Millionaires who began with an idea and just a few dollars

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Almost any and everybody having a desire to become a millionaire, has an idea that can turn into billions of dollars. Jamaicans most times lack confidence, and a zeal prodded by even exposure to realities of others to turn their own into millions. Its a common assault to think “I dont have the money, so why bother”. truth is money is not made over night, that is money to last.
Big names like Bill Gates, Larry Ellison, and Mark Zuckerberg lived in areas which influenced their ideas being cashed into millions.
The reality is quite a number of millionaires today began with very little, maybe just a peas worth of ideas and few with a finger sum of dollars. Here’s an interesting article in Yahoo News ‘Ideas That Made $100 Million'(http://finance.yahoo.com/news/ideas-that-made–100-million.html) outlining some who have turned their ideas to millions of dollars. Some starting from very humble beginnings.
Ask yourself WHAT DID THEY DO, THAT YOU CANT? WHAT DID THEY HAVE THAT YOU DONT?

Here are a few ‘Ideas That Made $100 Million’

TRUCKING COMPANY … Mary Ellen Sheets
In the early 1980s, Sheets’s sons, Jon and Brig Sorber, started doing odd jobs for locals, using their pickup truck to haul trash and bush from people’s yards and moving furniture. Now look at them!

TEESHIRT BIZ … Life is Good
Two brothers, in 1994, struck upon the idea to use a design of a cartoon figure called Jake and the motto “Life is good.” People seemed to embrace the simple message of optimism — the shirts were a hit at a local street fair and retailers soon became interested. Look at them NOW!

SUBWAY SANDWICHES… Firehouse Subs
Firefighters and brothers Chris and Robin Sorensen came up with the idea to open a sandwich shop based on their family’s 200 year history of fighting fires. In 1994, the brothers borrowed on a credit card belonging to Robin’s in-laws and opened their first shop.

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