Money Monday : Do What You Love

Published on Monday, June 30, 2008

Do what you love and make money from it? It’s possible. We’re sharing this great article with you today which shares tips from the creators of Threadless.com to other start-ups that have radiated from great ideas and hard work. One comment from Gary Vaynerchuk, the founder of Wine Library TV, particularly stood out:

“Vaynerchuk offers himself as the perfect example, pointing to the years he spent working in the wine store and the 12 hours a day he used to dedicate to posting comments on every wine-related blog he could find in order to build a community of his own. “Don’t quit your job to become the queen of cheese,” he cautions. “But if you’re doing something that blows and you hate it, go work at 7-Eleven to pay your bills and spend every other hour building your personal plan. If you work 9 AM to 6 PM and get home at 7, whatever you put in between 7 and 3 AM is what you’re gonna get in return. You want to watch Lost? Knock yourself out. I don’t watch [anything]. I don’t read [anything]. I’m all about my community and putting out content. I don’t consume. I put out.”

Advice doesn’t get much more real than that and we can all learn from it. Click here to read the entire article.