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E-Commerce: The Perks of Going It AloneBy Wendy CroixLearning & Life Columnist
A career in e-commerce means launching your entrepreneurial spirit into cyberspace. If you're truly a go-it-alone business type, the risk of Internet business makes its rewards all that much sweeter. And the rewards are staggering. The U.S. Commerce Department sets total e-commerce sales in 2005 at $86.3 billion, an estimated increase of 24.6% over cyber sales in 2004. If you want to cut yourself a slice of this pie, you'll find the income potential isn't the only perk of conducting your business online.
Self-Employment--Be Your Own Boss!If you're truly an entrepreneur, e-commerce gives you the opportunity to be your own boss. Whether you opt to sell products on a mom-and-pop website or you enter the competitive world of the high-end information economy, you'll probably work a lot harder when you're working for yourself than you'd work for anybody else.Personal FlexibilityMost e-business entrepreneurs who work sixty-hour weeks and 12- to 15-hour days. But, guess what? Those are the hours employees of large-scale Internet businesses often work as well to put money in somebody else's pocket. When you're working for yourself, you can carve those hours up however you please and bank the proceeds of your effort.Geographic MobilityPut your business on the Internet and you can work from a computer in any country in the world. Live where you want to live, not where your employer makes you reside.If you're serious about an e-business career, then you'll need a cutting-edge education. Both online schools and campus universities have established programs in e-commerce as well as entrepreneurship. You'll learn to raise venture capital, manage global sales, conform to legal and regulatory constraints, and use the latest e-business technology. But the rewards are all yours to do with as you please. Sources
About the Author Wendy Croix, Ph.D. is a freelance writer, cultural critic and university professor. In her twenty years as a professional educator, Wendy has guided hundreds of students toward the careers of their dreams. More Business Careers Articles |
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