This 9-5 shyt is for the birds :francis:

[The Coochie Assassin]

I think this is one of the smartest ways to do it. You use your current job to build your business. You use the skills you gain from your job, the money you earn, and the network of people you form, to jumpstart your business.

coli nikkas talkin bout quit your job today and then go drive uber and sell candy on ebay to get that initial capital for your business

It's 2016 tho, I don't understand people opening up a physical store unless it's like a restaurant or something u shouldn't even be opening in the first place.

 

[The Coochie Assassin]

where do you come up with this shyt.. go into any local business thats been around since you was in diapers and youll notice its either a) family ran b) the person who created it still works there in some way or another 9 out of 10 times

yeah it's 2016....we know that's not the type of entrepreneurship we going for nikkas threw that game plan out a couple decades ago, we not starting a business to work 12 hour days until we 60

 

[DrX]

It's 2016 tho, I don't understand people opening up a physical store unless it's like a restaurant or something u shouldn't even be opening in the first place.

digital trapping about to change the game for black people.....now with social media and the net, the playing field is almost leveled, u don't have to go through cacs anymore....u can create ur own products and services if u have a tech skill set

 

[itsyoung!!]

It's 2016 tho, I don't understand people opening up a physical store unless it's like a restaurant or something u shouldn't even be opening in the first place.

why would a brick and mortar store cost $50k unless you paying other people to design it and stock it for you..

Businesses you can start physically for $10-15k (and this is in California/Bay Area, the most expensive place in America. Pricing includes multiple months of rent, deposit and start up stock/materials):
-Barbershop
-Shoe store
-Computer repair shop (might not even $5k for this)
-Bakery
-Vape store

just off the top of my head

 

[JamilALAmin]

Do you have a specific skill set that you can exploit? I flip shyt on eBay and Craigslist and even though I don't like writing, I'll go on Upwork and take on a few gigs such as article writing. I also made a little over $300 betting on the Broncos to cover the Super Bowl spread. I basically do any and everything that I'm decent at and try to leverage it into making some cash. Again, not enough to make a living off of, but it helps when combined with my full time job.

Unless your full time is paying 70 and up Id say you can finesse a few hustles and make that on your own if you grind. Not out the box, not even after a few years, but it's possible just on some po hustling shyt. If you stay with it you could make at least 50K after about 5 years in it. This shyt don't require some grandiose idea. If you don't have that fine. You just gotta have some hustle. Get you 3+ different things going. 1600 here, 1200 there, and another rack or so from other that way and a few hundred every other month from somewhere else and you pretty much doing what most 9-5 cats is doing but just own your own.