The Earliest
Stage
Many people dream about starting an online business, but
are afraid that they lack the technical abilities to run
an Internet business. Many others believe that they lack
the business skills necessary to be successful. Each of
these is an emotional response that may, or may not be accurate.
Our objective is to provide our customers with support in
the form of knowledge that they can use to be successful.
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early stage is where many future business successes
falter. How many times do you hear friends and family
members tell you that something cannot be done? How
often do coworkers point out the "holes" in
an idea? The problem is that we often bounce ideas off
the wrong people. How many of these friends and coworkers
have their own businesses? More importantly, how many
have started a business, failed, and then tried again?
The experience gained in the last category is the most
expensive, and also the most valuable. |
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The Value
of Relevant Experience
There are many business success stories that exist because
of the circumstances, not because of the skill and intelligence
of the founders. It's far easier to succeed while riding
a "wave" than it is during normal, or difficult
economic times. Far more valuable is the advice from someone
that steered a business through a recession, than someone
who started a dot-com, and saw it succeed wildly during
its first year.
Make sure that your research efforts don't point you in
the wrong direction, before you have the chance to get started.
To that end you must be very selective of the people that
you run your business ideas by. Our business brings together
low-cost and no-cost solutions that include research reports,
how-to guides, and one-on-one consultation. Ipip Technologies
is a knowledge provider. We are the only company that specializes
in low cost products and services to assist the Internet
business startup.
The startup phase is when information is needed the most,
yet it is also the time that funds are extremely scarce.
Getting Started
Where do you go to get started? The first stage we recommend
is reading about items related to your idea. This may seem
strange coming from an online business like ourselves, but
the library is an excellent starting point. Doing a Google(tm)
search at this early stage may be frustrating because of
the information overload. Whatever method you choose to
employ for your research, make sure that you are using a
collection of sources.
Keep in mind that there are very few original business
ideas. In fact, most successful enterprises have adapted
their business model from someone else's. Once you have
identified an idea or two, you will need to research firms
that are in similar businesses. This is where developing
a framework for evaluating an idea's adoption is very helpful.
The framework will help you identify strengths, weaknesses,
opportunities, and threats elated to your idea.
The Challenges
Aside from being able to ask the right people about your
business or service idea, you are undoubtedly drowning in
online information. The challenge is how to identify the
relevant sources, and then how to turn the information provided
into knowledge. Determining the value of information is
also very difficult. There may be some free information
available that is worth more than the information you pay
for. Once you get to know us, you will find that we strive
to be a "high-value, low-cost provider".
The Solution
A specialized knowledge provider that understands the value
of long-term relationships. An expert in Internet business
that provides low-cost consulting via e-mail and other online
means. A company that strives to develop relationships with
businesses otherwise ignored by corporate America.
We hope that our bimonthly (every other month) newsletter
will earn us your recognition as a valuable resource, and
you will grow to become a trusted business associate. This
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relevant to anyone doing business over the Internet. Our
"Internet Business at Home" focus area is specifically
designed for displaced employees that have had enough of
the corporate World, and are trying to make a living working
at home.
We provide a subscription based service where work-at-home
Internet entrepreneurs can gain access to experts in their
area of specialty. Research reports relevant to growing
an online business, as well as How-to guides are provided
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