[will_lam]

Yes, I ran an eBay business, selling signed comic books back in 2003 through 2004 during the retro comics craze (G.I. Joe, Transformers, Street Fighter).

I was doing something I deeply enjoyed and forged a new friendships, partnerships, and learned about price arbitrage and the timing of the comic book markets.

I didn't realize at the time, but I had incredibly low startup costs and did it for about a year. Paid for my hobby of comic books at the time and made a hefty $10,000 profit.

I didn't really "choose" tech entrepreneurship, I just fell into it after applying for Extreme University and got in (think Y-Combinator in Toronto, Canada)