UPDATE: Thursday, 09-Mar-2006 12:02 PM

While working on the Internet -now on my 12th year -I have seen just about every type of business opportunity.

One of my interests is flying, which I have not been able to do for many years, but I still continue to read about it weekly and keep up with the technology. I also on occasion read about the accident reports that are published by the NTSB. It often helps to read about, understand and learn from the mistakes that people make. For example, many years ago I read an accident report about a young many who had a very difficult week and went flying on a Friday. He was on some pain killer medication from the removal of a cast on his leg. And to top all that, he ran late after a traffic jam, and with the sun going down he got into his high performance plane, which he had only 30 some hours of experience, and took off on about a hour and half flight.

The flight was from New Jersey to Massachusetts, and the pilot was John F. Kennedy Jr. From the events of the week, and from that day, it was obvious that his actions clearly contributed to the fatal flight. His judgment was clearly flawed.

Reading the report it was obvious and it was a lesson that I'll never forget. I mention this fly story to tell you about another type of reading that I do from time to time, and that is reading about the reports filed by the many attorney generals about business opportunity scams. The SEC and the postal services also publish such reports when a case is over, and reading these reports shows to me the length that people take to defraud others.

What's even more interesting is how people of sound mind and body soak in all the promotional material and then hook, line and sinker into the business or financial opportunity.

Of course, I too when that way back in 2003, as I had detailed in the earlier blog updates. At that time the partnership I am in paid about $10k to get business financing and it never materialized. Thru some very cleaver moves --mainly a web site in the seller's name --I managed to get our money back. However, this is the very rare exception. I know for a fact that there were about 50 people who purchased the program that was sold, but only 2 of us got the money back.

In the same way I see many business opportunities come and go, but what is needed to stay for the long run?

Well, a surprising answer, and one that is obvious: A good product.

The folks who are marketing "information" that is often sold using dubious methods, often where the pitch is how much can be made and then some vague details about the product are just going to get burned. Those who start and then join something like that early on will greatly benefit. However, those who come in at a later time will get "burned" very badly. The worst part of it is that they will leave with the idea that the entire industry --be it online business opportunity or a network marketing program or MLM --was just a scam.

And that is where I have strived all these past months to get our products up and going as promised. Finally, there is some light in the tunnel. I have for the most part gotten VERSION 1.0 of biig.com ready. I think later tomorrow, before I send out the newsletter with the announcement, I'll update the site and make it live.

Furthermore, the maxsimo.com site will be ready as well. I have just one form that needs to be completed and then it too will be updated to show the users the discount offers.

After many years of work, the fruits of my labor and of many others are finally coming to the "stage" that they need to be part of --a bit late, but finally done. I look forward to keep improving them!

With that thought, I must go. Carpe Diem, Sam out!

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