20 Undocumented Students Made Their First $1 (They Learned This...) | Ep 90

In this episode, I’m breaking down 8 real lessons from our $1 Sale Challenge — where undocumented students go out and pitch their business idea to strangers and try to earn their first dollar.

No templates. No scripts. Just real conversations, real sales, and real confidence built from experience.

So far, students have made over $300 combined. More importantly, they’ve learned how to turn a pitch into a payment — and fear into action.

🔑 In this episode you’ll learn:

• Why confidence + communication = sales

• Why taking action is better than waiting for perfection

• Why people will support you… if you explain the “why”

• How sales is actually a social skill

• What rejection teaches you about pitching

• How your environment shapes your results

• Why trust (not discounts) is what gets people to pay

• And how entrepreneurship is all about mindset

📣 Whether you’re a student with an idea, or an ally who wants to see undocumented students win — this episode is for you.

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