I am sick of being treated less than human

[aristocles]

39. Don't fuck capitalism completely

I know a guy who worked as a contact programmer and did not like it at all. He worked at a major electronics manufacturing firm.

He had an idea for a systems management application. Against his wife's advice, he quit his job.
Working at the small kitchen table in his apartment, he designed the application. He made cold calls to companies he thought would find his product useful. He started selling it. Word about the value of his product got around.

He started his first office location in a 3-bedroom apartment. One bedroom for developer (2 of them), one for sales (himself), one for shipping (1).

Within two years he was able to buy a small office building, for cash. He had about 10 employees then.

Within 10 years, he was able to purchase a 3-story office building. 700 employees. Offices in London, Paris, and Sydney.

20 years after starting his company he sold it for over 30 million dollars.

He's now a venture capitalist, focusing on small software startups.

When he sold his company, he funded a scholarship fund at his alma mater for undergraduates enrolled in the school of engineering.

This is the other way to fuck capitalism. Play the system to your advantage. Laugh all the way to the bank.

But you have to have that one idea.....