM

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Originally Posted by jayeff

10 years old maybe, I was buying scrap wood from the local sawmill and selling it for firewood. Nice markup but hard work doing the deliveries...

I can see that, very heavy load and transport.

PatrickKing · 02-18-2005, 06:37 PM

When I was about 8 years old I found two 8packs of Miller High Life beer on some guys stoop. I sold them to teenagers in a school yard for 25cents a beer

XPays · 02-18-2005, 06:39 PM

I threw weekend ski trips starting at the age of 13. I wanted to go to killington for the weekend with a company called kings tours - but the trip was soldout. I had them do me a flier and sold out two full busses, all the condo's etc., included breakfast and dinner- had chaperones that were our baseball coaches and made a fortune all the way through high school. A november and march trip was the key as rates were real low. I would be able to package it down to about 99$ a person and i was charging $179 - $229 depending on whether we did lake placid or killington. the stories from the trips are endless... I'll stop here. But that was my first business experience Gene.

How are you?

$5 submissions · 02-19-2005, 06:38 PM

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Originally Posted by XPays

I threw weekend ski trips starting at the age of 13. I wanted to go to killington for the weekend with a company called kings tours - but the trip was soldout. I had them do me a flier and sold out two full busses, all the condo's etc., included breakfast and dinner- had chaperones that were our baseball coaches and made a fortune all the way through high school. A november and march trip was the key as rates were real low. I would be able to package it down to about 99$ a person and i was charging $179 - $229 depending on whether we did lake placid or killington. the stories from the trips are endless... I'll stop here. But that was my first business experience Gene.

How are you?

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02-18-2005, 03:36 AM	#1
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PatrickKing Confirmed User Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Looking in your hahahahahaha. Posts: 2,096	When I was about 8 years old I found two 8packs of Miller High Life beer on some guys stoop. I sold them to teenagers in a school yard for 25cents a beer __________________ [email protected]

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XPays Team Player Join Date: May 2004 Location: Inside the most accurately counting and reporting affiliate system in the world at XPays.com Posts: 13,002	I threw weekend ski trips starting at the age of 13. I wanted to go to killington for the weekend with a company called kings tours - but the trip was soldout. I had them do me a flier and sold out two full busses, all the condo's etc., included breakfast and dinner- had chaperones that were our baseball coaches and made a fortune all the way through high school. A november and march trip was the key as rates were real low. I would be able to package it down to about 99$ a person and i was charging $179 - $229 depending on whether we did lake placid or killington. the stories from the trips are endless... I'll stop here. But that was my first business experience Gene. How are you? __________________ InterNext Expo Domain Auction Live Now thru Feb 5 HuntingMoon GFY Domains Marketplace is LIVE XPays always pays! Top Site: * RealJasmine.com * + HotelHeiress® with The Paris Hilton Sex Video Insert the HotelHeiress® HD FEED into your members areas XPin.com Opening for Pin Partners Soonish Mainstream Offers For Emailers and DomainersNONADULT.COM Like Us!

02-18-2005, 03:41 AM	#4
baddog So Fucking Banned Industry Role: Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: the beach, SoCal Posts: 107,089	kool-Aid stand . . . probably 6 years old

02-18-2005, 05:20 AM	#9
moneybiz So Fucking Banned Join Date: Sep 2004 Posts: 1,391	well my first ONLINE biz was selling on ebay.

02-18-2005, 05:26 AM	#10
kuthi123 Confirmed User Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 6,478	when i am 17 i tried to sell pomegranate ,i bought two boxes aroung 10 kilo i sold one fruit.then bring all remaing fruits my home and ate it every thing

02-18-2005, 05:30 AM	#11
nico-t emperor of my world Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: nethalands Posts: 29,903	selling my ass for cash

02-18-2005, 05:33 AM	#12
swedguy Confirmed User Industry Role: Join Date: Jan 2002 Posts: 7,981	Me and a friend were putting up satellite dishes for people around '92. We said to each other as a joke "If this goes to hell, we'll start selling porn on the Internet". It did go to hell, but we never went into porn. Too bad

02-18-2005, 05:35 AM	#13
jayeff Confirmed User Join Date: May 2001 Posts: 2,944	10 years old maybe, I was buying scrap wood from the local sawmill and selling it for firewood. Nice markup but hard work doing the deliveries...

02-18-2005, 05:53 AM	#14
Rui web Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: On icq: 85-483-060 Posts: 9,533	cant remember