This post will be sharing some of the various accomplishments, downfalls and meaningful events that took place in my professional life through 2013. I want to look back at everything as I plan to have an amazing 2014.
I’ll break down each part of this year by quarters and discuss a few big accomplishments/events that took place along with a few downfalls that occurred. Without further ado, here is my 2013 in review:
Quarter 1 – Jan. 2013 to March 2013
I started the year off with big hopes and ideas. I decided I would fully build out my personal brand and many of my goals in Quarter 1 revolved around just that. In regards to downfalls, I hit some roadblocks and lows as well which brought me down but it didn’t keep me there for long.
Accomplishments:
– I had 4 different speaking gigs around the country
– I started a twitter account for my personal brand (Less than 1,000 followers when I started and 11 months later, I’m just passing 126,000 followers)
– My first time getting a single blog post of mine over 15,000 hits
– Took my first semester from college off to fully focus on my entrepreneurial ventures.
Downfalls:
– Disappointed to find out that Vintelli.com model would not work since customer service cost us more than our customers paid us. Refunded hundreds of customers and began pivoting to a new model.
– I realized I had to regain focus on my startups since the personal branding stuff was taking up too much of my time. Worked on creating a nice balance of both.
Quarter 2 – April 2013 to June 2013
This Quarter was a big one for my startups because my team and I decided to get down to business. In the previous quarter, the progression of my startups was slower than we had expected so it was time to pick it up.
Accomplishments:
– Teamed up with a local accelerator program to push StatFuse.com to the next level.
– Started conceptualizing my idea for a course helping others build successful startups of their own.
– Volunteered in Los Angeles where I dedicated a whole day to helping high school entrepreneurs with their business ventures.
– Judge at the National FBLA competition in Anaheim, California.
– Helped a business owner increase his $7,000/Month business to over $30,000/Month with my consulting services.
– Launched over 10 digital products in this quarter.
– Sold my sports car to buy something better on gas.
Downfalls:
– Signed up for business deals with shady people without doing proper due diligence. Ended up costing me a lot of time.
– Still didn’t have a solid enough monetization structure for StatFuse, tested numerous things all of which failed.
– Invested into a startup company that failed to garner any return.
Quarter 3 – July 2013 to September 2013
Quarter 3 was a big one for me from a personal standpoint. I grew a lot as a human being and had some amazing opportunities thrown at me. I’m very thankful for this quarter because it really helped make 2013 a big year!
Accomplishments:
– My course on building a successful business goes live and instantly becomes a best-selling Udemy course.
– Launched 7 more digital products.
– Conceptualized Visionary Media Group, my next big company that aims to launch tons of digital products to solve problems.
– Got invited to do a TEDx speech at Bommer Canyon, California.
– StatFuse.com took the next big leap as we began figuring out revenue models and growth hit the next level.
– Decided to take another semester off from college.
Downfall:
– Worked too much, lost sight of what was important to me during this time.
– Dropped a startup project I was working on since it didn’t create value or solve a problem. It was aimed to create more problems than anything else.
Quarter 4 – Oct. 2013 to Dec. 2013
The last Quarter of the year is always very important. You need to make a strong impression by closing out the year strong so that you can start on a good note in the following year. Quarter 4 was filled with successful accomplishments for me!
Accomplishments:
– Delivered my TEDx talk and was extremely happy about the message/delivery.
– StatFuse.com picked up massive PR coverage through the nation, even getting featured on the front page of the OC Register.
– Added on a new set of team members to StatFuse.com that will take us to the next level instantly.
– Wrote and completed my next book, “Limitless Thinking: How One Young Entrepreneur Found Success With No Degree, Experience or Money”.
– Passed up a deal with a major publisher for my new book since we didn’t see eye to eye on certain things.
– Was named Top Entrepreneur To Follow in 2014.
– Launched over 10 digital products.
– Turned 21 (not sure if this is a good or bad thing quite yet).
Downfalls:
– Invested money very poorly in this last quarter.
– Unsuccessful in growing personal brand through Facebook without using any money for FB ads.
– Sleeping more than I need to each night.
Conclusion
This article was my 2013 in review, featuring the highs, lows and everything else that comes with it. Share some of your big events from 2013 in the comments below!
