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Monetizing your passion (self-reliance)

Monetizing your passion (self-reliance). Al Batinga Speak UP Speak OUT ! alb@speakup.ws. Preview. The Current Reality A Solution… What Stops Us? What Can You Do? What Needs to Happen (Steps) Getting Help? Action!. Speak UP Speak OUT!. The Current Reality.

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Monetizing your passion (self-reliance)

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  1. Monetizing your passion(self-reliance) Al Batinga Speak UP Speak OUT! alb@speakup.ws

  2. Preview • The Current Reality • A Solution… • What Stops Us? • What Can You Do? • What Needs to Happen (Steps) • Getting Help? • Action!

  3. Speak UP Speak OUT! The Current Reality

  4. Post Office Laying Off Thousands, Closing Offices

  5. Laying off 30,000…or was it 40,000?

  6. Laying off thousands…and suggesting relocation to India…

  7. Outsourcing • Once an exotic solution • Now the law of the land…

  8. Most Companies • Conserving Capital • Holding Off Hiring

  9. Reality This is no longer a temporary aberration This is how it is for the foreseeable future

  10. GREATEST NEED Self-reliance

  11. Speak UP Speak OUT! A Solution

  12. What is Entrepreneurship?

  13. People Who Took the Challenge Batinga Family

  14. People Who Took the Challenge

  15. Sean Belnick

  16. LeannaArcher

  17. Robert Nay Company: Nay Games Age: 14 Website: naygames.com At age 14, Robert Nay's first game, Bubble Ball, was downloaded more than two million times within two weeks of its launch. Not bad considering that the average mobile game receives a few hundred downloads. In January, the game knocked the monster hit ''Angry Birds'' out of the number 1 most downloaded free game spot in the Apple app store.

  18. Lemonade and Bake Sales

  19. People Who Took the Challenge

  20. People Who Took the Challenge

  21. www.iwearyourshirt.com

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  23. Kelela Rose http://www.etsy.com/shop/leiloops Full-time Student

  24. Ideas – Small Businesses • Hobbies • Profession • Accounting Help • eBay, Craig List, Etsy.com • Swap Meet • Buy and Sell – garaging • Cleaning Houses • Elder Care • Writing an eBook • Affiliate Pgms (Amazon, etc…) • Tutoring/teaching • Kids • Adults • Catering • Creating websites • Writing • Loading CDs on an iPod • Event Planner • Franchise/Licensee • Multi-Level • Assistant/virtual

  25. Speak UP Speak OUT! What Stops Us?

  26. Fear…

  27. Road Blocks • Capital • Lack of market connections/client base • Courage • Time • Mindset • Resources • Plan

  28. Needs What do you need? Mindset An idea Action!

  29. Step 1 • SWOT Analysis: Druthers • If you won the lottery… • What would you do for free? • What could you start part-time • What would be fun? Play… • What could you involve others in? • What will cost little or no money? • What do you and others say you’re excellent at? • What does the market need?

  30. Step 2 - Leverage Exploit other’s expertise and strengths

  31. Step 3 - Written Strategy – 1 pager

  32. Step 4 - Start Small – Now, Today!

  33. Step 5 – GIVE it away!!! If you can’t give it away… you can’t sell it!!!

  34. Step 6

  35. Step 7 - ADJUST Yesterday Today

  36. Step 8 – Have fun!

  37. Resources This room…SBA.gov – Small Business AdministrationScore.orgItunes.com – podcasts YouTube

  38. Comments Thoughts…

  39. Review • Current Landscape • A Daring Solution… • What Stops Us? • What Can You Do? • What Needs to Happen (Steps) • How We Can Help?

  40. ACTION Take 1 baby step…today

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