Im 32. I have many ideas to make my own money and I'm in the learning stages. Some are very practical like property maintenance. Some are hit or miss ideas like mobile games, selling self produced music, e-book publishing etc. that I would push with ads.
I don't have any education background(besides finishing high school) and I'm a labourer in construction. I don't earn much. I have around 15k in investments, 25k retirement, 5k in savings, and make anywhere from 60k-80k a year.
I try to read everyday and I've been reading more selfhelp and finance books as I don't know how to turn my life into a successful one but I want to learn as much as I can while I'm still kind of young
Anyone here start their journey later on? Or more specifically, anyone with very basic education and not much of a career?
Did anyone start their journey in their 30s? I feel inadequate
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Posted by CarpeDiemRepeat
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I started at 15 lol.
Dude you’re literally describing half the success stories out there. Ray Kroc was 52 when he started McDonald’s, Colonel Sanders was 40 when he started KFC
Your construction background is actually solid – you understand work ethic and problem-solving better than most MBA grads. Plus you’ve got decent savings already which puts you ahead of tons of people
The reading habit is huge, keep that going. Your ideas sound pretty diverse too which is smart
32 is not late. What are you very good at ? Get even better at it, find a niche in that field and become a person of reference. Good business ideas will come naturally.
Comming from construction and wanting to build an app is nuts. It’s far from the only way to make something great and manual jobs have a mich brighter path ahead than any it related stuff.
I’m 36 and starting now. It’s never too late.
I recently was talking to a buddy of mine that became an instant success at 23(like Business Insider’s startup of the year list) and at 37 now, I mentioned how I was struggling to make major gains in business, even though I’ve been at it for just as long.
In his infinite wisdom, he told me men will do their best work in their 50s. You’ve got time.
Just to comment again on how you feel. Everyone is just one right decision away from money and success. Just because you haven’t found that decision yet doesn’t mean you are failing, aren’t capable, or that what you are doing now is a waste. It just simply means you haven’t found the choice that brings you to where you want to be.
It sounds like you have a respectable job that builds value for your community and has provided you with some savings over time. The labor you do is honorable. Success is a personal measure, try not to size yourself up against others on this. I like the saying “it’s much easier to climb a ladder above ground that it is underwater”… So don’t let your own mentality drag you under.
I’ve been working on failing businesses since I was 19. I’m 31 now and only found success last year. Its my 4th business, and probably my 20th project attempt overall. Keep trying, and have low expectations.
really relatable post, starting later still means you’re learning and building momentum plenty of founders begin in their 30s with humble beginnings and it often strengthens your approach keep going and stay curious
You are in a very good position bro.
Started business 6 years ago.
Lost it all, bankrupt, drowned in debt for $180k
Now i am on my way up again, doing some startup about Software as a Service, i am new at this and still learning about it.
It is really never to late or too early to start.
We just need to make a decision when.
30 y.o here. I just started my business last week and got my first contract within 72 hours. We’re still young bro and all we have is the time ahead
My question is this: are you dead set on starting a tech related or ecommerce business or are you open to blue collar?
yeah loads of people start in their 30s honestly you are not late at all if anything you are early with context you have a solid income savings investments and real world skills which already puts you ahead of a lot of wannabe founders the internet loves the 19 year old unicorn story but most real businesses are built by people who spent years grafting and then spotted something practical they could execute education barely matters once you can learn fast and ship things construction labour is not a weakness either it gives you discipline pricing sense and an understanding of boring problems people actually pay to solve my only take would be stop chasing ten ideas at once pick one boring thing you can sell without ads and compound it for a year consistency beats genius every time and 32 is young as hell despite what socials say
Start a construction business while still employed create a website, google map listing. Yelp ads get some reviews in 6 months you will have enough clients to quit your job. Its that easy
Read the book “The Milliobaire Fastlane”. Also you’re chasing money instead of chasing the solving of other people’s problems.