what inspires me I believe it’s important that you are inspired as an
important that you are inspired as an
important that you are inspired as an entrepreneur you’re starting the
entrepreneur you’re starting the
entrepreneur you’re starting the business around your passion if you
business around your passion if you
business around your passion if you don’t you’re not gonna have success if
don’t you’re not gonna have success if
don’t you’re not gonna have success if you’re in it just for the money it’s not
you’re in it just for the money it’s not
you’re in it just for the money it’s not gonna work out for you I got a tweet
gonna work out for you I got a tweet
gonna work out for you I got a tweet from one of my followers Bob Narinder
from one of my followers Bob Narinder
from one of my followers Bob Narinder who is at Bob Narenda and he wrote in to
who is at Bob Narenda and he wrote in to
who is at Bob Narenda and he wrote in to say so what inspires you
say so what inspires you
say so what inspires you was there a Eureka moment that sent you
was there a Eureka moment that sent you
was there a Eureka moment that sent you on your current path and there was so
on your current path and there was so
on your current path and there was so here’s what happened with my business
here’s what happened with my business
here’s what happened with my business okay I had a software company and I
okay I had a software company and I
okay I had a software company and I built it up I sold it when I sold it I
built it up I sold it when I sold it I
built it up I sold it when I sold it I was kind of struggling I didn’t know
was kind of struggling I didn’t know
was kind of struggling I didn’t know what I wanted to do next you know I put
what I wanted to do next you know I put
what I wanted to do next you know I put so much of myself into this business
so much of myself into this business
so much of myself into this business that I needed I don’t know I needed
that I needed I don’t know I needed
that I needed I don’t know I needed something else to do but I didn’t know
something else to do but I didn’t know
something else to do but I didn’t know where to go and I felt like just
where to go and I felt like just
where to go and I felt like just exploring and I tried a whole bunch of
exploring and I tried a whole bunch of
exploring and I tried a whole bunch of different things and one of the ones
different things and one of the ones
different things and one of the ones that came up was I talked to the YMCA a
that came up was I talked to the YMCA a
that came up was I talked to the YMCA a local YMCA group and we talked about
local YMCA group and we talked about
local YMCA group and we talked about doing a presentation where I come in and
doing a presentation where I come in and
doing a presentation where I come in and talk about entrepreneurship young
talk about entrepreneurship young
talk about entrepreneurship young entrepreneurs and and how to make your
entrepreneurs and and how to make your
entrepreneurs and and how to make your dream of starting the business a reality
dream of starting the business a reality
dream of starting the business a reality and they said we have this group for
and they said we have this group for
and they said we have this group for entrepreneurs we have a young
entrepreneurs we have a young
entrepreneurs we have a young entrepreneur program we’d love to have
entrepreneur program we’d love to have
entrepreneur program we’d love to have you come and speak to them so I said
you come and speak to them so I said
you come and speak to them so I said great no prob like no cost I’m just
great no prob like no cost I’m just
great no prob like no cost I’m just doing this to give back and to explore
doing this to give back and to explore
doing this to give back and to explore and and to help and see where it leads
and and to help and see where it leads
and and to help and see where it leads and I remember I got so excited about
and I remember I got so excited about
and I remember I got so excited about this I was I was making a presentation
this I was I was making a presentation
this I was I was making a presentation and I I spent about a month I think
and I I spent about a month I think
and I I spent about a month I think making this thing what the size were
making this thing what the size were
making this thing what the size were gonna be what I was gonna talk about and
gonna be what I was gonna talk about and
gonna be what I was gonna talk about and I was promoting it and the YMCA was
I was promoting it and the YMCA was
I was promoting it and the YMCA was promoting it and about a month and
promoting it and about a month and
promoting it and about a month and there’s a free presentation and I
there’s a free presentation and I
there’s a free presentation and I remember the day comes like today is a
remember the day comes like today is a
remember the day comes like today is a day I’m gonna go do my presentation at
day I’m gonna go do my presentation at
day I’m gonna go do my presentation at the Y you know we’ll see what leads to
the Y you know we’ll see what leads to
the Y you know we’ll see what leads to and my heart’s pounding and I’m nervous
and my heart’s pounding and I’m nervous
and my heart’s pounding and I’m nervous a little bit I hadn’t done a lot of
a little bit I hadn’t done a lot of
a little bit I hadn’t done a lot of speaking before this and I remember
speaking before this and I remember
speaking before this and I remember getting to the door and going up the
getting to the door and going up the
getting to the door and going up the elevator and and just getting all
elevator and and just getting all
elevator and and just getting all excited and I go in I open the door walk
excited and I go in I open the door walk
excited and I go in I open the door walk into the room when we said this huge
into the room when we said this huge
into the room when we said this huge room up full of chairs and three people
room up full of chairs and three people
room up full of chairs and three people were in the room and and I felt like
were in the room and and I felt like
were in the room and and I felt like that the air was just sucked out of my
that the air was just sucked out of my
that the air was just sucked out of my lungs like I’d spent so much time
lungs like I’d spent so much time
lungs like I’d spent so much time promoting this and the YMCA promoted it
promoting this and the YMCA promoted it
promoting this and the YMCA promoted it and working on the content and three
and working on the content and three
and working on the content and three people showed up for a free event it’s
people showed up for a free event it’s
people showed up for a free event it’s like what and and it was really
like what and and it was really
like what and and it was really heartbreaking you know I felt in that
heartbreaking you know I felt in that
heartbreaking you know I felt in that moment like maybe I made the wrong
moment like maybe I made the wrong
moment like maybe I made the wrong decision like this maybe was a stupid
decision like this maybe was a stupid
decision like this maybe was a stupid thing for me to do like I had wasted a
thing for me to do like I had wasted a
thing for me to do like I had wasted a lot of my time I hate wasting time and I
lot of my time I hate wasting time and I
lot of my time I hate wasting time and I felt like this probably was a waste of
felt like this probably was a waste of
felt like this probably was a waste of time so I continued on you know there’s
time so I continued on you know there’s
time so I continued on you know there’s three people still shut up I did this
three people still shut up I did this
three people still shut up I did this work I need to at least deliver the
work I need to at least deliver the
work I need to at least deliver the presentation and then ended up being
presentation and then ended up being
presentation and then ended up being awesome i I went through my content and
awesome i I went through my content and
awesome i I went through my content and because it was such a small group I got
because it was such a small group I got
because it was such a small group I got to know everybody really well and got to
to know everybody really well and got to
to know everybody really well and got to help them with their problems and the
help them with their problems and the
help them with their problems and the challenges they faced and they laughed
challenges they faced and they laughed
challenges they faced and they laughed as different people than when they came
as different people than when they came
as different people than when they came in and even though it was only three
in and even though it was only three
in and even though it was only three people that made me feel really good
people that made me feel really good
people that made me feel really good like I knew that I had helped these
like I knew that I had helped these
like I knew that I had helped these people that day and I gave them advice
people that day and I gave them advice
people that day and I gave them advice that nobody else had given them before
that nobody else had given them before
that nobody else had given them before and and I could help be the difference
and and I could help be the difference
and and I could help be the difference between them succeeding and them not
between them succeeding and them not
between them succeeding and them not making it with their company and that
making it with their company and that
making it with their company and that made me feel really good and from there
made me feel really good and from there
made me feel really good and from there I had to find the way to keep doing it
I had to find the way to keep doing it
I had to find the way to keep doing it if it was presentations or websites or
if it was presentations or websites or
if it was presentations or websites or videos like this or on Twitter or
videos like this or on Twitter or
videos like this or on Twitter or Facebook or YouTube or whatever I didn’t
Facebook or YouTube or whatever I didn’t
Facebook or YouTube or whatever I didn’t know where would lead only that I had to
know where would lead only that I had to
know where would lead only that I had to keep doing this work to help
keep doing this work to help
keep doing this work to help entrepreneurs you know before I would
entrepreneurs you know before I would
entrepreneurs you know before I would sound like biotech software I had
sound like biotech software I had
sound like biotech software I had nothing to do with entrepreneurship but
nothing to do with entrepreneurship but
nothing to do with entrepreneurship but I felt like after that experience I had
I felt like after that experience I had
I felt like after that experience I had I had to I had to help other
I had to I had to help other
I had to I had to help other entrepreneurs that was my Eureka moment
entrepreneurs that was my Eureka moment
entrepreneurs that was my Eureka moment and everybody looking at that situation
and everybody looking at that situation
and everybody looking at that situation might have said Evan you’re kind of
might have said Evan you’re kind of
might have said Evan you’re kind of crazy right like you could only get
crazy right like you could only get
crazy right like you could only get three people to come out to a free event
three people to come out to a free event
three people to come out to a free event that was you and the YMCA promoting it
that was you and the YMCA promoting it
that was you and the YMCA promoting it and all three people came out like how
and all three people came out like how
and all three people came out like how is this ever gonna be a business and and
is this ever gonna be a business and and
is this ever gonna be a business and and I didn’t have the answer like I didn’t
I didn’t have the answer like I didn’t
I didn’t have the answer like I didn’t know how I would eventually make money
know how I would eventually make money
know how I would eventually make money from this and entrepreneurs don’t have
from this and entrepreneurs don’t have
from this and entrepreneurs don’t have money so how do you turn that like
money so how do you turn that like
money so how do you turn that like logically this didn’t make any sense to
logically this didn’t make any sense to
logically this didn’t make any sense to get into like Evan what are you doing
get into like Evan what are you doing
get into like Evan what are you doing this is stupid
this is stupid
this is stupid where
where
where with my biotech software company I’m
with my biotech software company I’m
with my biotech software company I’m selling the huge companies like Knotts
selling the huge companies like Knotts
selling the huge companies like Knotts and Johnson Johnson guys with huge
and Johnson Johnson guys with huge
and Johnson Johnson guys with huge budgets but there was just something
budgets but there was just something
budgets but there was just something about it that I loved doing and I I
about it that I loved doing and I I
about it that I loved doing and I I don’t know I don’t know I think I would
don’t know I don’t know I think I would
don’t know I don’t know I think I would have taken the job just to make money to
have taken the job just to make money to
have taken the job just to make money to to do this you know I love doing it so
to do this you know I love doing it so
to do this you know I love doing it so much and so I knew I had to continue I
much and so I knew I had to continue I
much and so I knew I had to continue I had no idea what the form would look
had no idea what the form would look
had no idea what the form would look like I had no idea what built this
like I had no idea what built this
like I had no idea what built this popular website that eventually be on
popular website that eventually be on
popular website that eventually be on YouTube I had no idea any of that was
YouTube I had no idea any of that was
YouTube I had no idea any of that was gonna happen I just knew that I had to
gonna happen I just knew that I had to
gonna happen I just knew that I had to continue it and I think that’s when you
continue it and I think that’s when you
continue it and I think that’s when you have that moment it’s a very exciting
have that moment it’s a very exciting
have that moment it’s a very exciting but also dangerous time because if you
but also dangerous time because if you
but also dangerous time because if you think too logically if I thought just
think too logically if I thought just
think too logically if I thought just with my head I wouldn’t have continued
with my head I wouldn’t have continued
with my head I wouldn’t have continued right I wouldn’t have made sense
right I wouldn’t have made sense
right I wouldn’t have made sense logically it doesn’t make sense to do
logically it doesn’t make sense to do
logically it doesn’t make sense to do this if I talk to people about it and
this if I talk to people about it and
this if I talk to people about it and they looked at you know the stats and
they looked at you know the stats and
they looked at you know the stats and the market research it wouldn’t have
the market research it wouldn’t have
the market research it wouldn’t have made any sense like what you’re doing
made any sense like what you’re doing
made any sense like what you’re doing you can’t you can’t make money from this
you can’t you can’t make money from this
you can’t you can’t make money from this entrepreneurs don’t have money and even
entrepreneurs don’t have money and even
entrepreneurs don’t have money and even if they did you only got three people to
if they did you only got three people to
if they did you only got three people to a free event like it didn’t make any
a free event like it didn’t make any
a free event like it didn’t make any sense and that’s where for a lot of
sense and that’s where for a lot of
sense and that’s where for a lot of entrepreneurs their ideas die and they
entrepreneurs their ideas die and they
entrepreneurs their ideas die and they they side with everybody else this yeah
they side with everybody else this yeah
they side with everybody else this yeah you know what you’re probably right that
you know what you’re probably right that
you know what you’re probably right that was a stupid idea I should have done
was a stupid idea I should have done
was a stupid idea I should have done that where there’s still something like
that where there’s still something like
that where there’s still something like hey you know what maybe there was a way
hey you know what maybe there was a way
hey you know what maybe there was a way to make it work you know you kind of you
to make it work you know you kind of you
to make it work you know you kind of you feel like there’s something that could
feel like there’s something that could
feel like there’s something that could have could have worked out and so I
have could have worked out and so I
have could have worked out and so I didn’t give up on my idea even though I
didn’t give up on my idea even though I
didn’t give up on my idea even though I had no idea how it would work out and
had no idea how it would work out and
had no idea how it would work out and because you often don’t have all the
because you often don’t have all the
because you often don’t have all the answers at the beginning you start to
answers at the beginning you start to
answers at the beginning you start to doubt yourself and I guess don’t doubt
doubt yourself and I guess don’t doubt
doubt yourself and I guess don’t doubt yourself right and and it’s okay not
yourself right and and it’s okay not
yourself right and and it’s okay not having all the answers yet and it’s okay
having all the answers yet and it’s okay
having all the answers yet and it’s okay that you’re gonna struggle and it’s okay
that you’re gonna struggle and it’s okay
that you’re gonna struggle and it’s okay that nobody comes to your event and it’s
that nobody comes to your event and it’s
that nobody comes to your event and it’s okay that you’re not making money yet
okay that you’re not making money yet
okay that you’re not making money yet you don’t have the answers yet you’re
you don’t have the answers yet you’re
you don’t have the answers yet you’re working on it but you you will figure it
working on it but you you will figure it
working on it but you you will figure it out if you keep going and you keep
out if you keep going and you keep
out if you keep going and you keep following your passion you will figure
following your passion you will figure
following your passion you will figure it out it’s going to take longer than
it out it’s going to take longer than
it out it’s going to take longer than you want it to take it might cost more
you want it to take it might cost more
you want it to take it might cost more money than you want it to take you know
money than you want it to take you know
money than you want it to take you know we’re inpatient we want things now but
we’re inpatient we want things now but
we’re inpatient we want things now but it will work out if you keep following
it will work out if you keep following
it will work out if you keep following your passion so that’s my story that’s
your passion so that’s my story that’s
your passion so that’s my story that’s kind of my unique I guess Eureka moment
kind of my unique I guess Eureka moment
kind of my unique I guess Eureka moment and thank you for asking the question so
and thank you for asking the question so
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