I always thought starting your own business was impossible... would economic circumstances force me to prove I was wrong about that?

1. The story of
how I was
Wrong

2. And how we all
have it in us to
go it alone!

4. Not all that long
ago I went to a
business school

5. I knew that after college
what I really wanted
was…

6. Piles of cash

7. Fancy stuff

8. And…

9. Fame

10. To be fair I had
probably just watched
too much of:

11. This…

12. & This

13. In any case…
I was going to be a
“hot shot”

14. But…

15. When I actually went to
the classes, I ended up
disliking most of them

16. When I actually went to
the classes, I ended up
disliking most of them

17. In fact it was dawning on
me that my desire for the

18. Piles of cash

19. Fancy stuff

20. And…

21. The
Fame
Fame

22. Was a little
misguided…

23. I started to realise I actually had
NO IDEA what I wanted to do
after college

24. The one thing
I really did
enjoy

25. Was making
presentations

26. And…
I was good at them

27. And…
I was good at them

28. I ate, slept and drank all
things presentation

29. Books by the like of

30. Garr
Reynolds
and
Nancy
Duarte

31. Garr
Reynolds
and
Nancy
Duarte

32. Inspired me

33. And books on
data viz by

34. Stephen
Kossyln
and
Edward
Tufte

35. Stephen
Kossyln
and
Edward
Tufte

36. Changed the way I
looked at presenting
information

37. But…

38. I knew that I couldn’t
make a living out of
presentations alone

39. I wasn’t made for
self-employment

40. That was for crazy
“Entrepreneurs”

41. A rare breed of
person we were
often told of…

42. People like:
Jobs

43. People like:
Branson

44. People like:
Zuckerberg

45. These “Entrepreneurs”
did things like

46. Climb mountains

47. Take over
the world

48. Retain infinite levels
of confidence

49. And miscellaneous
other things I knew
I couldn’t do!

50. So…
I continued on, a
little puzzled…

51. So…
I continued on, a
little puzzled…

52. Graduation day
came
And went

53. Graduation day
came
And went

54. And I was no closer to
finding out what I wanted
to do

55. Things looked bleak

56. So, one weekend it
dawned on me

57. With nothing to lose
I may as well give it
a shot

58. I had a think about how I
could use my skills
to make my
own Job

59. I sketched out a few
ideas, and started
making plans

60. And I spent that
weekend working
like mad to
Make. It. Happen!

61. By the end of the weekend it
was done, the site was up
and the business
cards were on
the way

62. I set up twitter and started to
talk to the world

63. I will admit, things
started out
slow

64. But now, I am happy to say
they are up and running and
going nicely

65. What's more
I love it

66. What's more
I LOVE it

67. I have worked with a great
variety of clients
Mr. Unsure Mr. Big Biz
Ms. Clear

68. On projects I have loved
Mr. Unsure Mr. Big Biz
Ms. Clear

69. But in the end it is my job
to make sure they are
Mr. Unsure Mr. Big Biz
Ms. Clear

70. But in the end it is my job
to make sure they are
Mr. Happy Mr. Happy
Ms. Happy

71. By working with them
to design amazing
presentations

72. Now…

73. When I look back at the
aspirations the old me
had, I cringe a little…

74. I have replaced them with
better things now…

75. An appreciation for
control over how
I spend
my time

76. A desire for Balance

77. And instead of fancy stuff,
I’m happy with the
simple stuff

78. A better set of goals
some might say

79. And…

80. The one thing I have
learnt is that

81. I was Wrong

82. Starting a business is
not impossible…
and…

83. If I can do it

84. So can You

85. You CAN do it

86. So… go do it

87. Now!

88. You can find me at:
www.clearpreso.com
www.twitter.com/clearpreso
Don’t
forget to
Vote!