For this edition of What’s Up Wednesdays, we take a look at the dot com lifestyle of some of the Internet’s favorite online entrepreneurs.
Some of them explain how they got there, others explain how they would define the dot com lifestyle. For me, the biggest appeal to the dot com lifestyle is the relative freedom to embark on excursions like the Telus World Ski & Snowboard Festival. It’s not really about making loads of money. It’s more about the relative “time freedom” that is afforded by working at home and not being bound to conventional working hours.
Any discussion of the dot com lifestyle would not be complete without mentioning the self proclaimed root of all evil, John Chow. He posted up a video a while back that clearly illustrates the dot com lifestyle and what it entails. Family always comes first.
Although he may complain that Pittsburgh can be pretty boring at times, Bob Buskirk is glad that he doesn’t suffer through the limitations of a regular 9-to-5 job. He loves living the dot com lifestyle and he can’t imagine (or doesn’t want to imagine) living any other way.
In order to better pursue his online ventures, Shawn Knight actually dropped out of school! He figured that there was no point in completing a degree that he would never use anyways and it was the best dot com decision he ever made. His bank account probably agrees.
Living the dot com lifestyle is not restricted to North America and technology websites. Nick Ramsay is currently enjoying the dot com lifestyle in Japan with his wife and young child Rikuto. He still has a part-time “job”, but he spends much more time on his online quest for success.
The beauty of making money online is that you can run your business anywhere you have an Internet connection. Yaro Starak is living that dream, hopping around on the globe while still raking in the dough. His most recent stop was right here, wandering in Vancouver. He has since moved on to Toronto.
Are you living the dot com lifestyle? Let’s hear how you got there and how you intend on maintaining that lifestyle through the comment form below.
How did I get here? Google Adsense.
How will I stay here? Fingers crossed, Google Adsense.
Combine popular websites with Google ads and you’ve got a reliable source of income, with minimum effort on the part of the webmaster. Google isn’t going anywhere, and Adsense is becoming more relevant, useful and less spammy for your visitors.
I think people are too quick to abandon Google’s offering in the chase for high-paying ads, instead of focusing on a longterm strategy for building up an Adsense income, penny by penny.
I like to sleep in and I like my “Me Time”. That’s what the Dot Com Lifestyle gives me 🙂
Oh, and the time to get edumacated on different subjects that I never got around to when I was in school like “trying” to speak mandarin classes and taking much “gooder” pictures classes 😉
Nice read. I’ve been enjoying this lifestyle the past 5 years and have been working from home the past 9. Yes, there are tons of freedom and basically you get to control every aspect of your life, unlike living by the 9-5 clock.
I’ve been fortunate to spend every waking moment with our daughters, take tons of vacation time and enjoy what I do.
I wish everyone can enjoy the same.
p.s. be prepared to really master time management though 🙂
nice list michael! =) dot com lifestyle is really the best — i’m partially living the life right now, hehe