There’s a fascination with the wealthy and how to get there. As part of our work, we see lots of unusual and interesting vocations of high income self employed. Here are five articles with tips and characteristics of self-made millionaires that might inspire you or make you think how you can be self-made.
5 Strange But True Habits of the World’s Richest People
Billionaires are regular people and some of their habits may be surprising. Here are five habits of the world’s wealthiest people.
- They swim against the tide.
- They are frugal.
- They do for themselves.
- They fail on a regular basis.
- They take better care of themselves.
Via Medium
Drybar’s Alli Webb On The Secrets To Her Blowout Chain’s $100 Million Success
As recently as seven years ago, longtime hairdresser Alli Webb was driving around Los Angeles in her 2001 Nissan Xterra, braving traffic to visit clients of her mobile blow dry service Straight at Home. This year, Drybar is on track to do $100 million in revenues, up from $70 million in 2015 and $20 million in 2012.
Via Forbes
6 Blue-collar Millionaires Getting Rich Off the ‘Unthinkable’
Business opportunities arise in many forms, and some very profitable sectors today are comprised of jobs that many people might find unpalatable. Here are six small firms that are pulling in more than $1 million in annual sales and in markets which many people may not be able to stomach.
Via CNBC
The Difference Between Being Rich and Poor Comes Down to Luck — But It’s More Complicated than You Might Think
Thomas Corley conducted a five-year research study on the daily habits of the rich and the poor, the rich believed that they were lucky. In his study, he found that 41% of the self-made millionaires in my study were born into a poor family. This 41% started life out with bad luck — being born poor. On the flip side, 87% of the wealthy people in my study believed they created their own luck.
Via Business Insider
Why Austin Is the Rockstar of Small-Business Cities
Austin, the capital of Texas, was recently named the No. 1 place in America to start a business by CNBC, the top city for “small-business vitality” American City Business Journals, and the top city for launching a technology startup by Sungard Availability Services. The small-business scene in Austin is thriving in large part because it is embracing a model that has more to do with a supportive community than rugged individual risk-taking. Austin’s startups and small-businesses are borrowing from the city’s legacy as a place where music lovers connect and build each other up—using the city’s network effects to create something bigger.
Via Fortune