Well, finally I am able to post, without having to use crackah good will in order to do it.
Regards to you all, furious entrepreneur minds!
Like I said before, I think this “lets start a YE business” idea, not being a new killer concept, may well be a very reasonable solution for entrepreneurs wanting to develop their projects.
The way I see it, to move on from an idea on a piece of paper to an online business start-up project is not an easy task. Mainly because three aspects: first of all, if and when I decide to move on with something, is crucial to assume a 100% professional attitude and success driven mentality; second reason is based on the old sentence “no man is an island”, which basically mean that something like this should not be a one man show project, as a lot of experience and multi-competences are needed. The last reason is perhaps the most difficult to achieve: to find and most of all, to put to work a team of associates, partners, advisors, etc in a distance working model basis. Like someone said before, it’s a challenge to make a team out of people located at several globe points, but after we done it, it’s a great advantage without any doubt.
Personally, I don’t have any kind of experience with online business models, as my 15 years professional experience has always been accomplished in the physical world, with direct contact with clients, suppliers and partners. Nevertheless, I have two or three ideas for internet based projects I would like to discuss later on.
I will now share some concerns of my own regarding this matter, for later discussion:
1.Structure:
Considering we are moving forward and somewhere in time a project will come out, what should be the legal structure that will support it? We will need to bill our clients, present ourselves to the market, open a bank account, consider taxation issues and so on… Should we consider open a company with proper shareholder distribution? Considering we may operate locally or worldwide, were should that company be based on? Should we consider some kind of off-shore structure? Maybe I am wrong, but to do things the right way, maybe someone with legal and accounting competences should integrate this group;
2.Work and communication methodology:
This issue is a must. As we expect to have people from different locations, things like communication, timetables, designated tasks, goals and project status should all perfectly synchronize. Personally, I propose to elect some collaboration internet based tool, like
www.huddle.net; www.secureoffice.net or
www.hyperoffice.com. Any comments on this are welcome, namely if any of you guys has experience with this kind of platforms.
3.To put name, faces and competences under nicknames:
Perhaps this forum isn’t the proper place to do it, but if we decide to move on with this, I really think we need to take the next step regarding knowledge about our members, future members, candidates, etc… Personally, I don’t want to work with nicknames or some kind of avatars. I want to do it for real with real people, and considering it is almost impossible to know everyone in person, we definitely must arrange some way of sharing our personal, detailed profiles.
Being too analytical? Perhaps… But those (among others) are questions I think we need to discuss…
Let’s look at it with entrepreneur spirit: This particular issue (team assembling, multi competence driven projects, communication tools and legal support structure) may be considered, by itself, a business opportunity, as a service to global entrepreneurship all over the world… who knows?
Comments? Critics?
Be by guest…
Regards
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