Archive for July, 2008
Will Your Location Independent Business Idea Make You Enough Money?
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How often does an idea for a business pop into your head but you’re just not sure whether it’d be popular or whether it would make you enough money to support a nomadic, location independent lifestyle?
Did you know that there is a tried & tested method of figuring this out - which is [...]
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How often does an idea for a business pop into your head but you’re just not sure whether it’d be popular or whether it would make you enough money to support a nomadic, location independent lifestyle?
Did you know that there is a tried & tested method of figuring this out - which is slightly more scientific than basing your business on a gut feeling?
It’s not a fancy new tool or whizz bang online app, it’s the good old spreadsheet-based business model.
But before your eyes glaze over (as mine often do when faced with rows and rows of dullardio numbers), here’s what building a business model can tell you about your idea:
- Whether it is ever likely to make you enough money
- What your earnings targets are - and whether it’s realistic to be able to hit them or not
- How much setting up & running the business is going to cost you now & in the future
- Whether it’s worth your time, effort & financial investment in the short, medium & long term
Sound good? Here’s what you do…
A Post About Lifestyle Design With Some Nuggets Of Wisdom (I Hope)
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I have a confession to make…I’ve run out of draft posts that are ready for publishing - actually there are plenty, I just don’t feel inspired enough by any of them to publish them - so this post is off-the-cuff, written on Sunday evening here in a very rainy Cape Town (no, I [...]
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I have a confession to make…I’ve run out of draft posts that are ready for publishing - actually there are plenty, I just don’t feel inspired enough by any of them to publish them - so this post is off-the-cuff, written on Sunday evening here in a very rainy Cape Town (no, I am not happy about that).
In this post, I’ll share my latest thoughts on the concepts of location independent living (as we approach the 18 month anniversary of living our chosen ‘ideal’ life) and lifestyle design…
