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(11-18-2011 06:25 AM)pitt Wrote:  

YMG I am impressed with the amount of information you have.

Anyway, you seem to emphasise a lot about making connections with powerful people and i am not saying that this will misguide anybody but i find many people to rely on connections in order to do business. The funny thing about this, is that most of people wait for these powerful people to cross their way and then they think they have the opportunity to prosper in life. When this powerful people dont cross their way later in life they found themselves still stucked in a hole and then they say that they were unlucky or that they didnt have any opportunities to succeed in life ..EXCUSES...

Not to get too personal but have you ever done any businesses with some of the powerful people you met, be it from linkedin or any other source?

I personally have met many successful entrepreneurs but all my business money always came from my own hustling and action, actually if i have to say someone has helped me then it will be friends or just everyday people that give me one or other tip.

YMG has quoted at several occasions, and I would vehemently support that connections with powerful people provides you with the real impetus to succeed in your realm.
Exploit the power of LinkedIn - although handful, but I have met some of the contacts on LI, and have initiated discussions which nonetheless are insightful and enriching.

If you put efforts to hustle on LinkedIn, so as to say, I am certain you are going to receive immense benefits pretty soon.
Think - your friends and everyday people probably do not have strong qualifications in the specific field you are willing to get into.
Invest your hustling to get in touch with the professionals and experts of that realm and you are going to receive quality suggestions, added with a broader network, perhaps some business propositions and certainly an expanded horizon for ideas.