heykosal..... I started messing with cars back in 1998. Did the whole street racing deal and met lots of people. Finally I started managing a ebay store for a friend who owned a JDM parts shop. Since I had a passion for building cars I decided after loosing my IT job to pursue my dream of owning a business.
Hence, in 2006 K20tuned was born.
So my advice to you, live your dream. Work hard cause starting and running a business solely like what I do is not easy.
Learn as you so and remember customers make you successful so treat everyone of them like they are your first and last customer.
That is how I got established.