What I Learned From Erik Hanberg

Rule number 6: Entrepreneurship and the world wide web are a match made in heaven. I’ve always noticed how the world wide web has allowed for some amazing things to reach me, that wouldn’t have otherwise. Some of my favorite entertainers have carved out a market that wouldn’t have been possible if it wasn’t for the internet. YouTube has become as valid of a form of entertainment as traditional Television amongst my generation, and many popular music artists, such as brockhampton, would have never received the amount of success that did if it wasn’t for the large selection of music streaming platforms. However, with both examples comes a great amount of luck. This is because they both need to establish a large audience in order to make a living of these platforms, and even then, they need to have side projects such as selling merch in-order to achieve true success. So, trying to make money on the internets is a huge gamble, right? Not according to Erik Hanberg. Erik represented showed me how to establish a steady income without taking huge risks. Putting something on the internet takes little time and money, so really whatever your goal is can be an afterthought. Erik’s main job was working at a non-profit, but he decided to test out writing a book on the side, and it worked. But if it didn’t there would have been no loss on his part. But if he didn’t have the internet as a tool, then he would have had to have taken thousands of dollars in loans out, and the project would have HAD to be a success.