Examples of Online

Home-Based Businesses 

We are now close to the end - the end of the beginning. In the past couple of chapters I have given you a short overview of what it takes to set up an online business, from choosing a domain name, to getting a product, to setting up a site and actually making money. 

Now is the time to put it all together. The following sections will introduce you to 3 different individuals, and the type of online business they plan to start. I have tried to make the examples as diverse as possible, so that you can see the many possibilities available to you. 

The first person you're gonna meet is Larry, a secondhand car salesman. He's pretty good at his job, but he doesn't see himself selling cars for the rest of his life. So, he has turned to the Internet for the Next Great Opportunity. 

Next will be 2 good friends, Kit and Katie. Kit is an advertising copywriter for a large ad agency. She has always harbored ambitions of starting her own agency and since she has just quit her job, has decided that now is the time to strike out on her own. 

The last person is Edward. He is a computer programmer with an avid interest in chaos theory. He has developed a computer model of the stock market, based on the premise that the market is a chaotic system, which has an uncanny knack of predicting the direction of the market.

The narrative style is intentional. You will get a feel of the individuals, and how the business is merely an extension of who they are and what they know.