Well Christopher and I are headed off to Las Vegas for Affiliate Summit West. We had to get up at o-dark-thirty to catch our flight out from Dallas and while we were waiting to board I snapped this picture on the terminal wall.
Given the fact that we’re headed to an event that’s filled with work from home entrepeneurs, I find it funny to see this fat cat image used as as part of an advertisement targeting business travelers.
Its true that backend transactions are what power business on the Internet. It’s also true that big web companies like Amazon have to employee lots of people to manage their operations, but for every Goliath Corporation, there are thousands of small businesses that make up the global economy.
As entrepreneurs we can take advantage of opportunities that even the best run big company can not. This is especially true of Internet entrepreneurs because we aren’t limited by physical inventory or organizational charts. Our imagination is our white board and our limits are self imposed.
There’s never been a time in history where a person could have an idea, set up an international business, and start making money without ever leaving their house. I’m glad I finally accepted that reality.
It feels good to be headed to Vegas instead of driving into an office. It feels good to not be that guy on the wall.
Gone West,
Charles McKeever
OpenSourceMarketer.com
P.S. This post was written on my iPhone using the WordPress App. The image was snapped and edited using the Camera Plus App. With a wordprocessor, image, audio, and video editing studio in my pocket, there isn’t to much I can’t do on the road. It comes back to those self imposed limitations I mentioned.
Do what YOU want and get PAID for it!