Bootstrapping Your Life At Seventeen
When high school students think about the future the ambitious ones seem to think no further than the transcript. Plenty of teens are content to party their way through their school years committed to classes or not. Those who do commit do so to wrangle a top spot in college. But can your career start early? If you can who shows you how?
Jeff John Scott and Wyatt of Castlewave LLC Spanish Fork UT have discovered that ambition and adolescence make a perfect match. At the age of seventeen these four friends have bypassed the food service industry to go straight into the online realm. Called the Linkers at their company they have done more before college than many students do aftereven the ambitious ones.
When Rich Christiansen and Ron Porter began writing a handson guide to bootstrapping your own business they realized that the principles needed proving. As part of the experiment they founded a websiteBootstrap Business and hired the Linkers to start fleshing things out. Their goal? Make one million dollarsbut start with only 5000. Rich and Ron theorize that anybody with a worthy goal a work ethic and a bit of solid knowhow can succeed.
Among Jeff John Scott and Wyatt the responsibilities they carry sound just like an upperdivision corporate engineering team. They research markets and demographics brainstorming ideas that give birth to website ventures. High school life and high tech research produce websites that range from Online Dating Services to Pizza coupon even to free clip art. One of their biggest accomplishments was pushing www.1Pizzacoupons.com to the top ranks of Google when you search pizza coupons they did this in an amazing 5 weeks! While Jeff and John spearhead most of the web asset management each of the Linkers takes a role in managing at least one of the companys assets. In addition to that responsibility Scott also leads out with managing an engineering team in India and Wyatt is the assigned theorizerpondererthat is his brain does most of the storming and testing.
While other high school students are learning how to grease a lawnmower or potato slices the Linkers learn monetization methods Internet marketing human and asset management and the structure and process of consulting. All of these lessons and more come directly from Rich and Rons tutelage as well as from their book and website. More than making money these students break new ground. They prove that high school isnt just for AP tests after all.
Most recently the Linkers created www.universalclipart.com which offers free clipart. This website received praise from another image library for its clean professional layout in contrast with the often messy and hardtonavigate layout of similar sites that offer free clipart. With the likes of Cats and DogsTell also under their belt the Linkers prove their unique job even while Rich and Ron prove the principles of their Book. Money definitely helpsall four are saving for college and a volunteer mission for their church The Church of Jesus Christ of Latterday Saintsbut more importantly these four have learned just what Rich and Ron wanted to teach. In high school and in life transcripts are secondary to what actually transpires. If they do it right they can make it meaningfuland maybe they can make their millions.
About the writer: Eric J. Nisall is the President and founder of Greenbridge Advisors where providing value to clients and building personal relationships are the company’s main focus. Visit www.greenbridgeadvisors.com for more information on the company. The company’s blog www.letsblogmoney.com is another insightful resource for personal financial information.
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