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Month: January 2010

  • There is a whole world out there

    The internet, and internet businesses, are decidedly America-centric. But, as most of us (i.e. the vast majority of the world’s population that doesn’t live in America) know that there is a whole world out there. Don’t Forget About the Rest of the World! The best thing about American businesses is that you can ‘adopt’ a…

  • Do What You Love – an example

    Recently I read a great interview on JetSetCitizen.com. This is an interesting site that talks about people who are trying to create a business that will let them travel the world while still making (preferably a huge) income. Whether they intend to or not they prove just how difficult this is – on many levels.…

  • Step 2 – Fill a need

    So we’ve covered step 1. Your business should stem from something you love, passionately. The next step is really to figure out what to do. And I believe that comes from discovering a need. Not a ‘nice to have’ but a real need. A gap in the market. How to discover this? I won’t say…

  • Step 1 – The idea

    One note about this site. I am not talking about starting one of the ‘I make x in a year through online passive income’ type websites. That isn’t a business. I am talking about starting a company that will provide a service to local and perhaps international customers on an ongoing basis. A lot of…