As outlined in a recent press release, Prosper Inc. is now partnering with Adam Mesh to provide stock coaching. Yes, even in volatile economic times people can leverage the stock market. 

If you’re a fan of network TV, you may have seen Adam on “The Average Joe” a few years ago. After being one of many on that shoe, he was the featured “bachelor” on “The Average Joe: Adam Returns.” But well before his reality TV fame, Adam had already found success with stocks. He had been a partner at two successful trading companies, selling the last one in 2006. His success has been landed him coverage in Fortune, “The Tonight Show” with Jay Leno, Trader Monthly, and CNBC’s “Squawk Box.”

Since selling in 2006, Mesh has focused on helping individuals succeed in the stock market, and has found great demand for his coaching. We look forward to partnering with Adam to bring his unique stock techniques to “Average Joes” (and Janes) everywhere. 

I often think about the different pathways people take on their road to business success. For some, success just seems to fall in their lap, and others the road is filled with annoying pot holes of frustration, doubt and despair. Too many people that get into business (online or off) give up too quickly. As a business owner who has had many frustrations along the path to success, I can honestly look back and say it has all been worth it.

One of the biggest tools I feel I have had has been a mentor, a person that has “been there” and “done that.”. It does not mean that I will not make mistakes; it just means that I have access to a seasoned veteran who can show me the ropes when times get tough.

There will be times when you want to throw in the towel. You just have to make sure you are doing it for the right reasons?  Are you wanting a better way of life?  Are you wanting to spend more time with your family?  Do you want financial freedom? Owning your own business is one of the great ways to get the things in life that you want from life.

There will be many doubters along the way that will just try and bring you down. You have to grow a thick skin, ignore them and remember why you are doing it. You are not creating a business to better their life, you are doing it to better your life.

Your success has to come from within. Even working with some of the greatest business mentors like Prosper Learning, it does not guarantee anything if you are not in the right frame of mind and willing to put forward the effort. You have to make the choice and decision to say, “Today is the day I am going to do it, and I am going to take control of my future.” Once you are at this point there will be nothing that will get you down - you will be a success!  I am grateful to Prosper Learning and those mentors who helped me along my path to success and financial freedom.

Mat Siltala

This success story was recently submitted by Beth A., a student in San Mateo, California.

Prior to joining this program, my finances were completely out of control. I had incurred a lot of debt and it would have been worse now if I had not sought professional help. It was difficult to get out of the debt circle on my own. I felt hopeless and stressed out by the condition of my finances all the time. I felt too embarrassed. Frugality was a word I didn’t understand. I was living way beyond my means and helping people even if I couldn’t afford it. I realized that if I wanted to be financially independent, I had to learn to say NO to myself and to others.

I’ve learned many things in the TDIW program. One thing I will value forever is the way that my mindset has changed when it comes to spending. I’m learning to value the money I’m making for me and my future, not for show-off at the moment.

I’ve been tracking all my expenses and trying my hardest to stay within my monthly spending plans. When I go grocery shopping, I try to only get the things I need for the week and get out of the store as fast as possible. I never realized that using coupons could be fun and rewarding. A big adjustment is for me is cooking more and bringing lunches to work rather than eating out everyday. It freed up a lot of cash to add into my accelerator margin.

I’m very excited to share that I have paid off a credit card and my car! And in less than four years, I will be completely out of debt! I can’t wait!

In conclusion, I’m really glad and proud of myself that I signed up for this program. Although it’s hard being frugal now, I’m so willing to do it because I know it will bring me a brighter future. There are so many things I’d rather do with my life than working till I’m 65. There has to be a better purpose in life. I would like to be able to retire in 20-25 years. I would like to travel abroad with family and friends and help plant churches all over the world.

Beth A.
San Mateo, CA

Entrepreneurship is a critical factor in a free-market system like the one we enjoy in the United States. If you have an idea for a product or service, you can, with relative ease, offer it to consumers, whether they live around the block or around the world. Every new product or service that becomes available in the marketplace gives consumers more choice. Aside from the benefit the product or service brings to consumers, let’s not forget that entrepreneurs typically employ many others, helping to expand the overall economy.

Because entrepreneurship is so central to what we do, Prosper is proud to be a Gold Sponsor of the Annual Invented in Utah event. This new undertaking recognizes the efforts of Utah entrepreneurs and inventors in creating innovative and unique products. As part of our sponsorship, Prosper is offering a coaching program to the winner, as designated by the Invented in Utah committee. We look forward to helping a local innovator get his or her business off the ground with our top-notch one-to-one coaching support.

If you are a resident of Utah and have an idea, IIU will soon be accepting entries! As stated on the IIU website, “A submission must be a new, useful, and original creation of an invention/idea/product/design, which can be feasibly developed, manufactured and distributed with a reasonable amount of time and resources as determined by Invented in Utah.” Does your doohickey meets those requirements? Good luck.

– Jade Koyle, Senior VP, Online Marketing