How to Turn Adversity into Opportunity: 3 Lessons I Learned as an Entrepreneur

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Editor’s Note:  Today I have the incredible opportunity of bringing to you a very inspiring article by Shashank Shekhar, the CEO of Arcus Lending, a California-based mortgage lending company. He is a national speaker, a blogger and an Amazon.com best-selling author of the book “OutFront.” He is a consultant for small business owners and coaches them in [...]

From Financial Advisor to Financial Comparison Site Owner: How To Quit Your Job and Support a Dream Lifestyle

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This is the story of how I went from being a bored financial advisor to owning a financial comparison website that lets me travel the world on the profits. I’m usually not comfortable telling people how to make money online but I wanted to share my story because if I can do it then you [...]

From Floundering to Published: How Writing SEO Articles Paid Off My Student Loans

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Editor’s Note: What do you do if you LOVE your day job, but just can’t shake the dream of becoming a writer? Simple — you continue to excel in your day job while generating a tidy little side income from freelance writing gigs. In fact, you earn enough side income in just 7 months to [...]

Gutsy and Smart: The Incredible Story of a Real Life Student Landlord

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Editor’s Note: Some time back, I posted a guest article about becoming a student landlord. I have heard of someone in my school doing it, but it was mainly with seed money from parents. I didn’t really think there existed students who would be responsible enough to raise the funds by themselves, deal with the issues associated with becoming [...]

From Newbie To Full-Time Blogger: 5 Things I Learned

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Editor’s Note: I first heard of Michael Dolen when he pitched me for a guest post on this blog. Something about Micheal’s mail was different from the many others I receive. As we exchanged emails back and forth, I found out that Michael has a very interesting story of going from debt to a successful [...]

From Freelancing to eCourses: The Inspiring Story of Ali Luke

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Editor’s Note: I have seen the name Ali Hale/Luke mentioned on so many different blogs, that I decided to look her up. Ali’s got it all just right – the quality of her content, her writing style, her website and her pitch. So I contacted her for a writing project. During some of our correspondence [...]