Necessity is the mother of invention, but the birth of an entrepreneur requires more than necessity. It requires a great dream, unwavering determination to survive, and an unquenchable thirst for improvement. From an almost empty pocket and a dream of being my own boss, I have managed to learn a lot of things about entrepreneurship […]
ODesk.com provides a platform for engaging Virtual workers – they have 9.3 million workers for 3.6M businesses. Do I need to say that slowly? 9.3M for 3.6M – this is a serious TREND. The USA is the largest user of oDesk – AUSTRALIA is the second largest user. Interesting. Freelancer.com an Australia owned company […]
THE BACKGROUND 20 years ago the BIG corporate businesses outsourced their very structured processes to countries that have a pretty good education system and LOW WAGES – like $100 a week. This developed a competitive edge over smaller businesses. 10 years ago Employment portals – like oDesk came along. Suddenly Smaller employers in […]
Recently, Mike O’Hagan was interviewed in the business podcast “Boomer Business Owner”. He discussed how to become a successful entrepreneur online. As well as the process of bringing a startup company towards success through the use of various business techniques. Mike O’Hagan’s success story A successful entrepreneur himself with businesses spread across four […]
To appreciate this discussion, you need to understand that in the Philippines, larger corporate or BPO Business Process Outsourcing employers typically pay their administration workers with a university degree $45AUD a week. That’s $1.13AUD an hour. Away from these larger employers, wages are even lower. The scary part is that they are often better educated than […]