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Barefootsies · 07-22-2009, 06:48 AM

Interesting read...

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Online businesses and moneymaking ventures pop up left and right like wet gremlins, yet only a small fraction of them will have some semblance of success. A lot of people seem to equate the Internet with “easy money” because you’re able to set up a website and try your hand at making money while sitting in front of a laptop at home in your underwear. The fact of the matter is that it takes a lot to create a successful business and not much at all for it to fail. Here are X reasons why your online business is slated to be as popular as a screening of Bruno in the Bible Belt.

1. You bring nothing new to the table. If you think of an idea that’s the exact same as something that already exists and you can’t think of a way to make it better, faster, stronger, sleeker, shinier, lighter, etc., you’re probably going to fail. Nobody is going to use a Facebook clone if it’s the exact same as Facebook. People won’t use your tools if they’re worse than other tools out there and cost more. You have to either offer something completely new that no one has created before or you have to take an existing idea and vastly improve it.

2. You’re not disciplined. There is no 9-5 when you’re starting your own business, and online businesses are especially time consuming because the Internet doesn’t have a closing time. If you’re not disciplined to hunker down and put in the massive amounts of hours it takes to get a business off the ground, you’re not going to get very far. Your business will reflect your output — if you phone in the effort, you’ll end up with a crap product or service.

3. You have no focus. Obsessing about how good your site looks instead of improving your tools or products might win you a design award or get you into some CSS galleries, but it won’t bring you satisfied customers. You need to know what to focus on and what’s important–you can’t tackle it all at once, so it’s important to prioritize and determine which tasks have the biggest, most direct impact on your business’s ability to make money.

4. You don’t trust your team. If you’ve hired a couple people or have a whole team of employees by your side, they’re here to help you, not hinder you (if you’ve made smart hiring decisions, anyway). You hired these people for a reason and they should want your business to succeed as much as you do, so if you don’t trust their work or their ability to make good decisions that will positively affect the business, you’re just creating extra work for yourself and for everyone else.

5. You think you’re entitled to succeed. Ah, the ol’ entitlement complex. It doesn’t matter if you have a good idea — if you don’t see it to fruition and work hard to make that idea a reality, it’s not going to magically appear by itself. Nobody owes you anything, so suck up your pride and hunker down to get some work done. Respect is earned, sonny boy, and you’re not going to get any if all you do is sit around and expect success without getting off your ass and making it happen.

6. Your street smarts suck. Who cares if you’re a book smart genius who got straight A’s in high school and college? Being a business owner requires common sense, and if you’re too dimwitted to have good instincts and street smarts, you’ll likely get eaten alive by the competition. People might try to screw you, cheat you, and lie to you. It’s a tough world out there, and if you can’t cut it and hang with the big boys, you don’t belong.
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7. You’re a cheap, corner-cutting bastard. It costs money to make money. Too cheap to hire extra help? Don’t think you need that more reliable server? Sure, you see potential dollar signs in your future but if you’re too cheap to spend what it takes to get your business off the ground, you won’t be making much money any time soon.

8. You take your customers for granted. If you do have some customers and subject them to poor usability, shitty customer service and bad products, you won’t have customers for very long. Don’t take your users/readers/customers for granted. They’re a huge part of your success. If you don’t appreciate them, they’ll spend their time and money elsewhere.

9. You’ve never experienced failure. This might be the most important reason of all. If you’ve never experienced failure and you fail for the first time at something, you’re put at a huge crossroads and your tenacity is really put to the test. Most successful business owners have failed numerous times in the past, and they’ve picked themselves up and gone back to the drawing board each and every time to fix what doesn’t work and get back on the right track. If you don’t know what it’s like to fail and you find yourself in a position of failure, you might just throw up your hands, say “Fuck it” and quit. Sometimes you need to experience failure in order to determine if you’re cut out to be an entrepreneur.

There you have it, 9 reasons your business will likely fail. I’d love to hear any other reasons if you’ve got any, or you can share how you’ve grown your own business and any issues you came across along the way.

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JamesK · 07-22-2009, 06:52 AM

#1 is a bit off I think. You don't necesarily need to be innovative to make good cash. Nice article though

Barefootsies · 07-22-2009, 06:52 AM

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#1 is a bit off I think. You don't necesarily need to be innovative to make good cash. Nice article though

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CherryV · 07-22-2009, 07:06 AM

Great Article... I do like number #1 as there are way too many people trying to do the same thing as the next guy!

Barefootsies · 07-22-2009, 07:13 AM

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Originally Posted by CherryV

Great Article... I do like number #1 as there are way too many people trying to do the same thing as the next guy!

Agreed.

In adult you have the sheep. Same videos on the same type of site chasing the same traffic sources to try and make the same money from the same dwindling pie of surfers. More a less trying to out spend each other for crumbs.

In mainstream you have 7,000 people doing 'clones' of popular sites to pump and dump.

sexandcash · 07-22-2009, 07:23 AM

I like this article very much as well. Totally agree....

LiveDose · 07-22-2009, 07:26 AM

I know street smarts has saved my ass many times over in my years of doing business on and off the net. Great read.

notime · 07-22-2009, 07:37 AM

#8 is very very true.
I see that every day in the content bizz.

Joe King · 07-22-2009, 07:49 AM

#10 You spend all day posting BS on GFY

Iron Fist · 07-22-2009, 07:52 AM

True enough.. good read

Manowar · 07-22-2009, 08:00 AM

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FrozenJag · 07-22-2009, 08:01 AM

Good one, thanks for that.

I see alot of places ive gone right, and a couple ive gone wrong. Good stuff.

woj · 07-22-2009, 08:24 AM

pretty good list

bdeforest · 07-22-2009, 08:30 AM

1, 5 & 8 are very prevalent in this industry IMO

ThumbLord · 07-22-2009, 08:31 AM

interesting reading.

Rochard · 07-22-2009, 08:34 AM

I start work at 6am every day and I'm usually working through till 6pm. I also work at night once my family goes to sleep until midnight. I also work weekends. I work 12 hour days on a regular basis.

I'm making money and having fun doing it.

CYF · 07-22-2009, 10:15 AM

Great article, thanks for sharing.

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Meeper · 07-22-2009, 03:25 PM

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MaximX · 07-22-2009, 03:36 PM

Good article

gmr324 · 07-22-2009, 03:39 PM

Nice to see a reality perspective. #9 is the key!

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alias · 07-22-2009, 04:16 PM

Definite good read.

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closer · 07-22-2009, 04:27 PM

Good read! Still, you see many doing exactly what is being said there

Libertine · 07-22-2009, 04:36 PM

It's interesting to see how many people make a living by stating the obvious to people who like hearing things they already know.

I'll give it a try...

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#1 - You eat too much.

#2 - You don't get enough exercise.

Barefootsies · 07-22-2009, 05:02 PM

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Originally Posted by Libertine

It's interesting to see how many people make a living by stating the obvious to people who like hearing things they already know.

I'll give it a try...

2 Reasons Why You Are Fat

#1 - You eat too much.

#2 - You don't get enough exercise.

You are a fucking riot man.

mmcfadden · 07-22-2009, 05:24 PM

#1... that's the only fucking reason you ain't gonna make money.

#2... discipline... bull shit. be completely off the wall 23 hours and just need 1 hour of good time.

#3... focus... bull shit. don't need it

#4... team... u'm ok. just do it yourself and make sure you get the good shit when you need it.

#5...

#6... street smarts gets you driving trucks for a livin and not getting shot. but being savy is important and also relates to #1

#7... not so important in my mind... do it cheap... pay more when you need to

#8... fuck the customers... they are just perverted porn freaks who wanna get off

#9... my life is a failure at many, many times... so if your not retarted you can keep on truckin.

Great topic though ;)

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