Frequent visitors to this site will notice that I've changed the description under the header. It used to read "an attempt to turn one dollar into one million dollars". The new description, which you can see above, says "Dane Brown's attempt to create a legitimate business empire by staring with just one dollar." The problem with the original description is that it immediately makes people think of The Million Dollar Homepage and all the copycat sites that came after it. Also, when I give that description to others verbally, I get a lot of people who think I'm the One Red Paperclip guy for some reason. I think the new description, along with being more personal, better states what I'm actually trying to do.
No, I'm not asking you to give me money.
No, I'm not trying to sell pixel ads.
No, I'm not trying to trade my way up from a paperclip to a house.
This whole project is the result of an idea I got from reading about a guy who, just for fun, gave each member of his family $100 in order to see who could generate the most profit from it in one month. (I can't remember where I read it, but it was online. If you're that guy or you know the site, please direct me to it. ) I thought that it was a cool idea but I wanted to try it on a larger scale and use it to kick start my dream of having my own business. Why not start really small and try to go really big? Starting with $100 and seeing where you can get is OK, but starting with just a buck and turning it into a million is worth talking about!
The real goal here is to build something of lasting value. I'm not looking to hit the Internet up for a quick million and quit (although I am somewhat jealous of those who manage to do that successfully). I want to create meaning. In fact, one million dollars is just an arbitrary goal that sounds impressive. I could have made it a thousand or a billion. The point is that I'm not going to stop what I'm doing when I make it to a million. I know that's true because the only way I'll ever get that far is if I'm doing something that is fulfilling to begin with.
