Had to reply to my own post. After reading the rest of these threads.. damn people, you are so cold. Lol. Sounds like the lot of you jaded old know-it-alls. You forget that once upon a time, you too knew nothing about starting a business. Some of the criticism here has been constructive, and kudos to those who took the effort to comment something thoughtful.

The author made some mistakes, maybe a lot of mistakes, but we all have, and we all will. I'm very happy for you all for your "better" methods for success though :).