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Starting A Company From Scratch - With no Money, Friends, or Education...

Brandon Thomason · 2015-04-23T01:52:04

I really need help, but if no one wants to help, I can't get help. I wish I could state something positive about myself, but there's not much positive I have in my life that relates to business and game design. Recap on my thread (So I don't have to post it all over again in different words; that's a lot of typing... :/): What have you produced before, do you have a portfolio? I have not produced anything. No, I do not have a portfolio. Everything I've been hired to do I have been fired from because of incompetence. Question for you... to produce something, you need to have a product. So how can you produce something if you never have before? My question really is, how can you start if you haven't finished? You can start, but if people don't want to participate because you haven't finished, how can you start? It really doesn't make sense. You are trying to get me to do something impossible... like be more than chuck norris, like starting only because I have finished something, which I haven't. And no one can. Everyone has to start somewhere, they can't just start off "finished" It sounds like you're trying to build a big company from nothing, usually to do this you need previous industry experience. And what might that be? Flipping burgers? Done that, and failed. Janitorial work? done that and been fired. All because of "incompetence." I have a creative mind. Can that work? Have you invested your own cold hard cash into this company and properly registered it? If not why should others be inspired to? I have. I currently have a meetup group, with 2 participants. However, they have not put down in stone that they are participating in the first meeting. The registration companies want a demo, not a bunch of scripts/documents, which is all I have. I need people to help me create a demo, because I can't do it on my own. You see, it's hard for me to learn anything, if at all. I cheated all the way through public school, copying answers, as well as obtaining the test answers. I did school online, so it was easy (Watch the teacher put in her password, then monkey see, monkey do. Very simple, but deadly.) Basically, my high school diploma was all cheat-obtained. I don't have any personal experience. Heck, I can't even add or subtract very well. I know pretty much up to 100. Anything beyond that is difficult. But I am very creative. Everyone around me says I'm smart, but they do not know the truth. I am creative, not smart. I want to make something of myself. I've tried to go to many colleges here in Boise, ID. But they all turned me down because of my SAT test results, which was a failing score. Other colleges even had their own tests, which I failed. I am in a poor poor situation. My family, friends, relatives, everyone around me are either very poor and cannot support me, or don't exist anymore. I am all alone. I make a minimum social security. I live in an apartment that allows me to make payments based on my income, which is barely enough to allow me food and such. I don't qualify for food stamps, surprisingly. So, basically, all I can really do is create a group and go into debt. Anyone who wishes to help me out and achieve my dreams, go for it. You know, I see people all around me in similar situations rise from their troubles and become great and wealthy. I wish to do the same. But people always tell me "You're wanting the impossible. Give up. Go for something easier. You cannot do this." But I want to do this. I wish to achieve my dream. I WILL achieve my dream. No matter what others say. Even there on SSBB forums, I was a bit down on myself because I discovered another game similar to mine, but I wont give up! I'm counting on achieving the improbable, not impossible! So, basically, I want to make a Game Company from scratch. No money, no talent, no initial friends or help from others, just myself and seeking other people. Where would I begin? What path would I take?

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Started by Brandon Thomason March 30, 2015 11:34 PM

21 comments, last by Tom Sloper 9 years, 2 months ago

DerekL

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April 22, 2015 09:19 PM

Not to derail the thread, but is it even possible to only make $25 a month in the states? I don't think I'd even consider getting out of bed if this happened to me.

Nypyren

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April 22, 2015 11:06 PM

Not to derail the thread, but is it even possible to only make $25 a month in the states? I don't think I'd even consider getting out of bed if this happened to me.

It might be allowance or something. I suspect even panhandlers would make more than $25 a month. Heck, $25 a day might be feasible if you found a good spot.