The event I went for today.

There’s only so much reading, dreaming and thinking you can do about entrepreneurship before you come to the realization that you will never really properly learn it without first immersing yourself completely into it.

Throwing yourself into the deep end is probably the single fastest way to learn the ropes, and I just know deep inside me that I have to do so really, really soon. Enough procrastination. Enough excuses. I won’t forgive myself if I never started.

Three things happened today that clearly reminded me that I really have to get started, or just fear getting left behind in the dust. My priorities really need to be set right.

The first event happened when I was surfing the web for information on startups, businesses and websites that have encountered issues relating to the Law of Information and since I had to look at an internet-related business, naturally, I decided to take a closer look at Nuffnang.

Scrutinizing the website, I realized that Nuffnang is owned by this company called, Netccentric, and upon clicking on that link, I just realized that Timothy and Ming, founders of Nuffnang didn’t just stop at starting one company – they started up 3 already (not including Netccentric!) – and they’re just not more than 5 years older than I am!

Something in me just flared up. I have always wanted great things for myself – I talk as though I am to have it all in the future – but the thing is that I keep failing to get started.

I know it’s not a race. There’s no hurry for me to make my first million. But the thing is that I cannot live with myself in regret, thinking about all the opportunities I’ve lost just because I was too lazy, or did not have enough discipline to invest the time and energy in improving myself.

I’m 21 now, and it’s time to grow up and really do what I have to do.

The second event is that I went to this forum where we had several entrepreneurs come and talk about their experiences. They were talking about all sorts of businesses – one of them, Dominic, started up an online cloud computing based storage solution, another founded a social networking site for upcoming bright stars – and I was just mesmerized.

I loved hearing about the strategy, about the marketing, about the ideas and turning them into reality. I soaked it all up.

Hearing about their experiences, their war stories, and the issues they faced really struck a chord inside me; an inner fire was kindled once again. I had to do this. This is my calling.

Then I remembered that the third event happened earlier in the afternoon.

One of the bloggers I read, Chris Guillebeau, who writes The Art of Nonconfomity just posted information about an online forum that he was organizing an $1oo Business Forum, a forum where new entrepreneurs can share ideas, thoughts and insights on entrepreneurship while working on starting up their own low cost businesses.

According, to Chris, you don’t need a lot of money to make a business work. And I wholeheartedly agree with that. In fact, isn’t starting without resources and turning that IDEA into a tangible fortune, the very essence of the entrepreneurial spirit?

If Chris, and another 150 or so of his forum participants can start a business for $100, so can I!

There’s no more room left for excuses left.

The deep end awaits. All that’s left to do is to take that plunge. Let’s see what I can do with that $100 I have in my pocket real soon.