Money and money, many people think that only if you have a good position with a lot of contacts you can grow as person. If you read our blog frequently you might think that many business ideas that come here are impossible to achieve.

Well the Christian Science Monitor give us an experiment that show us that your are wrong.

Adam Shepard, did an experiment. He left home and went to live in a homeless shelter in a community of people with no money, only $ 25 in his pocket.

Without using any of your contacts and friends, after 10 months, came to have an apartment, a car and a U.S. $ 5000.00 savings.  

Find inspiration in the story of Adam Shepard to move forward with your business ideas, save money for capital that will serve to develop your business tomorrow.

“Alone on a dark gritty street, Adam Shepard searched for a homeless shelter. He had a gym bag, $25, and little else. A former college athlete with a bachelor’s degree, Mr. Shepard had left a comfortable life with supportive parents in Raleigh, N.C. Now he was an outsider on the wrong side of the tracks in Charles ton, S.C.

But Shepard’s descent into poverty in the summer of 2006 was no accident. Shortly after graduating from Merrimack College in North Andover, Mass., he intentionally left his parents’ home to test the vivacity of the American Dream. His goal: to have a furnished apartment, a car, and $2,500 in savings within a year.

To make his quest even more challenging, he decided not to use any of his previous contacts or mention his education.

During his first 70 days in Charleston, Shepard lived in a shelter and received food stamps. He also made new friends, finding work as a day laborer, which led to a steady job with a moving company.

Ten months into the experiment, he decided to quit after learning of an illness in his family. But by then he had moved into an apartment, bought a pickup truck, and had saved close to $5,000.”

Read the interview to Adam Shepard by clicking here on this link