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Immature Thinking After All These Years

Ken's Blog

A while back, I wrote about how immature people are when it comes to how they think about "making money online."

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I use that phrase since few people think in terms of
building a "business" the way they do offline. They think
about "making money." Now, there's nothing wrong with that
-- no one's breaking any laws. But why not think bigger?
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Background

Let's allow that for the first few years of the Web, say until 2000, those of us who were around then were still feeling our way. It was OK for thinking to be "immature" since we were still trying to figure out the Web itself.

But in the past 10 years, what's the excuse for not considering the start-up of your own e-business every bit as seriously as starting up an offline business?...

Living With No Regrets

Ken's Blog

SBIer Alf (owner of databasedesign-resource.com) is preparing for an adventure of a lifetime. Here's how he broke the news in the SBI! Forums...

"I am leaving solid ground for a circumnavigation of the world, lasting 3-5 years! I was invited to join a seriously funded sailing project, and I said yes.

Last year, I got early retirement, and together with the income from my website, this will be smooth sailing, so to speak. My SBI site will of course run on autopilot during the voyage; but we have computers and satellite communication on board, so no problem."

And then he added in a follow-up post what I consider to be the quote of the year...