The story behind America’s first book – lesson: how to use joint ventures to buy business zero down?

How America’s first book and the joint venture behind it created free speech, our oldest university and America itself.

Can the story behind Americ’s first book help you buy a business zero down?

The first book ever made in America is connected to the first university in America, and the story behind it is a perfect lesson on how you can businesses zero down by doing joint ventures.  Like so many (often terrible) things, this all starts in England, in the 1630s.

A Puritan named William Prynne wrote a book criticizing the Church of England.

It wasn’t a bestseller. But it was enough to shake the Crown.  They arrested him publicly to make an example. But to government’s surprise, the public wasn’t scared or intimidated by the arrest, just the opposite, they supported Prynne even more. 

People saw the arrest for what it was – a punishment for thinking.

So the Crown escalated.  They sliced off Prynne’s ears and sentenced him to life in prison.  Still, the people didn’t back down and public support surged even more. Protests erupted. Pamphlets flew.  Desperate to crush the momentum, the government took an even more brutal step.

They branded “SL” into both of Prynne’s cheeks – short for Seditious Libeller.

This was mean to be a permanent, humiliating warning to anyone thinking of stepping out of line.  They were sure they’d broken him.  Instead, bloodied and disfigured, Prynne stood before a crowd and said the marks stood for Stigmata Laudis – the marks of glory.

He mocked his persecutors and turned scars into scripture of their own.

The effect was electric.  The people didn’t just support him, they revered him. Pamphlets spread like wildfire. His name became legend.  The Crown panicked. In 1637, King Charles passed the Star Chamber Decree, requiring all printing to go through royal censors.

A last ditch attempt to silence Prynne and anyone like him.

They were going to control every word printed word.

But it was too late.

Because one man was watching.

A Puritan minister named Jose Glover had been preparing to leave for the Massachusetts Bay Colony. While he was bothered by the arrest and intimidation, when he saw the Prynne’s facial branding, torture and explicit censorship unfold, he realized something most people missed. 

Glover saw that this censorship would spread to the new colonies in America.

There would be no end to this censorship if it went unchecked.  To Glover, the most important thing to bring to the new colonies wasn’t weapons or gold – it was ideas, free ideas.  So he raised money, bought a printing press, and quietly smuggled it across the Atlantic.  Not just as cargo, but as a spark.

This would unleash the colonies from England’s grip.

Unfortunately, Jose Glover died at sea before he reached shore.  But his wife, Elizabeth Glover, carried the torch.  She placed the press in her home and started printing flyers and pamphlets – totally free from the hold of London’s censors. Then came sermons, almanacs, even student theses.

Still, the press was struggling. Demand was small. Money was tight.

Then a tiny nearby university, only a few years old at the time and with fewer than 20 students, reached out. Importing books from England was slow, expensive, and censored. They needed help.  They needed a way to print faster.

They partnered with Elizabeth.

Her press became their lifeline, printing educational materials right there in the colony, fueling their mission of religious and intellectual freedom.  That press transformed the school and printing changed everything. 

They printed the first book every published in America, the Bay Psalm Book.

And it didn’t stop there.  Better literature led to better students, which led to better teacher and professors who created better students and the cycle repeated itself.  Quickly the school accelerated it’s success and influence.

And with independence the university taught and learned better, bolder ideas.

A culture of literacy took root.  The school was becoming a bigger and bigger magnet for the best thinkers.  The Azam Meo’s of the time.  Jose’s press showed the colonies the power of independent thought.

The press started publishing articles and eventually led to the first newspapers.

Then the entire media industry was born.  England was losing control and one of the first things they tried to shut down were the American printing pressed, but just like with branding of Prynne – the backlash made the problem worse for the royals.

One of the core reasons Americans started the fight for independence was because of the presses.

“In establishing American independence, the pen and press had merit to that of the sword.” wrote Ramsay in History of the American Revolution.

In describing his inspiration for writing the Declaration of Independence Thomas Jefferson said the press should only by limited by the truth but by no law stating:

“Printing presses shall be subject to no other restraint than liableness to legal prosecution for false facts printed and published.” 

The founding fathers focused on the importance of the freedom of the printing press and how vital it was to America’s independence.  The press became so important and was such a powerful ripple that it is actually the ONLY industry mentioned by name in the US Constitution.

In fact when writing the constitution they said:

“Congress shall make no law… abridging… the freedom of the press…”

That’s how big of a deal this was and England started the path to American independence the moment they branded SL into the cheeks of a guy making fun of  them.  

This is what we call an asymmetrical.

If this is your first time here I’m Azam Meo, I help run the Midwest Real Estate Investor Association at BigReia.com and we are obessessed with studying assymetricals like this. Specifically we help people focus on asymmetricals – 

To create a six figure passive income from buying real estate and small businesses zero down. 

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It is wild to trace your finger back and see that when Jose saw the letters SL he was inspired to secretly export an independent press.  Even though he passed his wife carried the mission.  That moment of seeing those initials “SL” being branded on somebody for using free speech –

Was an asymmetrical ripple led to America’s independence.

Whatever came of that university you may wonder?

That small, struggling university that had just started and had less than 20 students was…

Harvard University and that press today is called The Harvard Press.

Jose Glover’s wife, Elizabeth Glover went on to marry Harvard’s first president, because it turns out Elizabeth wasn’t just printing library books but she was a library book herself – everybody got a turn… WHAT no, that’s not funny.  No no and no judgment Elizabeth.

Here’s the takeaway lesson from this, a main asymmetrical that we use to build businesses:

Joint Ventures.

We help business owners by introducing them to people, ideas and resources that will double or more their business overnight – by doing JVs – these asymmetricals can help make quantum leaps in your income, lifestyle and impact. 

And this is a great example of how far just ONE JV can take you. 

Harvard’s survival and success and the eventual liberation of America came from a SINGLE JV.

That’s how powerful this is and you are JUST one relationship away.  Harvard partnered with Elizabeth in more ways than one because she is for the streets – NO, stop that you guys… speaking of books she must a paperback, passed around til her spine crack – NO… you guys are so immature.

You guys need to stop.

OH also here’s a fun email we got from this class:

Azam, Annabelle and Team,

Here’s a quick story I think you’ll love.  I’m a mail carrier on Willow and about a year ago I watched your class on the asymmetricals and America’s first book and how one act can ripple for generations.  There’s an older guy on my route Mr. Ellis in a brick duplex with the crooked mailbox that clicks when you close it.  He had a scar on his face and I was inspired to leave him a note asking if he needed help.

I was surprised when he called me and asked if I would join him for tea.  Before his wife passed they used to drink tea together and he missed having a companion to drink with.  For a while we had tea and he shared stories with me everyday.  I really enjoyed it.

A days ago he stopped coming to the door. Then no notes. I called the number he’d given me (his daughter) and she told me that they took him to the hospital “just to check.”

That night around 2 am I woke up to this super specific sound in my head, it was the little clack of his mailbox closing. Weird, right? I live over a laundromat. Lots of noise. But this was that sound.

Next morning I walked by before my shift. His box was open. I closed it and heard that clack, exactly what I’d heard the same sound no doubt. Phone buzzed right then, his daughter telling me he’d passed in the early hours. Peacefully.  I asked what time and she wasn’t sure but after 1 am.

I don’t know. Just felt like he swung by my house to close the lid one last time.

Anyway, I made a cup of tea and did the route. Slower.  Please share this because if anybody’s got a “Mr. Ellis” in their world, maybe call them today.  A simple note can go a long way and I’m thankful that your class was the ripple that helped me help him.

WOW – THANK YOU FOR SHARING.

Joint Ventures and Asymmetricals Can Go Far.

Anyway that’s the power of one partnership and it is why these are so profitable when you do them for businesses around you, if you want to see how to be abusiness matchmaker and use JVs to buy businesses zero down- BigReia.com.

JVs are a powerful secret weapon that you can use everywhere.

This simple technique of doing JVs is how you can create passive income, build generational wealth, and reshape your family tree. If you want to see examples of others are doing this and how you can too – go to BigReia.com.

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