How a Cambridge University Student Ended Up On The Streets

How do you start your first startup? My brother just sent me this photo from 1987 – exactly 30 years ago – of me and my very first business when I was 18 years old: Selling prints on the streets of Cambridge.

Over the last year I’ve posted many entrepreneur stories on Facebook, and I’ve been asked to share some stories on my own journey. So here’s the story of starting my first startup:

How did the business start? It didn’t start from opportunity, but from necessity.

At the end of my 1st year...