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Hello, I hope all is well. I am an 18 year old that is looking to start a business. I have dipped into the service providing area in July where I was supposed to make websites for people but I ended up doing a free trial creating videos for a possible client. I ended up stopping that. Wasn’t leading me to earning income.

My main question here is, what would you tell your 18 year old self to start? I truly like the idea of having an online business. I am in Computer Science at the moment for school and I was thinking of getting into saas. But I also see tons of different videos on different businesses to start. I just want to mention, I do not have shiny object syndrome. I am just interested in starting & getting advice from anyone.

Also, one thing I see often is, dropshipping, smma(which I tried to go in on), trading and Amazon fba. I see this everywhere. I don’t know if truly you can make a large sum of income from it or it’s just the courses that help them.

I started learning about business at 15 where I started a YouTube automation channel and later stopped that. Then got into cutting hair for others. And ever since I have turned 18 I have been learning a lot more on stocks, credit, as well as retirement plans. But truly retirement isn’t my end goal. I just like idea of working towards something.

So if anyone that is in the business areas I have mentioned I’d be open to hear your perspective from it and any perspective from others as well.

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[–] elvinnorris@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago

my parents always used to tell me -if there is something that you just cannot understand why others are so bad at, that's the thing that I am good at ,therefore what I need to sell.

[–] garyk1968@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago

So not so much what business but pick one thing and stick to it.

In your first paragraph you mention doing 2 things already and stopping. Not calling you out as Ive started and stopped many many things when perhaps just sticking with one of those would have worked out way better.

[–] asaka0313@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago

Business is essentially a service. Serving people. So self discovery of what you like to do for people is crucial. I don't know what that is for you. And it will take a lot of trial and error. Lose quickly and move on until you find what's right will be my advice.

[–] 1OmSoni@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago

Business starts with the social interaction and social relations. It is one of the chief factor to start business cauz it the the communication and interaction that come people together. It is so important to build connections cauz that will aid you in the initial face of you business.

[–] RealisticAd9597@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago

Is it normal to ask such question while you're 18 years old instead of living your youth

[–] therealhood@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago

Compostable packaging.

[–] ShakurInvest@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago

The most boring businesses make the most money. I sold a graduate recruitment company at 19 because I was great at marketing to students. Also you can start something as boring as a cleaning company and specialise in offices or Airbnbs and make £5k plus a month in a matter of no time

[–] Nice_Passenger_239@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago

In the beginning, you will not know what you love. It is your grinding away at it and getting better that makes a lot of people fall in love with their industry.

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