rags to riches stories

[chemarie]

Sobrang nainspire naman ako!!!
Parang ganyan din ang aprents ko pero hindi pa kami milyonaryo (o hindi ko lang alam? masinop kasi sila sa pera)

HS grads lang ang parents ko at galing sila sa probinsiya, dito sila nagkakilala sa manila. Sobrang hirap nila dati kasi pumapasok sila sa school ng walang baon or pinagaagawan nila ang ulam dahil nga kulang sa mga magkakapatid.

Nagpakasal sila mama at papa noong pinagbuntis ako ni mama, mahirap ang buhay namin noon kasama ang 2 kong kapatid. Puro ukay nga lang ang mga damit namin at recycled ang bags etc.
Tapos my parents put up a sari-sari store 6 years ago (year 2006). Nagresign si mama sa trabaho at inasikaso ang business namin tapos si papa naman ang nagbabantay ng tindahan kapag gabi kahit pagod siya from work.

After two years, dun ko talaga naramdaman na medyo umangat kami sa buhay at nagresign na din si papa sa trabaho niya kasi kaya naman daw kaming suportahan ng tindahan.

Last last year nagtayo kami ng computer shop at isa pang tindahan sa malayong pwesto at nakabili na din ng sasakyan. Nabibigay na din ng parents namin ang mga bagay na higit pa sa pangangailangan naming tatlong magkakapatid. Last year ang gross ng tindahan ay 9M. Oo nagulat din ako. (pinapakialaman ko kasi ang notebook ni mama, di ko naman sila makausap about sa negosyo since i'm still in college pa, and nahihiya akong magpkita ng interes sa business. lols)

Sabi ni papa, noong bata siya nanghihiram [textspeak!] siya ng leather shoes pampasok, ngayon libo na ang halag ng mga sapatos niya pati naming magkakapatid.
Tpos, [textspeak!] arawang sweldo naman ni mama nung namamasukan siya eh katumbas ng total baon namin per day. Grabe no.

Hindi pa kami mayaman, infact di kami nakatira sa subd pero i can say na umangat talaga ang buhay namin, mala-rags to riches na din. (BTw, kaya ko nakita ang thread na 'to kasi i'm researching about business, hehe)

[kaiz]

^wow! 9m for a sari sari store?

[joban99]

That's great chemarie. Wag ka mahiya ipakita mo sa parents mo your interested in your family business or any type of business. Im sure matutuwa sila to know your interested in the family business and as your in college na. Its good you should start learning about your family business na rin.

[escapee]

My Story: How I Replaced My Job With My Dream Business

Back in 2002 I'm probably in the same situation like most of you.   
I want to go on my own. I want to have my own business.

I'm sick and tired of working though the salary as computer   
programmer is good. And I know to reach financial independence, I   
need to have my own business.

But it wasn't easy.

We're basically trained and educated to be an employee and being   
an entrepreneur is completely different. Mentality particularly.

So what I did is read as many books, learn from other   
entrepreneurs, and just do it. Like in everything...

...sa umpisa mahirap.

In early 2005, I was in Starbucks in Tagatay with my then   
girlfriend (now my wife.) If you've never been there, they have   
this patio over looking Taal Volcano. It was really nice.

While sipping a hot coffee and enjoying the fresh air I told my   
girlfriend...

"My dream is to have a business where I can just bring my laptop   
here in Starbucks Tagaytay, do business, and make a lot of   
money."

It was really just a dream back then since I have no clue what   
kind of business can do that for me.

In March 2006, I learned about marketing and other info on   
how to start a part-time business and make a full time income from it.

Again, in the beginning everything is difficult. The information   
is overwhelming.

I worked hard. Learn and fail fast. Until one day...

...I finally made it.

I started making serious money working just an hour or two a day.   
Until I'm making about P250,000 a month part time.

I scaled up my business, systematized it, and hired two people.

After a year or so that part-time business was making little over   
$10,000 or about half a million pesos a month… and I’m still   
employed.

For the first time in my life I had a 3 months vacation last   
December with a budget of more than half a million to spend just   
for vacation.

Life is good!

Being employee can't give you that.

My point is this start dreaming, start planning, and here's the   
key...

...JUST DO IT!

You'll stumble no matter how much you prepare. Just learn from   
your mistakes, stand up, and move on.

Believe in yourself and the God who created you.

[simplybrilliant]

^galing.

[klengmorales]

To be honest, napapaluha ako nung binabasa ko to (Note: from the very first page). Napansin ko lang. Most of the stories eh sa business. Eh. empleyado ako ngayon. gusto ko ng mag business

[runaway_bridesmaid]

^ako rin sis, eto ang paborito kong thread, di nga lang ganun ka active

gusto ko talagang iahon ang pamilya ko sa kahirapan, nagsisisi ako na marami na ang panahon na sinayang ko kaya ngayon eto start ako pa konti konti, direct selling kahit ano mahina ako sa sales pero pinag aaralan ko na, nag business na kami ni husband pero nag fail yung una, okay lang pero try pa rin. never surrender!

[brownpinay]

Pamilyang OFW kami at patuloy na nangangarap at umaasa na sana ay mapabilang sa istorya ng "From Rags to Riches" dito. 

Andito pa lang kami sa stage na nabayaran ang lahat ng utang "debt-free" na. Nakabili ng bahay at lupa at sasakyan.  Pero lahat ng ito ay dahil sa pamamasukan ko as a corporate slave at sa pagiging OFW ni hubby

Sa ngayon nasa stage kami ng pag iipon para sa business na sana ay masustain ang aming pamilya para di na din mag OFW si husband.

[runaway_bridesmaid]

^nice naman sis umpisa na yan, i'm sure magiging success ang business mo, good luck!

ako kasi isa sa mga reasons bukod sa kahirap ay parang feeling ko dehado ako sa pagiging empleyado..

ilang company na ang napasukan ko pero feeling ko hindi nako compensate, feeling ko ang company lang ang yumayaman sa mga talents ng mga empleyado nila, parang ganun. yung mga oras na dapat kasama ko ang family ko ay pinagtatrabaho ko pa, halos buong oras at araw ko puro na lang trabaho, tapos ang sahod ganun lang, kaya gusto ko talagang  mag business

[pinklilac]

^hi sis..  tama better na mag business.. yan ang nag marka sa sinabi ng former H.S classmate ko na super successful businesswoman. sabi nya "walang yumayaman sa pagiging empleyado"..i agree naman.
college undergrad siya at naging young mom at the age of 16 yata.. super hirap din dinaanan niya at ng asawa nya na halos wala silang  makain.  lahat ng klaseng direct selling napasukan nya na. buti na lang may alam sa pag memekaniko hubby nya. to make the long story short..

may machine shop na siya sa isang subdivision sa laguna. at  nakapundar na rin ng ilang lupain. ganda ng haus nya sa sta. rosa estate.  mga kids nya napag aral sa mamahaling eskwelahan.
super successful talaga pero napaka simple nilang mag asawa.

[hisana]

Truly inspiring. To say na bilib ako sa tyaga at disiplina ng mga nakwento dito is an understatement.

(I've been looking for rags to riches stories and most of the ones out there are hindi naman talaga galing sa hirap -- born into upper middle class, a business handed over to them by parents, able to afford grad school, may konting mana from grandparents...while I don't want to belittle anyone's achievement, these do not exactly fall under the "rags" category.)

[escapee]

Let's keep this up so more people will be inspired.

[gelay18]

Sana marami pang mag share ng mga stories nila.. coz its give me hope

[gentai_chan]

Inspiring indeed and mga stories dito, keep it coming sisses.

[maldita29]

Subscribing. I have always believed na hindi ko talaga ikayayaman ang pagiging empleyado. Sabi ko na nga ba tama ako. I'm an employee now with a business on the side. unti-unti kong bibitawan tong pagiging empleyado ko. Nakakainspire ang mga kwento. One day, magkukwento din ako.

[berryblitz]

ako ren.  i know one day makakapagshare ako ng rags to riches story ko.  kung naging successful ako, ikukuento ko dito, promise