Archive for July, 2010

Another three weeks have flown by pursuing passive and easily managed income for a regular guy. The launch of my first product taught me so much in so little time, and it’s just as I was told and even told myself, if you are considering a digital product, just do it. The challenge was in launching a product to virtually no audience, on a topic thats typically not thought of to be productized like tech support. The results were and continue to be encouraging, not just because it’s amazing to make money while you sleep, but the process and level of ownership you take on when you have something to give the world, changes your online business mindset. Here’s my log and the initial results of launching, The Backup Informer. Note: The logs are rough copy, unedited, think of them as notes. Continue reading →

So I’ve been pondering lately while jumping into the entrepreneur space and how to be a “tech hero” with what’s different between a lifestyle business (ie. what I’m looking to do) and an online start up, or traditional small business? It’s very tricky to ponder and jump at the same time by the way. Something was off as I continued to read about specific personalities of small business owners, VC funding, and positioning your products. I’m trying to develop my business and offer relevant must have services to entrepreneurs with tech needs, but where do I fall exactly? Well, lifestyle businesses are their own flavor of business and they have specific limitations. They muddy the water between entrepreneur, freelancer, and business owner and so many topics of conversations that entrepreneurs or startups can talk about, simply don’t apply. Others, like passive income models do. Continue reading →