# The $100 startup

**Author(s):** Chris Guillebeau
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**Genres:** entrepreneurship
**Pages:** 304
**Publisher:** Crown Business
**Published:** Sun Jan 01 2012 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
**Language:** en
**ISBN-13:** 9780307951526
**ISBN-10:** 0307951529
**ASIN:** B0067TGSOK
**Amazon categories:** Business & Money > Business Culture > Motivation & Self-Improvement
**Amazon binding:** $14.99
**URL:** https://www.sagechimp.com/books/the-100-startup

## Description

Here, Chris Guillebeau shows you how to lead a life of adventure, meaning and purpose--and earn a good living. Still in his early thirties, Chris has traveled around the world--and yet he's never held a "real job" or earned a regular paycheck. Rather, he has a genius for turning ideas into income, and he uses what he earns both to support his life of adventure and to give back. In preparing to write this book, Chris identified 1,500 individuals who have built businesses earning $50,000 or more from a modest investment, and he's focused on the 50 most intriguing case studies. Here, distilled into one easy-to-use guide, are the most valuable lessons from those who've learned how to turn what they do into a gateway to self-fulfillment. It's all about finding the intersection between your expertise and what other people will pay for. You don't need an MBA, a business plan or even employees. All you need is a product or service that springs from what you love to do anyway, people willing to pay, and a way to get paid.--From publisher description.

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