Start with Ten Mil and invest it in the stock market.
With some luck, you'll earn $1 mil (which is what I THINK you meant to ask).
If you lose 90%, you'll still have $1 mil.
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Seriously, as one who has done what you are looking to do, with the success levels you are talking about, I have to say that the BEST way to make a lot of money is to start your own business. Look at it this way, if you work for someone else, you can pretty accurately predict what your salary will be over 5 years (even optimistically)- and it will probably be no where near $1 mil.
So, Here's the plan.
1. Start your own business. You should do something you LIKE to do.
2. Set a target for who you are marketing to, and what product or service you are providing. Define that well, on paper. Perhaps you want to provide computer programming services for accounting firms, or provide financial planning services for wealthy men (>$2M net worth) in their 40's. Whatever. Define it well. This sets your target customer. It guides your efforts.
3. Every SPARE moment goes toward building a business for your target... finding customers in that arena, building a product or service offering in that target range.
4. Set a financial goal. If you want to earn (gross) $1M in 5 yrs, maybe it looks like this: Yr 1: 25K, Yr 2: 70K, Yr 3: 130K, Yr 4: 260K, Yr 5: 520K. That would put you over 1M for the total, and with a growth rate that would put you over $1M in yr 6 as well.
5. PUT A PLAN ON PAPER. What does yr 2 look like? Who are you selling to, and what are you selling? How many customers do you need? How many employees do you need? What does a budget look like? (where would you be spending your money in year 2, to insure that year 3 produces the results that you need). It's a GIVEN that your plan will be WRONG (one way or another), but it's CRITICAL that you do this ON PAPER.
6. Read The E-Myth. Michael Gerber lays out a roadmap. (That was a guide for our multi-million dollar start-up)
7. Hire people ONLY IF YOU MUST, and then HIRE PEOPLE SMARTER THAN YOU. This is critical. Most start-ups go "on the cheap". Most start-ups fail. Look for people that have succeeded in starting a business.
8. Put your business plan into a "presentation", and present it to as MANY influential people as possible. Amazingly MOST EVERYONE is supportive of the little guy who has the guts to go out on a limb. Listen to their advice (and weigh it accordingly). This is part "strategic planning" and part "marketing". You are just trying to get the message out. At the end of each presentation, ask "do you know of anyone who I should talk to, who would be interested in my product or service?" Get leads. Follow up on them.
9. Keeping your eye on your target market and financial goals, turn down VERY LITTLE business down (initially) until you can meet your financial target. Price your deals based on how close to the target they are. For instance, if you choose to perform Landscaping for businesses, but someone asks you to help them with a residential job, bid the job so that it's "worth your time". Don't ever complain that "this isn't my core business". The only business you want to avoid in the early stages are the deals that don't have a clean exit or a paying customer. If you can state your price, and do a job, and have a satisfied customer, and make a few bucks, that is golden! You are looking for reference accounts.
10. When you are so busy that you have the luxury of being selective of the business that you take on, price yourself accordingly. Some business you may want to say no to. Other business you may want to price high. Remember the TARGET set in Step 2. If it's a "bullseye" deal (exactly the type of business you are looking for, with a customer that will be happy and refer