Hi!!! 16 year old looking for Advice :)

[Alexandros]

Hi everyone!!!

My name is Alexandros but you guys can call me Alex. I am 16 year old and have a fiery passion to succeed in the business world. I am currently a Junior in high school. I go to a advanced International High School called the IB Program. While a know I am getting a great education...I have been wanting to see what I can do now. I am not a very patient person when it comes to not doing something. I must always be doing something and that something must have potential benefits.

So why am I here? I am here because I want to learn from people who are doing what I dream of doing. I am here because i find it amazing that there is a website like this one. You can not imagine how happy I was when i found this website. I have been online for months and have never found anything like this website.

So here is my problem. I am totally lost. As a 16 year old with no money I do not know how to get started or where to turn too. I guess what I am looking for is a mentor. I don't know what I want to do when it comes to making money but I do know i don't have money to invest. so any advice would be GREATLY appreciated

P.S. I am going to spend time looking through the forum.

[jkaykin]

Hey Alex! Welcome to the forum! What are your interests and hobbies? What do you like to do for fun? Take those and turn them into a business.

If you have a great idea, you can always find other people who would like to invest or who would like to work with you to help it happen.

Hope you can learn a lot from this forum!

[Starog]

Hi Alex. Welcome to the forum.

Do you have any business ideas yet or just exploring your possibilities? Either way I'm sure we'll be able to help you

[cecBUSINESS]

Hey Alex, welcome to TBF. So as far as starting up, it really doesn't cost that much AT ALL. Literally, you can startup with $50, so it's all about just scraping together what you can. Of course you can get funding, but usually people invest when you have a prototype, or an idea of how your product/company will work.

[bond]

Hey Alex,
Great to have you here! How did you find out about TBF? What makes you decide to possibly want to go into business? Do you have any particular interests?

[Alexandros]

Originally Posted by bond

Hey Alex,
Great to have you here! How did you find out about TBF? What makes you decide to possibly want to go into business? Do you have any particular interests?

The truth is I do not remember how I found this forum. I am glad I did though.

I got very interested in business when I read the book "Rich Dad Poor Dad". I have always known that I would like to be in business when I get older..but after reading this book I got inspired to start now.


As for my hobbies.. I am a student very interested in economics. I play tennis, like to train dogs. I am tech savy but don't know any programming.

I guess what I am looking for is to learn. I read alot but think I want a mentor. I have tried affiliate marketing once and I failed. I did not have a passion for it. Any help would be appreciated.

[bond]

Check out danpalanchuk.com. He's a TBF member and does well in affiliate marketing. There's also @AsianPersuasion who's also doing affiliate marketing. Dog training is a HUGE huge niche in affiliate marketing. You may have found that out. Are you interested in stocks?

Have you checked out the interviews yet? Lots of good advice for someone looking to learn.

By the way, love Rich Dad Poor Dad also.

[Alexandros]

Originally Posted by bond

Check out danpalanchuk.com. He's a TBF member and does well in affiliate marketing. There's also @AsianPersuasion who's also doing affiliate marketing. Dog training is a HUGE huge niche in affiliate marketing. You may have found that out. Are you interested in stocks?

Have you checked out the interviews yet? Lots of good advice for someone looking to learn.

By the way, love Rich Dad Poor Dad also.

I am very interested in stocks..but being 16 I have not found a way to get in to sticks. My parents are kinda conservative about investing so I can not go to them about it. Also I do not have much money to invest. I was mabey thinking about finding a job first. Any advice on how to get into sticks as a 16 year old?

[bond]

Talk to @jwinvestments, @ryanhami, @lukas, @sutler. They are into stocks. There's ways to make money if you don't have it. On day 3 of the summit, Peter Takis talked about how he raised money for his t-shirt company. He freaking waited in line for the iPhone 4, then SOLD his spot in line. I think that was the moment our Twitter hashtag blew up because everyone just retweeted that.