Can You Be An Intrepreneur?
intrepreneur 'in-tra-pre-noor', n. a person who organizes,
maintains and takes responsibility for an internet business
venture.
Starting any business is a somewhat daunting task, but to start
what is now known as a traditional or offline business should
only be considered if you have very deep pockets, a lot of
patience or a unique and brilliant idea.
I say this because I have been running my own traditional style
businesses for the last 17 years and to be perfectly honest, it
is not getting any easier. On the contrary, it is actually
harder if not impossible to earn a reasonable income now because
of ever increasing overheads and diminshing profit margins due
to unprecedented levels of competition both "on" and "offline".
Each year I have seen my expenditure increase as a result of
higher rent, rates, water charges, electricity/gas charges,
insurances, staff costs, telephones not to mention raw
materials. What makes matters worse, if I increase my prices
accordingly to compensate, I notice a dramatic drop in sales and
so I have become the proverbial hamster in the wheel running
faster and faster but going nowhere.
However, with the advent of the internet and in particular
broadband, it is now so much easier to start and run your own
business. Furthermore, what is especially interesting is that
this can be done with very little overheads, no business
premises, no stock and no staff. The business is open for trade
24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year. You can actually
make money whilst you sleep. Now is that a good business or not.
But wait a minute, any business whether it is traditional or
online requires hardwork and effort and if you are not prepared
to give them this then I wish you well in whatever you do
because it is unlikely you will make money working for yourself.
On the other hand, if like me, you are prepared to give it your
all, your total commitment, your undivided attention, you too
can become an intrepreneur.
Believe it or believe it not, setting up an internet business
venture can be done by following the same blueprint that
everyone before you has followed. It is not rocket science and
you don't have to re-invent the wheel. All you have to do is be
committed, keep at it and do what others have done before you.
This is very much the key to be successful online.
What I have found in my years of business is something which I
have called the 10% rule and it goes like this.
90% of the world's wealth is owned by 10% of its population. 90%
give up easily and only 10% go on to be reasonably successful of
this 10% only 10% go on to become very wealthy
and the reason they did was because they followed the rules and
stuck at it.
There is no magical formulae, no "holy grail", just pure
determination, commitment and with predetermined goals you and
me can become one of the 10 percent.
All the information, tools and resources which you require are
readily available to download from the internet itself.
I wish you every success and a prosperous future.
Gordon McAlpine
P.S. A website which I have found extremely helpful with an easy
to follow step by step guide and everything you will need to
become an intrepreneur can be found at
http://www.InternetProfitMentor.com