The astounding Neon Night-Rider and the return of the web

Other than when I got a spam e-mail in 1998 when I was 11 telling me I was an entrepreneur, there were various other signs throughout the times. I realized I was an entrepreneur when:

• I needed an internship to graduate high school and got the run-around trying to be a web developer. I decided to make my own internship, and it worked.
• I had no job the first semester freshman year of college. No big deal there because I still had money.
• I spent the last half of 2006 working for myself. I got money to come in, but I failed, owed lots of money in debt, and struggled to survive. Then in 2007, I still worked for myself, but had another job (sometimes 2) elsewhere.
• I hated long-winded explanations for why an action was taken.
• I grew quickly, learned the most, and could do the most, but was still underpaid and never got a raise, until I got hired elsewhere.
• No job, no matter how fun it is, can satisfy me. Only struggling and dodging calls from collectors while I finish a client’s website satisfied me.
• I hate wasting time. Period.
• I seize every opportunity that reasonable. Even if it’s a failure in the end, it’s a lesson learned.
• Someone tells me my ideas are ridiculous, I simply them, and it’s suddenly brilliant.
• I became headstrong.
• People dissuade me from marriage because it failed for them and I still ignore them.
• I put my own money to get a business going and legitimate.
• I’m 23 and I feel my career will go down the tubes unless I start thinking smart.
• I finish the job, whether or not I get praise.

Now, how can I be a successful entrepreneur?

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