Thus, the challenge of capital puts a stop to the dream.

In my over a decade of entrepreneurship, I’ve never used capital to begin a business. Why? Checkout the fellow with capital challenges, and a closer look will reveal the obsession with big launches.

What I’ve learned is that starting small exposes you to lessons you’d never learn if you had all the capital in the world.

My first marketing video didn’t even have a whiteboard. Lol. I used the whitewall on my balcony, and had to pause each time a noisy car was driving by outside.

Starting small, especially with online courses isn’t A WAY to do it…it is THE WAY.

Great work, Derek! I love the way you do what you do!

I had tried creating an online tutoring business for math and science for high school students. I’m a high school teacher. Technology kept changing and camera technology kept improving and I just felt like nothing I was creating was good enough. I liked it, but marketing this, was unsuccessful. I had someone helping me, but I got burned out because I wasn’t sure if my site was good enough to support my business. I need to revamp my website probably and make it look better. Many of the things I could have changed are so old it might be better to start from scratch.

I have also recently developed a passion for sailing and I was thinking of making sailing classes online to learn some of the finer points. The ASA (american sailing association) is a BIG company that has a lot of online products going for it. Am I crazy to think I can make classes like they do and still profit?

I am a high school teacher, tech savvy, looking for a way to make an online course a success.

Thanks

Alex Van Name

PS my connection to you came from Jami Scholl>>Pam Slim>>World Domination Summit

Thanks for providing direction and insight Derek.

I’m an Aussie living in Italy for the past 4 years, I’m already working on a course for those wanting to make a move to Italy. I created a 15 page pdf and it went really well with people asking for more. I’m planing a 6 day email starter course with all my information going into an online area which they can access for a fee.

My main ‘problem’ doing this is working out how to automate everything through mailchimp. I’ve tried once watching a video but messed it up somewhere and the pdf email didn’t go out. I am determined to make this work and I’ve been consistently moving forward with ‘small steps’ for a number of years now.

Thanks Derek for all you share and for having us all be in constant action!!!

When I have my ‘bad hair’ video I’ll be sure to share it here lol

ciao ciao lisa x

ciao ciao Lisa x

The main challenge was that initially I planned to do “talking” videos but I did not like my performance. My voice still sounds strange to me when I listen the recordings but I am more convenient with the screencasts now.

So, I have two (mirrored) websites and a pretty good business plan, I believe. I have also been in a successful online businesses before. If anyone wants to learn what I have learned about the inside nuts and bolts of an online business, I am happy to help you. You can sign up for my blog and ask away.

I won’t tell you it’s easy, because it isn’t. But as our humble author details, “Start small”. I might add at least one more thing…solve a problem that no one else has solved yet.