Never Get a "Real" Job: How to Dump Your Boss, Build a Business and Not Go Broke How to Dump Your Boss, Build a Business, and Not Go Broke

Scott Gerber is neither the product of a wealthy family, nor the outcome of a traditional business school education or a corporate executive turned entrepreneur. He's a self-taught entrepreneur who has survived and thrived despite never having held the proverbial real" job. Never Get a Real" Job challenges the social conventions behind the old school real" job and 9-to-5 lifestyle, and empowers entrepreneurs to take control of their lives, fears, and careers. Scott dissects failures, shares hard-learned lessons and presents practical, affordable and systematic action steps to building, managing and marketing a successful business that accompanies being your own boss.  Scott's lessons include: "Do What You Know": The importance of starting businesses based on passions and experience versus hypothetical profits, with self assessment techniques to utilize when brainstorming. "Without Today There Is No Tomorrow": The differences between successful entrepreneurs and hopeless dreamers, with tips on how to stop making excuses and start up. "Your Gut Is Smarter than Your Brain": Stresses the significance of developing hustler instincts to complement book smarts and provides insights to become a better judge of character traits, and improve negotiating skills. "Who You Know is More Important than What You Know": The do's and don'ts of approaching prospective partners, and a systematic process for meeting people outside of your network and comfort zone.

Young serial entrepreneur Scott Gerber is not the product of a wealthy family or storied entrepreneurial heritage. Nor is he the outcome of a traditional business school education or a corporate executive turned entrepreneur. Rather, he is a hard-working, self-taught 26-year-old hustler, rainmaker, and bootstrapper who has survived and thrived despite never having held the proverbial "real job.In Never Get a "Real" Job: How to Dump Your Boss, Build a Business, and Not Go Broke, Gerber challenges the social conventions behind the "real" job and empowers young people to take control of their lives and dump their nine-to-fives--or their quest to attain them.Drawing upon case studies, experiences, and observations, Scott dissects failures, shares hard-learned lessons, and presents practical, affordable, and systematic action steps to building, managing, and marketing a successful business on a shoestring budget.The proven, no-b.s. methodology presented in Never Get a "Real" Job teaches unemployed and underemployed Gen-Yers, aspiring small business owners, students, and recent college graduates how to quit 9-to-5s, become their own bosses, and achieve financial independence.