Andrew Reynolds is a quiet, down to earth, almost shy, sort of guy. Not the sort of person you'd except to be standing in front of a huge crowd of almost 4000 people at an Entrepreneurs Bootcamp sharing his system for making money from home that has brought in over £30 Million since he started just ten years ago.
Not the sort of guy you'd imagine as a home business mentor ' nor someone who would have devoted the last few years to philanthropy, supporting local and national charities by applying his money making systems to the business of fund raising.
In 2005 he raised the largest amount from an event ever produced for Great Ormond Street Hospital ' and followed up in 2007 with a similar event ' raising an even higher sum. 2008 saw him use his Cash On Demand techniques to pull in almost £500,000 for the Make A Wish Foundation. A Patron of the Princes Trust, Andrew Reynolds is a firm believer in the role of mentors'.
We went along to find out more'
Just ten years ago, Andrew Reynolds was working for a national house-builder - a totally different career to the business he now runs. Reaching the age of 40 and with a gut feeling that there had to be more to life, Andrew decided to look for practical alternatives to corporate life
There's an old saying that 'when the student is ready, the teacher will appear' and Reynolds says that is SO true in his case.
'My gut instinct was telling me that someone out there somewhere knew a different way to earn money than the one I'd been brought up on at school. I just 'knew' that somewhere someone was doing what I wanted to do ' running a profitable business from their home ' rather than doing the crazy commuting every day and being faced with the nonsense of office life....the backstabbing, the 'clawing your way up' the promotion ladder, just to get a single figure % salary rise'.
'Then out of the blue I received an email invitation to go to a seminar'an event taking place just three days later. The event was to feature a guy who was indeed making money working from home. I so desperately wanted to learn his system and see if I could do it myself'.'
There was a negative side to the equation. The seminar was being held 5000 miles away in the USA and a trip at such short notice for someone with a full time 60 hours a week job, was almost out of the question.
'The gut instinct I had ' that this guy knew something that could change my life, kept gnawing at me that night. The following morning (a Sunday!) Andrew Reynolds called his boss at home and asked if he could have the next week off, so he could go to the seminar. 48 hours later Andrew found himself sat in a small seminar hall with his pen poised, as the seminar began - an event that would turn out to be a crucial turning point in his life ' the start of a Multi Million pound fortune created from his desk in a little spare bedroom at home
'The lesson I learned from that ' go with your gut instinct. If you are ready to do learn something and a 'teacher' appears ' don't think twice ' grab the opportunity with both hands!'
That gut instinct served him well. Within days of attending the seminar, he handed in his notice at work and began working on an idea for his new 'Cash On Demand' business.
'I had no idea what I was doing. I had no experience in this business.. I had no readymade products to sell'I had no idea about marketing on the internet or using direct mail' I had no customers' I just sat down with my old Pre-Pentium computer, which had one of those old 'clackety-clack' printers that woke up the neighbours when it went off' plus my notes of what the speaker at the seminar had taught me'.'
I then set about tweaking what I had been taught'adapting it for the UK market and spent the next few years refining a business model that I called 'Cash On Demand' and have since taught to others ' some of who have gone on to pull in over £1million each, copying what I taught them'
What Reynolds came up with was a money making business plan that could be copied and run by others at home ' on a full time or part time basis.
'When I was looking around for an alternative to working for a company - I looked at the so called 'Business Opportunity ' market ' I looked at all the daft 'networking' schemes, very costly franchise deals where you seem to end up buying yourself a job. I even looked at existing businesses for sale to see if I could find one I would like to operate myself (assuming I could have got a bank loan). But they all seemed to be little sub post offices or fish and chip shops. Not my idea of a great business
What I craved more than ever was freedom ' the ability to work the hours I wanted, instead of the daily grind'.the freedom to work from where I liked ' instead of being tied down to the daily grind of commuting every day to one place of work'the freedom to decide when I took time out for myself and my family.'
Ten years later Andrew Reynolds has achieved just that! Working on his business just a couple of hours a day ' Reynolds has been able to set his business up in a way that allows it all to be run from his laptop computer ' from almost anywhere in the world.
'In the past twelve months, I've run my business on my laptop while I've been taking time out - from my balcony overlooking Sydney Harbour Bridge in Australia, from a lovely 5 star hotel suite in Hong Kong, while visiting Singapore, from a beautiful suite at the Waldorf Astoria hotel in New York, and from my balcony overlooking the seafront in the peaceful setting of Jersey.
'Sometimes, I have to pinch myself. I look back at the hours of sitting in traffic ' and compare it to the business I now run and the freedom it's given - not to mention the money ' I still can't believe it myself.
About the Author:
Andrew Reynolds is a self-made Multi Millionaire living in the UK. He has been responsible for making a number of Millionaires from ordinary people who used his Cash On Demand techniques to start a Home Based Business. He has also used his Cash On Demand techniques to raise over £1million for Children's Charities. He teaches his techniques in a simple step by step monthly course.
See www.andrews-secret.com for more details.
