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b'About this Episode\\nYou\\u2019ve probably seen all of those Facebook and YouTube ads for\\xa0 \\u201cAmazon success secrets\\u201d.\\n\\n\\xa0Now, listen to a real one.\\n\\nJonathan Fassnacht was a Coast Guard officer preparing for his next step in life and decided he would try this \\u201cAmazon thing\\u201d while he was in the service. With patience, determination, and mentoring, he was able to build a full-time business out of his side hustle, hire 2 VAs and live a life many of us dream about.\\n\\n\\xa0In this episode, we hear about how he got he started, resources he used to build his business, and the growing pains at this point in his journey.\\nKey Points of Discussion\\n\\n \\t \\xa0 \\xa0 Getting started on Amazon: Jonathan shares his newbie success origin story\\n \\t \\xa0 \\xa0 Bootstrapping Gold: Why being broke could be a good thing for an entrepreneur\\n \\t \\xa0 \\xa0 Where should a newbie Amazon seller learn?\\n \\t \\xa0 \\xa0 Why it\\u2019s important to network with other entrepreneurs\\n \\t \\xa0 \\xa0 Preventing Amazon disaster stories\\n \\t \\xa0 \\xa0 Using virtual assistants to scale your business\\n \\t \\xa0 \\xa0 Advice for veterans who want to start on Amazon\\n\\nKey Milestones of this Episode\\n[1:08] Jonathan\\u2019s time with the Coast Guard\\xa0[3:06] Jonathan\\u2019s transition from full-time Coast Guard to full-time Amazon\\n\\n[9:00] Getting started on Amazon\\xa0\\n\\n[15:01] Why having too much money could hurt an entrepreneur\\xa0\\n\\n[18:00] Where do you start learning how to sell on Amazon?\\xa0\\n\\n[23:00] Amazon disaster stories\\n\\n[26:35] Using online assistants\\n\\n[31:38} Advice for veterans\\nKey Resources\\n\\n \\tJake Miller episode on Veteran on the Move\\n \\t\\xa0Profit First: Transform Your Business from a Cash-Eating Monster to a\\xa0 Money-Making Machine\\n \\t\\xa0The Amazing Seller Podcast\\n \\t\\xa0The Amazing Freedom Podcast\\n \\t\\xa0The Proximity Principle: The Proven Strategy That Will Lead to a Career You \\xa0 Love\\n \\t\\xa0Military Veteran Entrepreneurial Mastermind\\n \\t\\xa0Online jobs.ph\\n \\t\\xa0Freeeup\\n\\nKey Quotes by Jonathan Fassnacht\\n\\n \\t\\u201cIt was kind of miraculous to me...for somebody who was in the military ...to be out and working for myself.\\u201d\\n \\t\\u201cWorking online is...one of those things where you\\u2019re sold on the concept, \\u201c Hey you can do this anywhere ...\\u201d. The problems is, anywhere you are, you have your laptop.\\u201d\\n \\t\\u201cI think sometimes when you start walking the way you think you want to go, things will pop up in your path and make opportunities of themselves.\\u201d\\n \\t\\u201cSomebody once told me \\u2018If you do more work than you\\u2019re paid for..eventually you\\u2019re going to be paid more for the work that you\\u2019re doing.\\u201d\\n \\t\\u201cPeople that aren\\u2019t willing to pivot ...fail to understand what the market is doing around them.\\u201d\\n \\t\\u201cIf you pretend to be an expert in something and you\\u2019re not, you\\u2019re just going to crash and burn.\\u201d\\n\\nAbout our Guest Jonathan Fassnacht\\nAfter graduating from the US Merchant Marine Academy Jonathan spend 9 years as an Active Duty Coast Guard Officer. While on Active Duty, he started a part time Amazon Wholesale Business that scaled into a full time job. Today, as a reservist, he runs GearNationGroup.com helping small business owners launch and grow their products on Amazon.\\n\\nJonatthan\\u2019s LinkedIn'