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Highest
Education: Some
college
Year
Started Business: 1999
Type
Of Business: Internet marketing
Target
Market: People who use the Internet to purchase
products and services and are looking to increase the
quality of their lives
Number
Of Employees: "I use a number of subcontractors
for my Internet businesses."
Best
Month (Gross Revenues): $55,000
Hours
Worked Per Week During Start-Up Phase: Around 60
hours
Hours
Worked Per Week Now: Around 25 hours
Favorite
Business Magazines: Business 2.0, Fast
Company, and Fortune
Favorite
Business Books Or Authors: The E-Myth, by
Michael Gerber and Awaken the Giant Within, by
Anthony Robbins—"The E-Myth is an absolute
must-read for all entrepreneurs because it tells you
about all the pitfalls you need to avoid right up front.
Anthony Robbins' book is pretty much a standard reference
text on personal and self-development."
Relaxes
By: Spending time playing and walking with his 8-week-old
baby daughter
Keeps
In Shape By: Visiting the gym daily before starting
work
Favorite
Part Of The Job: "I guess the flexibility of
being able to work when I want to, because this makes
for a low stress life."
Least
Favorite Part Of The Job: "Administration and
accounting because I find it tiresome and boring. I'm
also a qualified CPA, and I quickly gave it up upon
qualification for this reason."
Companies
Admired: "Each of the companies outlined in
my Success Alert book. The entrepreneurs behind
them have my total respect and admiration."
Favorite
Quotes:
Life
is either a daring adventure or nothing. -Helen
Keller
We
will either find a way...or make one. -Hannibal
It
is in your moments of decision that your destiny is
shaped. -Anthony Robbins
The
Person Who Most Influenced His Life: "My father
who showed me that you can create your own destiny by
making some decisions, taking a few risks, and going
for it full out. This was a constant theme reinforced
throughout my childhood."
Heroes:
"Winston Churchill for putting the strength and
spine back into the UK and saving us from oppression
in the 1940's; Mahatma Gandhi who showed the world just
how powerful peaceful protest can be when millions of
people unite to a cause."
Special
Business Achievements/Honors: "I guess writing
my Success Alert book and receiving such tremendous
acclaim and testimonials from people I really admire."
Months
Before Achieving A Profit: "The very first
month when I set up an Internet-based business. I started
with the eBay auction site and sold a number of spare
household items; they all sold in the first week, and
it cost next to nothing to set up."
Books/Tapes/Reports
Authored: Success Alert - Conversations With
Successful Internet Entrepreneurs, which profiles
10 highly successful Internet entrepreneurs generating
around $25 million between them each year. You can purchase
it and download it instantly at http://www.successalert.net/sfi
— "Also, I am putting together a number
of follow-up products based on the same t`````heme,
because I have now accumulated dozens of similar interviews
with other successful Internet entrepreneurs. These
will involve printed books, CDs, DVDs, and seminars.
Contact
John By: Phone - +441932 596744 (UK); E-mail - John.Evansjr@btopenworld.com
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