A few years ago I spent my professional life in what I thought was a comfort zone. This consisted of dressing in the standard “business casual” attire, commuting to work; tethering my head to a VOIP console inside a cubicle and retreading the same path back home at the end of an unfulfilled day. The unpredicted “great recession” brought an end to that dream as the software start-up venture where I worked lost customers and forced them to lay off many of us. Having gone through a corporate downsizing some years before, I had had enough. I was ready for something new. The thought of becoming an entrepreneur had always been a dream and there was no better time than now to grasp it. I knew I wanted low start up cost, low overhead, a large customer base and I also wanted to work from home or where ever I happened to be connected at the time. After much research, interviewing, calculating and recalculating I decided on a home based affiliate consulting service. Because of online home based business, I make a bit of residual income from it. But, my testimony is not the focus of this writing. The focus is what I learned from my own experience and through other people’s lives that is: WORKING FROM HOME IS AWESOME! Working on an online home based business allows me to enjoy working in the comfort of my own home. I wouldn’t be bother getting another job just to earn extra income. This would certainly help anyone who wishes to pursue a much better life.Prior to the 1990′s the phrase “Work At Home Business” invoked images of writers and accountants with stacks of 5″ ¼ floppies and 3.5″ disks. Home based artisans and craftsmen built samples and scaled-down models to amaze the potential clients. These demos of products and services and many others were hand delivered or sent via “express mail.” Then along came the high-speed networks, the World Wide Web and email. The evolution of this technology during the first decade of this millennium to where we are now has redefined the “Work at Home” and “Home Based Business” paradigm. Wireless technology is even reshaping this model as we speak. A “Work Anywhere” empowerment is available to anyone suited for this type of work environment. Down-sizing by large corporations, on a global scale, are forcing a new “breed” of workforce. “Necessity is the mother of invention” and I think we are seeing this invention/evolution take place before our very eyes. I read just today on one of the leading job-search forums that “2012 will be the year of the Personal Brand.” We’re seeing individuals marketing their skills, their ideas and their experience as products themselves. Programmers, copywriters, project analyst, designers and thousands of others are on the working end of their connection, where ever that may be, collaborating with whoever may need them.Working an online home based business, I believe has become a viable alternative for so many people. Making money is a definitely certain goal that most people are keeping achieving for. The amounts vary from business to business, though. But saving money on work wardrobe, business lunches, commuting costs, and headaches are the basics that most describe as my reasons for choosing the alternative. Having personal satisfaction, more quality family relationships, and fulfilled dreams are truly the benefits I and you can get out of this.
Your Online Home Based Business Reflects You
Best Rated Home Base Businesses: What Home-Based Business Is Right for You? Part 1
So… you are dreaming of working from home. Would you like to leave your old industry behind? Maybe, say goodbye to your boss? You know there are opportunities out there because millions of other people are doing it. Truthfully, there is a lot of argument about what is the best home-based business to run. This is because success or failure at any venture is a very individualized thing. What might be a perfect fit for one person will be disastrous for another; however, there are a few considerations that are universal and I am going to share them with you. If you follow them you will find what you’re looking for and take it from a work from home/ stay at home dad it will be worth it!Because I believe this subject deserves some in-depth discussion I have written a three part article series concerning it. This article will give you the main considerations that must be made before choosing any potential opportunity.Before you invest time and money into taking the jump into home-based entrepreneurship you must carefully analyze the opportunity and weigh it against others. Don’t make the mistake of jumping at the first decent one that someone puts in front you. Consider, just in the MLM industry there are currently 2,700 competing in the US alone! Taking a few weeks or even months to carefully education yourself in the area of home-based businesses is a smart thing to do. Make sure you do your due diligence before making any decision. It’s a sobering fact that over 97 percent of home-based business owners fail in their first two years! Here are some basic things to consider. I have shared them with many folks over the years and most have greatly thanked me for them later.Four Things You MUST Consider1) The product, Service, or Opportunity Connected to the BusinessesEverything else aside, what is the business you are looking into really about? What exactly are you going to be selling? Who are you going to be helping? What opportunities are you going to be building for others? If the business works out it will be your job. Make sure it is something you will really want to do for years to come. Is this opportunity something you can stay passionate about? If not, keep looking.2) The Start-up Money Needed Verses the Realistic Potential IncomeWhat is the realistic income opportunity? Do to the fact that millions of folks are attempting to work from home every year; there are thousands of opportunities out there they will cost you a lot of money and time, but may not have the income that is initially promised. Make sure you talk to people involved in any opportunity and see the facts concerning the income possibilities verses what you are going to have to spend to actually work the business.3) The Skill-set Necessary to Successfully Run the BusinessIf you do not have the needed skills, make sure you have a plan to get the training you need. Do this before putting tons of time and money on the line. If you are looking at joining an organization what kind of mentoring is available?Can you find the training you need through books or online?4) The Time Needed to Run the BusinessHow much time are you going to have to run your business? How much time are the opportunities you are looking at going to take? I certainly over estimated this when I took the jump. Between my family, church, and ongoing education I spend about 4 hours a day working at my home-based business. I went through three failed ventures before finding one that had the income potential I needed; and fit my skill-set and limited schedule. Map out your day on paper and be realistic about the time it’s going to take to build any new business. This easy step will save you a lot of heartache down the road.If these tips are making sense to you check out part 2 and part 3 of this article series. Rather than give you my personal opinion, or the opinion of some other so called “expert” my goal is to hand you the thought process that will lead you to what is right for you.
Higher Education in Third World Countries
It’s proven that many third world countries of Asia and Africa are unable to provide the maximum opportunities to their youth. Ultimately it triggers the youth of these countries to seek educational support from foreign institutes and universities. Definitely a student’s main aim is to get the quality education and to do so they visit the online information portals of different international universities which are quite capable of providing the traditional and skill based education with the help of their most professional recourse.
Contrary to this, many international universities allow different students from the neighboring and other third world countries to come across the conventional barriers and gain the maximum knowledge. In this regard different scholarship programs are typically introduced to allow them to enter in the domain of higher education. On the other hand different consultancy firms also help out the needy students to take the maximum helps form their educational consultant and make their dreams come true.
No doubt, there is no such thing like free lunch in this materialistic world, and they have to pay a lot of amount to a consultant or a firm to go through the visa and settlement process. Eventually it is the basic requirement of any student to get the maximum information on a very limited amount of time. Moreover, paying a handsome amount to safe their future is not a bad investment. More or less they survive this difficult step.
Definitely, the role of any educational consultant is to provide the ample opportunity and services to those who really intend to go out from their native places and to educate themselves from the world famous universities in UK, USA and Australia.
No matter what happens in the future but initial educational support is quite helpful in terms of gaining the maximum help. No doubt, different countries like India are supporting their young generation in adjusting abroad for better future. And in this regard various education programs and policies have been made to narrow down this gap. Similarly, students are also offered exclusive government scholarships to avail the opportunity to go out and come back with the degree from Oxford University.
Contrary to this different international organizations are also taking serious initiatives to provide the excellent education facilities. For example United Nations is playing a vital role in building a bridge between the students of the third world countries and the most sophisticated universities of Europe and United States of America.