What was your FIRST BUSINESS? - GoFuckYourself.com

$5 submissions · 05-31-2007, 04:13 AM

As online entrepreneurs, we all have to come from somewhere. What was your first business? Did you have a lemonade stand? Newspaper route? Some sort of arbitrage business?

My first business: I rented out the American comic books my mom sent me to my Filipino classmates back in the 70s. Zero start up capital. Pure profit (I paid the dudes watching my comic stands--I had two set up on either end of the Don Bosco campus--with free comic reading time).

Inspiration for this thread: http://money.cnn.com/2007/05/29/smbu...ion=2007053010

The Walrus · 05-31-2007, 04:16 AM

I sold drugs to anyone that would by them in South Boston. I had 3 or 4 nignogs working for me. We pushed crack, marijuana, angel dust, coke, or just about anything else that people were willing to buy. Dangerous but extremely profitable.

Twoface31 · 05-31-2007, 04:18 AM

I sold Yellow Fin Tuna

Jace · 05-31-2007, 04:24 AM

i sold tshirts and mix tapes all over the country at raves and underground electronic parties

budz · 05-31-2007, 04:30 AM

b&e was a good enterprise back in the day :o

dig0 · 05-31-2007, 04:33 AM

I fucked my fellow students' PCs with viruses and charged them for "repairing". I loved the no-firewall times!

Too bad I am fuckin lazy now

thricer · 05-31-2007, 04:42 AM

actually this is my first biz

TBrown · 05-31-2007, 04:47 AM

My first biz is still ahead lol

VicD · 05-31-2007, 06:54 AM

I robbed old ladies for a living

GooSearch · 05-31-2007, 07:00 AM

at 15 i was airbrushing murals in peoples homes and businesses

BucksMania · 05-31-2007, 07:32 AM

my first business, this one
my first job, 1 month in a internet cafe (when i was 15 or so)

Lykos · 05-31-2007, 07:47 AM

This was really my first and only bizz ever

KILL_FRENZY · 05-31-2007, 08:13 AM

I repaired computers

tony286 · 05-31-2007, 08:20 AM

Executive search business

SinisterStudios · 05-31-2007, 08:24 AM

delivered packages for some nice upstanding Italian gentlemen

cranki · 05-31-2007, 08:26 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jace

i sold tshirts and mix tapes all over the country at raves and underground electronic parties

you're listening to electro?!

Sexsitesurfer · 05-31-2007, 08:27 AM

When I was ten my friend, my brother and I used to go all around the area washing cars door to door. As we looked to upgrade we added waxes, etc so were getting anything from 2 GBP to 5 GBP and between three of us it was anything from 15-30 mins work.

I can't really remember what we spent the money on, probably a mixture of sports equipment (we were always losing footballs, tennis balls, etc), candy/chocolate/etc and put some in our bank accounts to make our grandmother happy (she would match anything we saved each birthday)!

SykkBoy · 05-31-2007, 08:29 AM

When I was in 4th grade, I made good money selling NFL football pencils. If you're in your mid to late 30's, you probably remember the pencils that came out and had the two colors of an NFL team and their logo on them...I discovered that my friend, who's dad owned a local drug store could buy them in these big boxes of 100, so I'd buy them at the box rate about $10 and sell the pencils 2 for 35 cents, so was making about 15 cents profit from every two I sold. If the kids wanted to buy them in regular packs at the store, they were something like 80 cents for a pack of 3.

Brad Gosse · 05-31-2007, 08:41 AM

I built websites and database systems in 1995

Edit that my FIRST company was t-shirts

starpimps · 05-31-2007, 08:45 AM

i had a lemonaid stand when i was 6

madawgz · 05-31-2007, 08:48 AM

i sold pirated cd's in highschool lol

mikeyddddd · 05-31-2007, 09:05 AM

I had two paper routes at the same time. One was a daily and the other was a weekly. Some customers received both.

LiveDose · 05-31-2007, 09:07 AM

Dj and making mix tapes.

pornguy · 05-31-2007, 09:17 AM

Auto Deatialing. And made some nice money doing it.

tranza · 05-31-2007, 09:28 AM

I used to sell home made comic books when I was a kid......

And then I'd use the money to buy Playboy (with 8 years old or something).

escorpio · 05-31-2007, 09:31 AM

Sold homemade cinnamon toothpicks in third grade.

MattW25 · 05-31-2007, 10:22 AM

Well, like any 9yo Canadian, hockey cards of course.

I sure some people remember those days. You'd get your weekly allowance, spend it on packs of hockey cards, and see what'd you'd get. Then once a month the magazine would come out, explaining exactly how much each card is worth. So you and your friends would piss around trading cards, then every once in a while you'd goto the local store to cash in some cards for that whopping $3.50.

But nah, my first real business was online software when I was 17. Did pretty decent too. Just before I turned 16 my parents moved me to Texas, then the UK. I was a bit pissed at the whole ordeal, so figured out how to make money on my own, and by the time I was 17 I had a good $10K saved up, and was ready to move back to Canada. My mom almost shit herself when I asked the one morning if she could give me a ride to the airport, because I was going back to Canada. They had no idea what I was doing.

munki · 05-31-2007, 10:25 AM

started repairing PCs and doing system builds at 13

editorNY · 05-31-2007, 11:06 AM

I hijacked microcode of AMPS and TDMA cellphones, then user was able to change his ESN by keypad.

one guy showed me a "loner" and asked me - hey, could you do something better than this?!

$5 submissions · 05-31-2007, 03:55 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by The Walrus

I sold drugs to anyone that would by them in South Boston. I had 3 or 4 nignogs working for me. We pushed crack, marijuana, angel dust, coke, or just about anything else that people were willing to buy. Dangerous but extremely profitable.

Hmmmm interesting

baddog · 05-31-2007, 03:57 PM

I was a paper boy in the 6th grade. Made carrier of the month in my first month by doubling number of subscribers.

Pretty sure I sold kool-aide before then though.

Juilan · 05-31-2007, 03:58 PM

Artistic Restoration

latinasojourn · 05-31-2007, 04:08 PM

first entreprenaurial effort was as a beekeeper selling honey.

age 14.

built a bee hive in shop class in 8th grade, bought bees and queen by mail. sat it in the apple orchard behind the house and that fall sold about 50 bucks in honey and comb honey.

(big $ in those days)

i keep splitting the hives until i had about 25.

then i went away to college, bee mites came in, no one would maintain the hives and nature put me out of biz.

$5 submissions · 05-31-2007, 04:13 PM

That's awesome. By the way, a large chunk of beekeepers' income nowadays come from pollination services. Seems quite lucrative due to the demand unleashed by the decrease in bees recently. Apparently, many swarms abandon their hives due to some virus or infection.

Quote:

Originally Posted by latinasojourn

first entreprenaurial effort was as a beekeeper selling honey.

age 14.

built a bee hive in shop class in 8th grade, bought bees and queen by mail. sat it in the apple orchard behind the house and that fall sold about 50 bucks in honey and comb honey.

(big $ in those days)

i keep splitting the hives until i had about 25.

then i went away to college, bee mites came in, no one would maintain the hives and nature put me out of biz.

Peaches · 05-31-2007, 04:17 PM

A couple that I did on the side:

Had about 30 MLMs going for a bit in the late 80's. Got a decent chunk of change from that

Had some 900 numbers in the early 90's

Adult was the first full time biz I've had and now I'm focusing on real estate with medical coding to fall back on.

Worked for others doing a lot of different things but these are things I've done on my own.

jonesonyou · 05-31-2007, 04:20 PM

I still fuck fat chicks for 50 a pop. Why do you think I am into BBW?

Peaches · 05-31-2007, 04:21 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by escorpio

Sold homemade cinnamon toothpicks in third grade.

OMG, I forgot about that - I did that in the 6th grade!

Dang. I haven't thought about that...probably since then. Amazing was able to forget the first (and only) time I decided to taste the cinnamon oil on its own.

I also made spending money in middle school basically having inschool garage sales. I'd bring in some of my old crap every few days and sell it for a dollar here and there.

$5 submissions · 05-31-2007, 04:21 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Peaches

Adult was the first full time biz I've had and now I'm focusing on real estate with medical coding to fall back on.

Medical coding? As in medical transcriptions? If you need CHEAP workers, let me know. I have a few who have med transcription certification.

Peaches · 05-31-2007, 04:37 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by $5 submissions

Medical coding? As in medical transcriptions? If you need CHEAP workers, let me know. I have a few who have med transcription certification.

No, coding is different from transcription.

I'm looking for coders but there are so many around here, I'll probably stay close to home. Thanks though

JuiceMonkey · 05-31-2007, 04:42 PM

Lemonaid and BEER stand haha.. I was lucky enough to have grandparents who lived on the side of a golf course, I'd sell the beer for $1 cheaper than the card lady and people would end up sending a cart back to me (I was on the 3rd hole) to pick up more beer. I would clean house until they finally caught on and I tried to sell the pro some beer.

I also went door-to-door asking people if they wanted their car washed, worked out well. One time I found $150 in some guys seat. I gave it back to him, and in true karma fashion he bought me some new hockey nets.

Those were the days ;)

rowan · 05-31-2007, 04:51 PM

My first business was feeding neighbour's pets. A few years later I started lending money to people at school, but that one kinda fell flat as most of them never paid it back, and I didn't know what interest was at the time.

minniesoporno · 05-31-2007, 05:37 PM

Growing up it would have to be selling girl guide cookies. and those chocolate cover almonds, and some retail book thing for kids out some kids magazine. and those wrapper paper books.

Charity jump rope for heart, then there was making slushy drinks we never did the lemonde stand, and making those friendship bracelets selling them at the flea market

and you know those ballons that have teddy bears in them I use to do that.

RawAlex · 05-31-2007, 05:46 PM

I was partners in Canada's first dialup online multiuser system, about 25 years ago. Time flies.

minniesoporno · 05-31-2007, 05:46 PM

then there was walking the neighbors kids to the bus stop for $5 a week. and picking horses for my grandma to bet on horses.

Maybe it's because I am Jamaican why I had so many jobs or businesses. lol

jimb · 05-31-2007, 05:56 PM

Hosting Company offering Virtual Accounts on Cobalt Raq3 servers back in 1999

I use to offer 20megs of storage 1 gig of transfer and 10 email address for $55/year. Grew to about 15 Raq3 servers by the time I sold it in 2001.

Jim

Silly Guy · 05-31-2007, 06:01 PM

looked after peoples pets while they went on holiday...I must have been 10
at the time

well one day a cat jumped out of a 2nd floor window and had to be put to
sleep...that put an end to it

NaughtyRob · 05-31-2007, 06:26 PM

1986 my brother and I bought a few NES (Nintendo) and a bunch of games and went around to all the video rental stores in town. None would partner with us to rent video games, they thought it was dumb...

Finally we found a Mom and Pop type music store that would do it. We gave them half the rental money. It worked well for about a year. Really all we cared about was getting our games for free. lol

Then in 1990-1991 at the height of trading card popularity I owned a card shop, then in 1996-1997 I owned a small video rental store.

D · 05-31-2007, 07:22 PM

mowing lawns.

I was 13-16.

charged $15-20 depending on the size of the lawn, and added $5 for hedging and trimming. Minimum contract was twice a month.

I ended up bringing on 2 more guys that would take lawns for me, and drop a 10% cut on me.

I gave it up when I was 16 to start working in a local fine dining restuarant as a busboy. I often wonder what woulda happened had I kept the landscaping thing going.

Herb Kornfield · 05-31-2007, 08:09 PM

Bootlegging Concert shirts ...Learned how to silk screen, tie die and all the phases of shirt printing and didnt really make shit until...........

Got a job working afterschool in 9th grade a commercial silk screener ... They'd all leave 1 hour before me so, I'd make concert templates on their nice equipments and sell the master template for $500 or so to one of the bootleggers I knew.

I was making 10-20 screens a month in highschool for about a year and then everything ended as anything fantastic does. I was too young to keep a crew together that would travel across the US following a tour.

Its a pretty rough business. You've gotta be prepared to get into a fight or busted at any momment.

Kard63 · 05-31-2007, 09:14 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by budz

b&e was a good enterprise back in the day :o

breaking and entering? lol

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The Walrus So Fucking Banned Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 898	I sold drugs to anyone that would by them in South Boston. I had 3 or 4 nignogs working for me. We pushed crack, marijuana, angel dust, coke, or just about anything else that people were willing to buy. Dangerous but extremely profitable.

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escorpio I love to racism, bro! Industry Role: Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: USA! USA! USA! Posts: 23,206	Sold homemade cinnamon toothpicks in third grade. __________________ Unvaxxed, still alive.

05-31-2007, 10:22 AM	#27
MattW25 Registered User Join Date: May 2007 Posts: 9	Well, like any 9yo Canadian, hockey cards of course. I sure some people remember those days. You'd get your weekly allowance, spend it on packs of hockey cards, and see what'd you'd get. Then once a month the magazine would come out, explaining exactly how much each card is worth. So you and your friends would piss around trading cards, then every once in a while you'd goto the local store to cash in some cards for that whopping $3.50. But nah, my first real business was online software when I was 17. Did pretty decent too. Just before I turned 16 my parents moved me to Texas, then the UK. I was a bit pissed at the whole ordeal, so figured out how to make money on my own, and by the time I was 17 I had a good $10K saved up, and was ready to move back to Canada. My mom almost shit herself when I asked the one morning if she could give me a ride to the airport, because I was going back to Canada. They had no idea what I was doing. Last edited by MattW25; 05-31-2007 at 10:23 AM..

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munki Do Fun Shit. Industry Role: Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: OC Posts: 13,393	started repairing PCs and doing system builds at 13 __________________ “I have the simplest tastes. I am always satisfied with the best.” -Oscar Wilde

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editorNY Registered User Join Date: May 2007 Location: NYC Miami Posts: 4	I hijacked microcode of AMPS and TDMA cellphones, then user was able to change his ESN by keypad. one guy showed me a "loner" and asked me - hey, could you do something better than this?!

05-31-2007, 03:57 PM	#31
baddog So Fucking Banned Industry Role: Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: the beach, SoCal Posts: 107,089	I was a paper boy in the 6th grade. Made carrier of the month in my first month by doubling number of subscribers. Pretty sure I sold kool-aide before then though.

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latinasojourn Confirmed User Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 3,191	first entreprenaurial effort was as a beekeeper selling honey. age 14. built a bee hive in shop class in 8th grade, bought bees and queen by mail. sat it in the apple orchard behind the house and that fall sold about 50 bucks in honey and comb honey. (big $ in those days) i keep splitting the hives until i had about 25. then i went away to college, bee mites came in, no one would maintain the hives and nature put me out of biz.

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Peaches Old broad Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Away Posts: 13,933	A couple that I did on the side: Had about 30 MLMs going for a bit in the late 80's. Got a decent chunk of change from that Had some 900 numbers in the early 90's Adult was the first full time biz I've had and now I'm focusing on real estate with medical coding to fall back on. Worked for others doing a lot of different things but these are things I've done on my own.

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JuiceMonkey Confirmed User Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Brisbane/Vancouver/SanFran Posts: 3,581	Lemonaid and BEER stand haha.. I was lucky enough to have grandparents who lived on the side of a golf course, I'd sell the beer for $1 cheaper than the card lady and people would end up sending a cart back to me (I was on the 3rd hole) to pick up more beer. I would clean house until they finally caught on and I tried to sell the pro some beer. I also went door-to-door asking people if they wanted their car washed, worked out well. One time I found $150 in some guys seat. I gave it back to him, and in true karma fashion he bought me some new hockey nets. Those were the days ;) __________________ ICQ: 72251955 GTalk: JuiceMonkey

05-31-2007, 04:51 PM	#41
rowan Too lazy to set a custom title Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Australia Posts: 17,393	My first business was feeding neighbour's pets. A few years later I started lending money to people at school, but that one kinda fell flat as most of them never paid it back, and I didn't know what interest was at the time.