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Creating a business is not impossible. This holds true for
Lloyd A. Luna who started his business at 23 soon after publishing companies
rejected his first book, “Is There A Job Waiting For You?”.
He was a bread seller when he was a kid. Lloyd and his
family live in poverty. He was born to a tricycle driver and a school teacher
in Gumaca, Quezon. His common activities while growing up involve planting rice
and vegetables and raising hogs. He would wake up as early as 4AM to help his
father sell breads in another town. He would also be sleeping very late at
night. Regardless of such, he was still able to pursue college at the
Polytechnic University of the Philippines. Since he wants to land a job right
away, he took Electronics and Communications Engineering instead of pursuing
journalism.
However, in spite of not getting his desired degree and
being rejected, he self-studied web designing and he was able to make cash to
print his book and also register his publishing company. During the day, he
would deliver books to bookstores and at night he would create websites. His business
was no easy feat. It was a struggle considering he has no business background
and he was young and inexperienced.
Yet he persevered. He started website design in a 20 square
meter apartment without any telephone line and Internet connection. He would
use pay phones and rent units at cafes to upload the sites. He were able to
seek whatever resources at his disposal. His book was intended to help people
find what they want in their life.
And now, Lloyd is a best-selling author with eight books
under his belt on career and personal development. Because of such, he was
cited as the youngest international journalist of the XV International Aids
Conference in Bangkok, Thailand. After that, he was awarded as Collegiate
Ambassador for Peace in Seoul, Korea.
Lloyd is also a regular columnist of The Manila Times, Good
News Pilipinas, Kabayan Star and Pinoy Handy Magazine in Hong Kong, Planet
Philippines in Canada, Netrepeneur Magazine, and My House Magazine. He’s also a
business consultant to start-up companies and SMEs and Internet strategist to
some of the top 500 corporations.
Truly Lloyd is a good example for many of us who wants to
create a business but don’t know when and where to start. If you only have the
passion and the dedication, nothing is impossible. And with that, Lloyd is
truly an inspiration to us all.
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