00:00This is the story of a girl who made the impossible possible, trampling every obstacle underfoot and changing her destiny.
00:08Michelle Romano, a Canadian entrepreneur, faced tough circumstances in her early years, but never gave up on following her dreams.
00:18Michelle's childhood began as a girl, born on June 12, 1985, in Calgary, Canada, but she began her upbringing in Regina.
00:30Saskatchewan. Her parents' economic background was middle class, and they did not have many resources.
00:37But her parents always taught that with hard work and determination, any difficulty in life can be solved.
00:44At a young age, Michelle understood that to achieve success in life, it is not enough to just dream, but to make those dreams a reality.
00:54Hard work and courage are required.
00:57Once when she was little, her parents faced financial difficulties.
01:02During this time, Michelle learned that difficulties only make a person stronger, and in every challenge lies a new opportunity.
01:11Michelle Romano's education was not as easy as her childhood.
01:15Her parents' financial situation was not strong enough to admit her to the best educational institutions, but still Michelle began her educational journey.
01:26Like then, she was a girl who wanted to turn her dreams into reality.
01:31Michelle received her primary education from a small school in her city.
01:36Here she was always taught the importance of hard work.
01:40Her teachers appreciated her intelligence and hard work, but whenever she faced difficulties in exam or project, Michelle never gave up.
01:50This was the first stage in her life where she started to struggle for her dreams.
01:56When Michelle started high school, she moved forward with more determination to turn her dreams into reality.
02:03Here her academic position was GOAT, but she still faced financial difficulties.
02:09There was no special support from her parents, so she always had to work hard to cover her fees and other expenses.
02:17When Michelle enrolled in college, the situation here was even more challenging.
02:23She not only focused on her studies, but also did various jobs to pay for her expenses.
02:29She believed that working along with her studies would also expose her to the realities of life.
02:36During this time, she felt many times that she was tired and that her dream might not come true, but she never gave up.
02:44The university phase was a new beginning for Michelle.
02:48After coming here, she decided that now she would be more serious about turning her dream into a reality.
02:55Michelle studied the subjects of business and entrepreneurship, and she believed that this was the field where she could fully test her skills.
03:04During university, Michelle faced various academic and personal difficulties.
03:11She has always faced financial obstacles in her life, but each time she has overcome these challenges and moved forward.
03:19In 2012, when Michelle Romano finished her university studies, she was about to start a new chapter.
03:27She was still young and inexperienced, but she had a clear and strong goal in mind.
03:32She dreamed of being successful not only in her country, but also on the world stage.
03:38And to do that, she needed to be financially stable.
03:42Michelle believed that she had to go beyond book knowledge, and so she began to test herself in the practical field.
03:48At that time, she did not have a large company or financial support, but she had an immense desire and passion to succeed.
03:57Immediately after completing her studies, Michelle entered the world of freelancing.
04:02At the end of 2012, she started working on various freelance projects.
04:07It was a new experience, and she also faced many challenges.
04:12Despite this, she was working hard and adding different types of skills to the nature of her work.
04:18Michelle initially started working in the digital marketing field.
04:22She started providing her services in various fields, like web development, social media, and content marketing.
04:30She would put her hard work and time into each project to give her clients the best results.
04:36During this time, Michelle used several online platforms to spread her work around the world.
04:42It was the beginning of 2015.
04:45Michelle Romano worked on small projects for a few years after completing her studies.
04:50But now she was serious about making a move into the freelancing field.
04:55Her first regular freelancing platform was Fiverr, where she created her first gig in a 2015.
05:02Things were not easy at first.
05:04Several days passed, but no orders came.
05:07But Michelle did not give up.
05:09She kept improving her gigs.
05:11She added new photos, improved the details, and tried to understand the requirements of the clients.
05:18Finally, in July 2015, she got her first order.
05:23It was only for $5, but it gave Michelle new hope.
05:27By the end of that year, she had completed over 50 small projects, and her Fiverr profile was slowly starting to take off.
05:35In 2016, Michelle also created a profile on Upwork.
05:40This platform was different from Fiverr.
05:43Here, you had to submit proposals.
05:46You had to compete for every order.
05:48For the first month, she didn't get any responses.
05:52But she didn't give up.
05:54She kept sending proposals every day.
05:56And then in April 2016, she got her first project on Upwork, a small social media marketing job, which paid $30.
06:06Michelle completed the project wholeheartedly.
06:09The client gave her a five-star review.
06:11That review became her gateway to success.
06:14Over the next six months, she started getting new orders continuously.
06:18She was now a level to seller on Fiverr, while her job score on Upwork had reached 98%.
06:25By 2017, Michelle had also expanded her work on Freelancer.com and PeoplePerher, but her main platforms remained Fiverr and Upwork.
06:35She worked on both of them for 10 to 12 hours a day.
06:39Sometimes she had to sacrifice sleep.
06:41Sometimes she had to skip friends' invitations.
06:44That there was a fire inside her.
06:47A dream.
06:48To prove herself.
06:49In 2014, Michelle Romano achieved some financial stability through freelancing.
06:55But she was always thinking about doing something bigger.
06:58With the income she earned from freelancing, she started investing in various projects.
07:04First, she decided to open a small online store where she sold handmade products.
07:10She faced several difficulties in starting this store.
07:13The first difficulty was that she had no specific experience in how to build a successful e-commerce platform.
07:21She took various web development courses and created a website for the store.
07:26But as soon as she put her products on the online store, she realized that she was not finding success due to a lack of marketing and sales.
07:34In 2015, she started another project, a social media marketing agency.
07:40Her freelancing experience had taught her how to promote brands on social media.
07:46So she tried to turn this knowledge into a business.
07:49However, this step was not easy either.
07:52When starting the agency, he had a lot of trouble getting new clients.
07:56And his investment money started to dwindle.
07:59But Michelle didn't give up.
08:01He started promoting his agency on social media platforms and gradually started getting some clients.
08:07In 2016, Michelle thought why not use his freelancing skills to start an online training program to provide learning opportunities to other people.
08:18For this, he created a website and started providing social media marketing courses through videos.
08:25But this business also faced difficulties.
08:28The biggest problem was the lack of video production and traffic.
08:32Michelle worked on it for several months, and then finally his hard work paid off.
08:37And he enrolled many students in his courses, 2017.
08:42Michelle started investing in several different businesses and thought of bringing all his activities to one platform.
08:49She turned her social media marketing agency, online store, and training program into a robust business model that grew over time.
08:58The biggest lesson Michelle learned during this time was that success doesn't happen overnight, but rather requires consistent hard work and patience.
09:08In 2014, Michelle Romano achieved some financial stability through freelancing, but she was always thinking about doing something bigger.
09:18With the income she earned from freelancing, she started investing in various projects.
09:23First, she decided to open a small online store where she sold handmade products.
09:29She faced several difficulties in starting this store.
09:33The first difficulty was that she had no specific experience in how to build a successful e-commerce platform.
09:40She took various web development courses and created a website for the store.
09:45But as soon as she put her products on the online store, she realized that she was not finding success due to a lack of marketing and sales.
09:53In 2015, she started another project, a social media marketing agency.
10:00Her freelancing experience had taught her how to promote brands on social media, so she tried to turn this knowledge into a business.
10:08However, this step was not easy either.
10:11When starting the agency, he had a lot of trouble getting new clients, and his investment money started to dwindle.
10:18But Michelle didn't give up, he started promoting his agency on social media platforms and gradually started getting some clients.
10:27In 2016, Michelle thought why not use his freelancing skills to start an online training program to provide learning opportunities to other people.
10:37For this, he created a website and started providing social media marketing courses through videos.
10:44But this business also faced difficulties.
10:47The biggest problem was the lack of video production and traffic.
10:51Michelle worked on it for several months, and then finally his hard work paid off, and he enrolled many students in his courses.
10:59Michelle started investing in several different businesses and thought of bringing all his activities to one platform.
11:08She turned her social media marketing agency, online store, and training program into a robust business model that grew over time.
11:18The biggest lesson Michelle learned during this time was that success doesn't happen overnight, but rather requires consistent hard work and patience.
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