If looks too good to be true, then it is! Did anyone see the SEC filing against a company called 12Daily Pro, and also named was StormPay. StormPay in an online payment processor similar to PayPal.While the settlement for end users hurt by the recent acitvities has not been settled, I felt it timely to throw some thought together around Internet Schemes and what to look out for:
It is an understandable that millions of people have ambitions, desires or passing wishes to have their own business. Let’s face it, countless millions of people are in jobs they do not really like, nor get any satisfaction from. Financially, they get by from to month to month, but cannot build up real wealth. It seems a constant strain to make ends meet; frustrations are commonplace because people have little control over their own lives, they have to live day to day in their employers’ cage; frustrated like grounded eagles with their wings clipped.
Maybe they are helping to make their employer rich, but what of themselves? Don’t we all deserve the freedom, the riches, that the owners of successful businesses enjoy?
What is easy to forget is that, usually, those business have been built with a lot of blood, sweat and tears. Running a business is very hard work; running a successful business is even harder. Those who have succeeded have usually had a vision, taken calculated risks, researched, worked long hours, and have learnt from inevitable setbacks and mistakes. They have learnt about their market sector, how to run a business, marketing, finance, and the law as it affects them in their business. Although what you may now see is a big business in glossy corporate offices, you can be sure it was originally built from hard graft.
Aah, you may be thinking, that was before the internet. Anyone can do it now! Sorry to disappoint you, but having a successful internet business requires hard work too; it involves an awful lot of learning, maybe years of frustration, many a false dawn that will lift you to the sky and dump you back down on the nearest rock.
Does all that put you off having your own business? Does that all seem too much like hard work? Do you want the benefits without the hassle? Do you resent the rewards of your bosses but turn your nose up at the thought of hard work? If you answer eyes to any of those questions, then you are prime fodder for the Get Rich Quick Schemes :