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Starting a Business Does Not Require an MBA

  • Jul. 24th, 2008 at 8:39 AM
My next door neighbor is a scrapbooking genius. She owns more than $20,000 worth of scrabooking supplies. She makes everything from actual scrapbooks to party invitations to place cards. She is amazing. I have told her countless times that she should really go into business for herself – she could easily make a fortune! One day after we had a conversation about it, I decided to take my own advice. I started thinking about what I could do to start my own business. I was kind of reluctant and nervous because I have no previous business experience except for the eight months that I managed a feed and seed store. I had no education beyond my high school diploma – I definitely wasn’t an MBA. After doing some research, though, I found that it wouldn’t be too hard for me to start something. I have always enjoyed writing and considering I nailed the Reading and English sections of the ACT (we won’t go into my Math and Science scores – ouch!) I thought I might be able to do something in the area of writing. It turned out I didn’t need an MBA – or even an ABA for that matter – no college was even necessary. Just a simple computer with an internet connection helped me to start out my internet home based business.