From the course: 32 Ways to Make Extra Money
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Bird supplies empire
- [Chris] Let's go back to the early days of e-commerce more than 20 years ago, when a bird-loving social worker had a dream. Her dream was to bring bird supplies to the masses, at least, the bird-owning masses, and in particular, parrot owners. Her site goes on to make up to $250,000 a year before falling prey to the vultures at Google. Well, what do I mean? Well, that's what the story's about. And pay attention, because it offers at least two valuable lessons. When I first published it, I called it the rise and fall of birdsupplies.com. So, without feather ado, let's go behind the cage of this aviary income source. Diane Burroughs had an affinity for birds ever since childhood. Her family raised chickens as she was growing up. Later, as an adult with two kids of her own, she found herself rehabilitating injured birds that she found in her neighborhood, including her beloved companion, Peachy, the moluccan cockatoo.…
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