That's me there ... the one on the right messing around. This photo was taken in South Africa around 30 years ago and since then I've moved to Australia, put on weight, lost some hair, started a family and managed 3 thriving businesses with a strong online presence.
It hasn't all been easy and running a business is a steep learning curve.
I'm a qualified Engineer but I didn't go to business school and I was never taught any specific techniques or business models.
My first home business got started when I was still in High School. I was still living at home with my parents, working out of my bedroom where I made websites for family and local businesses. I was only 17 and the Internet was the hot newfangled thing only the kids understood. Lucky for me, I started my home business at the ground level when the Internet was still a baby. My friend Steve and I were one of the first Australian businesses to have an online merchant account with the Commonwealth Bank of Australia. During that fateful meeting at the bank's head office, we were told they had only processed a few dozen applications. We had no trouble getting ours approved and set up relatively quickly.
Back then, doing business online was easy. There was far less competition and it was extremely simple for our websites to rank highly in the search engines. Our web design business morphed into a web hosting and server management company that still operates today. We also branched out into audio production for radio stations and telephone on hold. Our other company creates customized products such as wristbands.
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