I have to hold my hand up and admit that I am actually not an old martial arts master with the wisdom of ages …. I know, you feel cheated right ?
Well I can tell you that the reason I started the site with this theme is because I have been around long enough to know that you have to have a warriors attitude to stand any chance of success in life.
Now that’s out of the way, let me tell you a bit about the ‘real’ me ….
I remember when I left school, I didn’t really know what I wanted to do with myself, it was the mid 90’s and I was far more interested in chilling out and going to rave parties than I was in working. I would have considered university but I was confident I could get a job and really had no idea what interested me enough to warrant investing the time and expense.
I settled on studying a business diploma at a local college, I had enjoyed business studies at school and this kept me mostly out of trouble as well as being a generally useful thing to study. I met a couple of industrious lads on the course and before you know it I was addicted to all sorts of gigs and hustles to make a few quid here and there.
After finishing the business course I started working at a couple of retail jobs and realised that I needed an area of focus to develop into, I was lucky enough to receive some fantastic advice from my dad.
He suggested that I look at working with computers since it was obvious that was where the money was and the fledgling dotcom scene was just starting to emerge. So I returned to the local college to work on a business IT diploma … and this is where things got interesting because I started to turn into a digital hustler on the side … as well building an engrossing career as an IT and software services professional.
I really cannot remember the number of Businesses that I have worked with online, some were moderately successful and others were abject failures …. here’s a few that I can remember.
– Selling designer shirts
– Selling websites on Ebay
– Selling Ebooks on Ebay
– Running an IT busines
– Selling DVDs
– Ebay / Amazon arbitrage
– Trading domains
– Website Flipping
– Dating affiliate sites
I have likely forgotten many more schemes/scams and programs that I’ve tried but eventually I started toning down my online hustles as my day job grew more demanding.
I’d dabble every now and then when I got the urge but now … I’m back and it’s time to get serious. Everything I’ve learned in the past from my side hustles and my career will help me develop my digital business into something substantial !
My name is Matthew Farquharson and if you want to know a bit more about me then you can look at my personal site at matthewfarquharson.com.