A founder shares why working for someone else first was one of the best decisions he made. He learned marketing and management skills at an established business before starting his own, which gave him the foundation he needed.
One piece of advice I would give to every aspiring entrepreneur is to work to learn, not to earn. One of the best things I did when I first started off and wanting to build my own business was I didn't start my own business right away from the ground up. I actually went to go work for somebody that already had an existing business, a successful business, and I worked for them in a real job as an employee. And I learned the skills on the job to be able to eventually have my own business one day. For me, I learned marketing from my former mentor, who taught me copywriting, sales funnels, direct response marketing, running ads. And I used those skills to help him make more money in his business. As a result, I got paid more and paid very well to learn on the job. It got to a point where eventually I couldn't really learn any more skills at that specific job. I had to become a manager if I wanted to have my own business. And so I used those skills to then launch my business. But I didn't do it first. I went to go work to learn, not to earn. It's a very big thing. A lot of people hate on jobs nowadays, but jobs. But jobs are how I got my start to be able to even get the skills to own my own business today.
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