Great post here. I actually purchased your behind the scene of a muse product and love it. Thanks for putting together such great stuff.

One question I have had so far is when you said
“The first items scratched off the list were the items with either way too much competition or things out of range for my $200 budget.”

What exactly was the $200 budget for? Was this for buying some product so you could photo, video and test out to write and have better content? Thanks :)

The company didn’t ask me how old I was at the time :-)
Plus tax fillings weren’t an issue. A lot of people make the mistake of making everything WAY more complicated.

Just START something, and IF it makes money, then file all your proper tax documents.

I’ve just recently discovered your site and I think it’s pretty epic. Great goals, too- by 27, most people have invested for maybe a couple years at most.

Anyway, I’m in high school and wanting to start an e-commerce website. I’ve been reading a bunch of investing, personal finance, and entrepreneur blogs and resources. I was just curious, though- You mention in this post (I read the whole series) that you were 17 when you thought of this. How did you manage with contracts and tax filings? Thanks!