Reddit reviews Crush It!: Why NOW Is the Time to Cash In on Your Passion

Good advice, and this book should help: http://www.amazon.com/Crush-Time-Cash-Your-Passion/dp/0061914177/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1266437902&sr=8-1

You need two things. The actual business knowledge, so read some technical books on the different facets of business. law, accounting, management, sales, automation, etc. Then how to think like an entrepreneur. A lot of the other book suggestions here could be boiled down to a one page summary and the rest is a lot of hot air. If you want to think like an entrepreneur, I'd suggest "Crush it" or "Thank you economy". Still lots of hot air, but he talks about the mindset, which is the definite key to being a successful entrepreneur.

Getting started is easy. It sounds stupidly simple but it is this one step that separates those that have and those that have not; just start making videos!

In my day job I give a lot of presentations on startups, blogging, and what it takes to be 'successful' and, it is very sad to say, people just don't do things.

Starting out do not worry about your 'voice' or what game you want to cover. Don't worry about what topics to talk about or that one video was about HoN and the next about SC2. the only thing that matters is your schedule. Tell yourself twice a week I am going to put up a video - who cares what it is on or about.

Over time you will find your 'voice'. You will find what you like to cover and what you don't. Seriously, the only advice I can give you is just to start making videos. You are going to have haters, that is the fact of the internet. Period.

Here are some resources I link to in my presensations

Guy Kawasaki's 'Art of Start'

Tim Ferris: Dealing with Haters

Gary Vaynerchuck's 'crush it'

These are just a few things to get you pumped. What you do from here is up to you.

GL HF

do you?

like art= look into graphic design

like math/science= look into programming

like business/marketing= look into online marketing, affiliate programs, blogging w/ads

I know depression can hinder your ability to identify what you are good at, but even when bored you notice that you gravitate toward certain things that fall under generalized categories like those I stated at the beginning. Read this book to get started and visit these subreddits if you feel like it:


/r/marketing /r/graphic_design /r/programming /r/web_development /r/Entrepreneur /r/advertising /r/SEO

BTW, to create a portfolio you can get started by doing some volunteer work, eventually with some experience you can open your own company to protect your ass and work as a contractor. No need for a college degree in most cases, just experience.

Podcasts:

• Online Marketing Made Easy
  
• Growth Marketing Toolbox
  
• Social Media Marketing
  
• Build Your Tribe
  
• Everyone Hates Marketers
  
• Pat Flynn Smart Passive Income
  
• Masters of Scale
  
• How I Built This
  
• Tim Ferriss
  
• Startup School with Seth Godin or Akimbo
  
• GaryVee Audio Experience
  
  Books:
  
  
• Anything by Seth Godin
  
• 22 Immutable Laws of Marketing
  
• Blue Ocean Strategy
  
• Small Giants
  
• Crush It
  
• The Tipping Point
  

To be fair...he wrote A book. And it wasn't particularly ground breaking, his first book was basically the TL;DR version of "The One to One Future" by Peppers and Rodgers:

http://www.amazon.com/One-Future-Don-Peppers/dp/0385485662/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1414407616&sr=1-1&keywords=the+one+to+one+future

http://www.amazon.com/Crush-Time-Cash-Your-Passion/dp/0061914177/ref=sr_1_3?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1414407524&sr=1-3&keywords=Gary+Vaynerchuk

YES

If you have the opportunity to make your dreams happen, do it. If you want a good book to help you figure out a few things, read Crush It! by Gary Vaynerchuk. There are many other books too, hang out in a library or a book store for a couple hours.

If you have a dream and other people might want what you are selling, also look into Kickstarter for funding - but you have to market your idea to pull it off.

Good luck and follow your passion!

Books regarding how to build your online business / extract value out of an email list come from people who collected their online offerings.

For example: Ryan Levesque "Ask" on how to build products through email lists are a compilation of user stories from what he's done online.

With that said if you're looking for general entrepreneurship books here are a few I would check out:

• My Startup Life by Ben Casnocha. Ben started a company in his teens. Recently he wrote a book with Reid Hoffman (founder of LinkedIn) called The Startup of You
  
  
• Crush It by Gary Vaynerchuck
  
  
• The Four Hour Workweek by Tim Ferriss
  
  The best books to read to get through the thick and thin however are not business books. For example, Meditations by Marcus Aurelius is excellent

Not sure if it's what you're looking for but there's Crush It! (i haven't read it/don't plan to).

See Crush It! by Gary Vaynerchuk.