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Originally Posted by mlc82  Steve Pavlina has possibly been THE most influential person to date in my life overall, and I've only been aware of him existing for about a year  |
You don't want to turn into a lemming though!
Going out on your very own works for very specific cases. The requirements are:
1) Information product (i.e. easily digitizable)
2) Create once, sell infinitely many times (no service; product must be digital)
2) Very little to no customer support
3) No inventory
4) Fast, easy and cheap distribution (the internet)
5) Low startup costs
The following businesses fit nicely with this model:
1) Software
2) Writing (books, blogs, e-books)
3) Music
However, note that working in the digital medium is not enough. For example, web development or any other "custom job" type of businesses aren't ideal because you can't create them once and sell infinitely. For each, you start from scratch (unless you can sell the templates maybe)
And even software isn't ideal because:
1) It is rather complex to create (especially on your own) and hard to manage this complexity
2) Customer support takes a significant amount of time
Even if you don't have all the requirements, you can probably still do very well for yourself. You just have to factor in what "value" is for customers (ie what people want/need), who is already out there serving this value, how are they doing it, for what price, how effectively, etc..
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Originally Posted by Revanto The thing about work is that there are two kinds of people: some that are happy to work by themselves and some that are happy to work for other people. |
And herein lies your issue. You need to change this perspective.
It is not a choice between working for yourself vs working for others... It is between working alone and working
with others! You always have to work with others... In the most simple case, you have to work with customers if you want to earn money.
If you ever do go out on your own though, sooner or later you'll realize that a single person can do only so much within the time available to him (even with polyphasic sleep) and see that joining forces with others is a better alternative (as long as you get along and your goals are aligned).
As I mentioned in an earlier post in this thread, Steve is looking to expand his business too (because a single person can do only so much) and he will be working with others. I guess his staff won't have read his articles because I am sure they will be salaried and they will be exchanging their time for money.
