HOW TO BE A CAPITALIST WITHOUT ANY CAPITAL

Here a rising young business star shares brilliant insights and shortcuts to help you thrive as an entrepreneur - even if you don't have any money to start.

At age 19, Nathan Latka founded a software company with just a few thousand dollars of his own money. He sold it five years later for $10.5 million. He doesn't consider himself exceptionally brilliant; he just realized something that few people know: You don't need lots of money or an original idea to become an entrepreneur. You can be a hugely successful capitalist without any capital.

Latka started sharing his secrets two years ago on The Top Entrepreneurs, which Inc. called the #1 business podcast. Now his first book, written in the same funny, exuberant voice his fans have come to love, will open your eyes to the opportunities waiting all around you. It starts with rejecting four pieces of conventional wisdom:

- DON'T strive to be great at just one skill.
- DON'T try for a unique business model.
- DON'T focus on your goals.
- DON'T jump into a hot industry.

By rejecting those defunct rules and following Latka's unconventional path, you can copy other people's ideas shamelessly, bootstrap a startup with almost no funding, invest in small local businesses for huge payoffs, and reap the benefits of many other shortcuts and workarounds.


Nathan Latka is CEO of TheTopInbox and eTools, as well as the Executive Producer and host of The Top Entrepreneurs podcast. This is his first book.