what made you start an internet biz?

Wish you the best!

oops i left out why the guy I met was an an internet marketer and only 2 years older than me. Drove me to learn and become more.

Basically ive found that , the money is coming in now spending gas going to these 9 to 5 jobs and working hard for low pay, it came from doing what we all do best, and thats is sit on the computer and network and market, ive been very successful in my business with it, we have to start thinking smarter and not working harder

Despair at the way the corporate world treated its employees and its customers motivated me to find a new way to make money that would simultaneously help me escape the corporate chain. That was on close to a decade. Ever since then every cent I've earned has come via the internet and I haven't looked back once.

I think 9 to 5 is not for me.
I worked long hours and had too many clients that I couldn't handle. And in the end I burned out. I just couldn't do it. As soon as I went online I realized one important thing, that I can do one software or one course and sell it 5 times or 5000 times with the same hours spent to develop it.

Working harder may not be a choice, but I think there reaches a point in life where you need to choose between spending more than 10 hours a day and resting. Most people who have made it in life work less hours, but to reach where they are today, they worked hard. I balance between success and having a social life. Choose what you really need.

Thanks guys! And good luck to you all. I will also state that as of this date I have made exactly 2 cents online thus far. But I can honestly say that I have not really tried up untill now. This will be a big step for me and I'm ready for it. I'm excited for the trial and error portion. Testing day and night untill I can tweak it just right. Ooohhhhhhh gives me chills.lol

I am also tired of watching other people profit from my hard work and intelect so that's why its time. And if anyone believes in fate I started a new job back in august and I met my new programmer. He is older than me by a bit but seems driven like myself. So as I was talking to him one day I brought up what I work on on the side. ( now I'm used to people laughing and telling me how I'm wasting my time) well he laughed but for a different reason. He used to do a lot of article marketing for affiliate sales. So since my only downfall has been web design I asked him if he could do that type of work and he does. So needless to say I've partered up with a better half. What he can't do I can. What I can't do he can. So I took full advantage of the situation and started hammering. One of my ideas and now my launch date is coming up and i couldn't be more excited!

Good luck !

9 to 5 is not for me.
When I realized that i don't wanna work for someone else , i started to look around and search for the oportunety.

My Wife put a gun to my head and said. Stop playing Poker for a living or I'm out of here.
So I did.
Kick her ass on the street I mean. No joke..

I tried a few offline startups, but got bored very easily. Was playing an MMOG for about 3 years. And one day someone asked about building a site dedicated to it. I volunteered, and soon enough realized that all the traffic it was getting could be monetized. I was hooked and havent looked back since.

I love the idea of working for myself and the independence
this gives but I started out of necessity.

But one clear advantage is that my business moves with
me where ever I go--can't beat that one. I've moved
about 6 times during the past 10 years and my business
just goes along with me.

I don't have to worry it I'm going to get a job in the new
place. Once there is high-speed internet access then
it's a go!

-Ray Edwards

pretty much the same as most people i would imagine

i was fed up slaving away for chump change and making someone else money and building someone else`s business

it was time for a massive change and change of direction

5 years later and i look back and think it was the best, wisest, life changing and the most lucrative decision i have ever made in my life :-)

Paul

A little before 2002 I knew in my heart that working at a job for someone else was not for me. I did not know the vehicle that I was going to use at that time until I met the internet for the first time in December 2002.

Because I wanted to be my own boss and was willing to do what ever it takes for how long it takes to succeed, that I endured 5 years of failure online. After that I started to make a full time income.

It was never about nice cars or anything like that. It was always about being my own boss. When things were tough in my first 5 years online, I believed that I can succeed despite everything else.

I just felt that I don't want a steady J.O.B. That's not for me! :p Thanks there's IM.

This thread alone makes me work harder. I am completely ready to be my own boss! Thanks to everyone that has shared :-)

Mine was a bit geeky, I watched The Social Network and thought... wow, that's cool..

Then I watched "Middle Men" and thought... yeah I've got to be like THAT...

Still plugging away, one day

I wanted to generate enough monthly income to allow my wife to stay home with our kiddos. She is a full time 2nd grade teacher and this will be her last year due to this I.M. thing : )

I wanted to finally present to the world the results of my arduous and long scientific research. I had no idea that internet marketing was so complicated. I learned the truth after building my sites and having many adventures online.

So, I started with the intention to promote my own products, which were based on new discoveries. Something very risky, but I didn't know that I had to beat all this competition online…

I started really learning internet marketing only after making many mistakes for two years. The fact that I started with a specific purpose without making marketing research was a mistake. I had to get adapted to what the public wants when I realized this mistake.

This is why I advise everyone to first of all study internet marketing very well and make a business plan before taking action.

Definitely secret society of money worked for me to get a business at home.

I love money. And internet marketing is easy. I've accomplished so much in my life, that i thought this would be easy too - along with having a great job. They say "more money more problems".... but this seems like a good problem to have.

Like so many posted before, a 9-5 was just not working for me.

Not to mention, I had no freedom, I was tied down to my job, had to live near it, couldn't travel anywhere because I'd have to be there the next day.

It was just not the way I wanted to live.

I want to travel, and if I want to work on making $ in a foreign country in something I know will give me the opportunity to have fun there and make it back home, this is it.

I simply got tired of owning a business where I was constantly driving all over California. My vehicle was getting an easy between 100-200 thousand miles a year on it. I love the basic home to office and back again.

Thank you for this thread

My main reason for investing time researching into internet business is:

Freedom of: Working hours, Finance and (most important for me) Positioning.

I can work anywhere in the world and earn depending on results not time.

I cannot stand giving my precious time for money... it's not worth it in my opinion.

When my daughter started school, my company got taken over, my terms changed and I started getting ill - all signs that I needed to be my own boss!

I am fed up of my 9 to 5 job getting over looked for promotions and career development . So i decide to try IM and get out of the 9 to 5 cycle