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Originally posted by gooeycandy
Great car talk, investment advice, and a bit of soap opera BS with Brad showing his new girlie pics of laura. KK, stay cool !! Find a young stud and post your hot-tub pics.
FM, did you start out with any of those millions your father made? I have a friend who gives me daily advice about how I should be making more money. Of course, he was born into a family with mega bucks. He didn't have to work his butt off at boring jobs. He had money to invest which was given to him by his father. Not all of us have rich daddys or living trusts so we can open those doors. So FM, if you can share with us how much money you had when you started in the porn business, it might make your success story more meaningful to the rest of us. So many times, it takes money to make money. GFY is filled with young webmasters dreaming about following in your footsteps.
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Thanx for the question
It was my Grandfather who I was speaking about and actually when my Grandparents passed I received $10,000 which I still have in a CD because I never wanted to spend that money.
My Father died when I was 19 and the money he left to my Mother was squandered away because she never knew how to handle money.
I have been working since I was 11 - first in the summer time loading furniture on containers. Did that every summer until I was 18.
By 19, I was working as a sales manager of an outbound telemarketing company. I dropped out of college soon after my Father passed because my Mother couldn't afford to pay for my education.
I got into the 976 business (phone sex) when I was 36. I would hand out cards on windshields of cars for them to call the 976 lines. I started that business by getting a 976 number from PacBell (very small investment). Soon I had a crew of people handing out the cards, then I started placing advertising in secondary newspapers and publications.
When the national 900 product was released in '87, I had already purchased computer equipment for our 976 lines and this equipment could be used for 900 so I became a service bureau. This is when I started making some serious cash. At this time I was working 7 days a week, 20 hours a day.
When the internet exploded in late 1995 I jumped into the AdultNet and the rest is history.
So the answer to your question, I did everything with my own money and hard work. Nobody ever gave me anything other than the $10k from my Grandparents and I still have that CD and it's now up to about $25k. I was not born with a silver spoon in my mouth.
You really can make it on your own in this country. All you need is a game plan and a lot of hard work!!
Hope this helps