The story of this Thai young boy "Itthipat Kulapongvanich". A high school young boy, an online gamer and has a mind set of an entrepreneur find his way to overcome and pay the 40M debt of his family who migrated to China and left him in Thailand.
He took a brave path of dropping out of college and find his way becoming a self made successful entrepreneur through selling Chestnuts and finally finding his gold mine producing fried seaweeds to many 7-Eleven branches.
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| Top Ittipat - "Tai Kae Noi" Owner |
Noted :
- 16th years old – Get Hooked on Games
- 17th years old – He dropped out of school to be a nut peddler
- 18th years old – His family went bankrupt – debts of 40 million Baht
- 19th years old – He created the seaweed snacks ‘Tao Kae Noi’ is sold in 3,000 7-Eleven in Thailand
And now He is 26th years old, earned 800 million Bath per year and employs 2,000 staff.
If you have time you can always watch this 2011 film "The Billionaire" a 2 hour movie to get the lesson of the story.
The path "Top" took is really a brave thing to do. Quitting his studies and facing uncertainty in the future didn't stop him down on pursuing on what he believes in.
There's so many lessons extracted from the movie here's just my list:
- He doesn't knew everything in the business he started but spite of that he still started and find his way what works for him and what's not through learning the process and mistakes.
- He trusted his inner voice within. Although his friend, girl friend and even his parents advises him, he still trusted his voice within and follow through. Good thing he trusted his guts.
- He collected his ideas around to works for him. I know information can overload your head but I think we should be picky on what's just fit for us. I know there's ton of good information out there.
- He leverage his idea and expanded it. Never heard of the "Forest Encircle Cities Strategy" that's why I researched it. That's what the power of leverage do.
- You should not quit trying even you got into different venture in life. The point is in the process you will find out what will not work and what's working, as long as you stay in the business you will find your way.
If you have lesson on your own that relates to this story feel free to post it on the comment tab below.
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