1. Business plan
Run a Business
LIKE A BOSS from
Your Garage
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2. Never start a business just to
make money. Start a business
to make adifference.
M A R IE F O R L E O
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3. GARAGE STARTUP
Startups are a huge inspiration for business owners, and hopeful-
business-owners beyond Silicon Valley. Your ability to emulate their
success within your own garage is indeed quite possible and
potentiallymuch easier.
4. WHAT’S A CLOUD GOT
TO DO WITH IT?
Integrating with the cloud is far easier
it’s a metaphor that correlates with the
internet.
Instead of having hard and floppy drives, or
drives, everything is stored on the web.
Instead of collecting CD’s of your favorite
software programs, you simply login to the
application.
Instead of experiencing the headaches of
disorganized chaos, you achieve the
convenience of having everything located in one
area.
5. Downsizing Expensive
Equipment Requirements
A short summary
Everything you need to run your business successfully is
available on the web. The ability to use Google Documents,
or a similar service, to work in the cloud while creating or
editing content. You can work from the office, your home,
or even a tropical resort. You can also access your work
from your phone or tablet. Talk about digital success
empowerment for business owners and their employees. It
all comes down to cloud capabilities and ever-improving
digital and communications technology.
D I G I T A L A N D C O M M U N I C A T I O N S T E C H N O L O G Y
6. Having all the equipment necessary is nice,
but if no one knows your brand, it will mean
very little. The cloud has answers for this
as well.Two of the more popular answers
are WIX and WordPress. Each allows you
the ability to create your website and/or
blog. It not only does the cloud allow you
the ability to communicate your message, it
also propels the marketing of it forward
simultaneously.
EMPOWERMENT
OF MARKETING
MESSAGES
7. If you’re building an ecommerce
entity, you could use something like
eBay or Amazon to host your products
on the cloud. Or, if your offering is
more service oriented, PayPal can also
aid in physical or digital product
purchases as desired.
MONETIZING
YOUR ONLINE
EMPIRE
8. A product is only as good as the support it
provides. That’s why Zadarma is the icing
on the proverbial cake within the cloud.
With technology, marketing and
monetization all inline you need a way to be
able to connect with your prospects. That
means using technology like PBX and Virtual
Numbers.
CONNECTING THE DOTS
9. W W W . T H E N E X T W E B . C O M
HOME
ENTREPRENEURS
Businesses are started in homes (and garages) every
day. At-home entrepreneurs are doing amazing
things, thanks to modern technology that lets them
stay connected no matter where they work.