My Name is Rohit Tripathi and I am a Self Made Entrepreneur.
My Journey as an Entrepreneur started in the year 2009 when I was in Class 10th preparing for my Board Exams.
I started my first online business at the Age of 15 where I used to offer Web Design services to clients all over the world. This business was tiny in scale and used to bring anywhere between $100 to $200 per month for me.
For a Class 10th student, this was a big amount in 2009. But this small venture installed confidence in me that all I need is a laptop and internet to start a business and generate revenue.
Following up the Web Design venture, I entered into the field of content creation (more commonly referred to as Blogging in 2011). I started multiple Entertainment and Movies websites where I used to do everything myself (write, develop, maintain, market, and manage).
This business took some time to grow but after a year of hard work, dedication, and passion I was able to generate $1000 a month from my websites using Advertisement revenue. While, I was very happy with it, I soon realized that this is not something that can be scaled.
So I shut down the websites and partnered up with one of my college friends to start a Full Fledged Web Development Company. The Two of us created a business that required less than $500 per month to run and maintain, but the revenue touched around $10,000 a month in 2015.
By this time, I had also graduated from college, and the idea of doing start-ups or your own business wasn't very popular at that time. So my decision to do my own business wasn't met with a lot of support in my professional circle as most were genuinely worried if I will be able to make money or be successful or not.
So... I bought a Luxury BMW 3 car after I graduated college in 2015, and the questions about my business stopped. People rightly assumed that I was on the right track and my businesses were doing well.
Anyhow, Working on my Web Development business polished my marketing skills a lot, as I had to grow the business my promoting our digital products to clients all over the world.
For the 3rd time, I decided to change my line of Business and jump purely into Digital Marketing. I taught myself Digital Marketing and Search Engine Optimization and I was able to scale my business and revenue to over $30,000-$50,000 a month.
This was the first time I reached a stage where I started realizing I have surplus money and I need to do something to grow or save it. Till now, (aka 2018), all my effort was going into growing my business, which I do not regret at all. But I didn't care much about saving anything at all.
In Late 2018 I realized I need to save money for a better future and unforeseen circumstances. So Like most of the people, I started putting all my monthly savings into an FD.
Looking at my money sitting in FD, I very quickly realized that this was not the right thing to do. The growth was disturbingly slow and I realized that the money I have in my bank won't be able to catch up to the inflation that happens every year.
So I read a book - I will teach you to be Rich.
Then I read another book - Rich Dad, Poor Dad.
After reading these books, one thing was very very clear. I need to invest in markets.
So In 2019, I started with Mutual Funds and Stocks. Also, I read more heavy literature that's available in the market about investing and started educating myself more and more about how the market works.
It has been more than 3 Years since then. I have learned a lot. And I have helped a lot of my friends with their concerns (mostly fear) with stock market investing.
Thanks to my hard assets as well as Investments in the Indian & US Equity markets, today my Net Worth exceeds a Million Dollars, and I am at a stage where I am more than comfortable in life. With my current living standards, I will be able to reach absolute financial independence in a few years, where my investments will be able to pay off all my expenses without losing their own value against inflation.
I want to share this journey with everyone and I hope you all join hands with us and we share our knowledge and experience about investing in stocks.