Justin Gilmore’s 3-Tip Handbook on Becoming a Self-Made Businessperson
Justin Gilmore
The traditional model for entrepreneurial success—go to college, get an MBA, work your way up the company ladder, and then strike out on your own—does not work for everyone. In fact, in an article for Forbes, Ben Walker, CEO of Transcription Outsourcing, notes that many of today’s most successful entrepreneurs did not obtain college degrees. Instead, they did a lot of research and took a lot of risks. Justin Gilmore can relate to this model of entrepreneurship. For him, learning the business through trial and error proved to be the best education.
Justin, the founder of ATMMachines.com, was expelled from high school at 15 years old. By the time he was 16, he had a full-time job and an insatiable desire to develop his business acumen. He read eve...