This may be or seem like a very generalized question but how did some of you all start? Where do you start? I’m curious about learning about the process of creating a startup, but honestly want to learn more…really looking for recourses, good books and stories!! TIA!!

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A banker friend of mine asked me if I could consult for a client of his in a different industry than I worked in my day job. So I moonlighted for a while (I was at a big 4). 1 client turned into 4 and before I knew it I had recruited 5 consultants to help. One of my recruits was a friend- we had been kicking around startup ideas. So I quit EY and we cofounded what started as a consulting firm. Within a year we saw how our clients were becoming successful (on the business/operating plans we wrote for them) so we acquired one of our client’s businesses in exchange for equity. We also did some consulting for equity in these startups. We repeated that multiple times.

I’m now on the lookout for a new cash flowing biz to acquire so if anyone has something interesting, please pitch me.

This was not my first startup, I did a few before, but this one has been going for 7 years now.

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