As the economy continues to shed jobs, unemployment continues to spike and many job seekers frantically search for their next job, many online entrepreneurs are merrily looking forward to the holidays – confident that their income is secure.
Online entrepreneurs (aka webpreneurs)
Ms. Black explains, “I worked in publishing for years, parlayed that into a successful freelance writing career in 1993 and now teach others the joy of this type of entrepreneurship. I love what I do because I can do it from anywhere (and I travel a lot!), without worrying about how I’m going to pay my bills.”
Another common trait many online entrepreneurs seem to have in mind is boundless energy and diverse businesses. Many have two or three different businesses going at the same time. Some are spinoffs off each other, while others are complete and separate entities.
Ms. Black explained that many online entrepreneurs do this to ward against what many laid off workers are experiencing right now – a loss of income.
She adds that by doing a few different things, when one is not working out or not going so well, you still have another “gig” as she puts it.
This type of thinking may be the wave of the future for the American workforce. As many know, getting a job and staying there until you retire is a thing of the past. Americans have to start thinking of themselves as entrepreneurs, even if they have a traditional job.
As Ms. Black sums up, “this kind of thinking (entrepreneurship)
