I came across this article about Ian del Carmen on Inquirer.net and it simply says "A Millionnaire at 28 Thru E-commerce". It looks so simple and he just started his business on 2006. He wasn't tech savvy in any way but he decided to read about the internet and decide what he wanted to pursue.
As I always mention to people all the resources you will need for anything is on the internet. His story only proves me right. He made an effort to go online read about opportunities. He focused on what he wanted and boom there's a new entrepreneur for you. The speed on how to close those opportunities will differ based on what you want to focus on but the opportunity is there.
Filipinos know how to maximize these opportunities on the net. A great example is how we transformed the once popular social network Multiply.com to a virtual micro-entrepreneur e-commerce site. Everybody who had anything to sell was selling it on their Multiply page. I know for a fact that some of those people made it big and now own thriving businesses.
How can you earn money from the internet:
1. E-commerce - apparently you can sell anything on the net. Think Ebay.ph, Sulit.com, Ayosdito.com, etc.
2. Blog - this take a little more time and effort but if you are good you get a lot of freebies and maybe you an start a new business from here. Think Yugatech, Ourawesomeplanet.com, Flaircandy.
3. ODESK - there are a lot of sites where you can get freelance work and ODesk is just one of them. You simply need to be able to sell your skills online.
4. Check out Airbnb.com - sell accommodations to your place (this might not be for everyone though)
Well, I am just saying that opportunities abound on the net and maybe if we could teach Filipinos to look for these we can build this country to move forward.
There are a couple misconceptions in your post. First, Multiply is not a "once popular social network," it is a still popular social network with more members than ever and still growing. Yes, they are now moving into the e-commerce arena but the social networking aspects of the site remain and site development staff have stated that the social networking aspect of the site will remain.
ReplyDeleteSecond, Filipinos did not "transform Multiply.com to a virtual micro-entrepreneur e-commerce site." Yes, Filipinos did constitute the majority of the online resellers using Multiply before the site allowed such activities. However being the largest group to disregard the site's rules and disrespect the site, management staff and all of its users is nothing to be proud of. The actual transformation occurred because controlling interest of Multiply was purchased by Naspers, a South African based multi-national media company which builds e-commerce as part of its standard operations. Multiply went e-commerce because that's what the new bosses do, not because a group of users engaging in prohibited activities made them.
Thanks for your comment. Your points taken. I'm just glad people are taking notice of my blog. A local company actually bought into Multiply a few years back http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/business/11/17/08/abs-cbn-acquires-minority-stake-multiply.
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