Step one to start an ebusiness or any business.

  I decided to write a Blog about starting an ebusiness.  What is an ebusiness?  Ebusiness (eletronic business) is a business that is conducted over the internet. In my opinion it is a business without walls.

  Slowly I am gathering useful information (at least useful to me) and sharing it with you.  I am writing a Blog also because I am looking for feedback.  So feel free to comment and criticize (please be gentle). 

  This is a learning process to me.  I am glad for all the free content posted on the web today.  There wasn't much back in 2005 when I first had my ebusiness idea. 

  I was glad (still am) for www.sba.gov.  What a great place to start.  It has free information, free training, and free support. (Don't you just love the word FREE?)  I contacted someone at their office by phone and received a template of a business plan by email. 

  I can't tell you how many times I've re-written my business plan.  It is a major way to define your business. 

  So this is the first step: write a business plan. 
 
  I had pictured the perfect ebusiness in my head.  People were going to love it!  It would be the next ebay.  When I actually had to organize my thoughts and put it on paper describing what, how, and when, I ran into a few glitches.  If it wasn't for my plan I might not have predicted those flaws and embarked on a flop.

  I am still working on my plan and my idea.  And I will keep writing and re-writing it until is well defined and attainable.    

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About eBusiness

I had a brilliant idea for a website. I really believed that it would be successful and that people would take interest. With affiliate programs I could make some money. In the past I had built a website for the small business I managed. I did some research on the subject, looked around for competitors, checked out the market. Then I purchased the domain and web hosting. I wrote “terms and conditions” and my “privacy policy”. Everything was going smoothly. When I tried to check what I needed legally to open an eBusiness I hit my first wall. Everything was related to real (not that eBusiness isn’t real) businesses - where you need an office and customers physically coming to see you. Seriously, with my laptop I can work from home or any location that offers free Wi-Fi. This doesn’t mean I’m less committed.
This is when the questions started piling up. I stumbled upon all types of sites trying to sell me information and services I could get or do on my own with a little more research and putting the pen to the paper. Ex: “how to get a business license, pay us and we’ll do it for you”, or “want to have a successful business like us? Pay $$ and we tell you how we did it! (Don’t you just love that one? They are still out there…)” That was all the information available back in 2005, it completely stumped me. I was confused and felt stuck. I had no idea what to do. Life goes on, time passes… I started questioning my own availability. Was this really worth the trouble?