Richard Branson saw a gap in the bird market. Always an entrepreneur… he started breeding parakeets when he was 11. He sold them as pets to his friends. pic.twitter.com/6MGFxllM5q — Jon Erlichman (@JonErlichman) September 9, 2022
Richard Branson saw a gap in the bird market. Always an entrepreneur… he started breeding parakeets when he was 11. He sold them as pets to his friends. pic.twitter.com/6MGFxllM5q
Jeff Bezos worked at a McDonald’s in Miami when he was 16. He recently reminisced about the gig. Bezos particularly enjoyed the Saturday morning shift. He liked cracking eggs into a big bowl. pic.twitter.com/qqXhkpxBdj — Jon Erlichman (@JonErlichman) September 9, 2022
Jeff Bezos worked at a McDonald’s in Miami when he was 16. He recently reminisced about the gig. Bezos particularly enjoyed the Saturday morning shift. He liked cracking eggs into a big bowl. pic.twitter.com/qqXhkpxBdj
Elon Musk had a range of odd jobs. Here he is in 1989, during a stint working on his cousin’s farm in Saskatchewan. He then moved to Vancouver and worked as a lumberjack. He also cleaned the boiler room at a lumber mill. pic.twitter.com/w8lTdhE9xI — Jon Erlichman (@JonErlichman) September 9, 2022
Elon Musk had a range of odd jobs. Here he is in 1989, during a stint working on his cousin’s farm in Saskatchewan. He then moved to Vancouver and worked as a lumberjack. He also cleaned the boiler room at a lumber mill. pic.twitter.com/w8lTdhE9xI
Warren Buffett got started at age 6! He sold packs of gum. He bought them at his grandfather’s store…then sold them door to door. pic.twitter.com/U7nuPODWFz — Jon Erlichman (@JonErlichman) September 9, 2022
Warren Buffett got started at age 6! He sold packs of gum. He bought them at his grandfather’s store…then sold them door to door. pic.twitter.com/U7nuPODWFz
Long before Reed Hastings started Netflix, he sold vacuum cleaners. He’d go door to door in high school. He even deferred college for a year to continue selling. “I loved it, strange as that may sound,” he later said. “You get to meet a lot of different people.” pic.twitter.com/4QgtO9itCS — Jon Erlichman (@JonErlichman) September 9, 2022
Long before Reed Hastings started Netflix, he sold vacuum cleaners. He’d go door to door in high school. He even deferred college for a year to continue selling. “I loved it, strange as that may sound,” he later said. “You get to meet a lot of different people.” pic.twitter.com/4QgtO9itCS
Ray Dalio was a golf caddy when he was 12 years old. He learned about investing listening to golfers who worked on Wall Street. pic.twitter.com/pUrwUn8nC2 — Jon Erlichman (@JonErlichman) September 9, 2022
Ray Dalio was a golf caddy when he was 12 years old. He learned about investing listening to golfers who worked on Wall Street. pic.twitter.com/pUrwUn8nC2
