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I want to share with y'all the one-and-only online business success story of which I am personally familiar.
The company is called RapidVisa, (to get to their website just add a .com on the end), and I used to work at the same company with Ben, the guy who started RapidVisa.
We knew each other because we were both Americans married to a woman from the Philippines, and thus were intimately acquainted with the hassles necessary to get immigration, (or Homeland (in)Security, or whatever they heck they're called now), to allow our wives into the USA.
Seeing a need and an opportunity, Ben quit his job and worked on his RapidVisa business for over a year, draining his savings in the process. But he was eventually VERY successful, and now owns a large, international company.
Ben took a big risk, and worked like a dog, to get where he is today.
Note that RapidVisa isn't simply a referral or affiliate site. The company is offering a SERVICE, which people will gladly pay money for.
While his business model is based on the internet, he does have employees and office space and equipment costs and all that "old fashioned" stuff traditional businesses have.
I guess the point of the post is that, even on the internet, the FUNDAMENTALS of a successful business are the same as they were thousands of years ago. You have to offer a product or service that folks will pay money for, and you have to put in the time and effort to get your business running before it will start to prosper and pay you back.
There ain't no shortcuts, folks! (Unless you want to send me 100 BMF coins for today's "lucky" lottery numbers! )
The company is called RapidVisa, (to get to their website just add a .com on the end), and I used to work at the same company with Ben, the guy who started RapidVisa.
We knew each other because we were both Americans married to a woman from the Philippines, and thus were intimately acquainted with the hassles necessary to get immigration, (or Homeland (in)Security, or whatever they heck they're called now), to allow our wives into the USA.
Seeing a need and an opportunity, Ben quit his job and worked on his RapidVisa business for over a year, draining his savings in the process. But he was eventually VERY successful, and now owns a large, international company.
Ben took a big risk, and worked like a dog, to get where he is today.
Note that RapidVisa isn't simply a referral or affiliate site. The company is offering a SERVICE, which people will gladly pay money for.
While his business model is based on the internet, he does have employees and office space and equipment costs and all that "old fashioned" stuff traditional businesses have.
I guess the point of the post is that, even on the internet, the FUNDAMENTALS of a successful business are the same as they were thousands of years ago. You have to offer a product or service that folks will pay money for, and you have to put in the time and effort to get your business running before it will start to prosper and pay you back.
There ain't no shortcuts, folks! (Unless you want to send me 100 BMF coins for today's "lucky" lottery numbers! )