As I write this as a 30 year vet in this industry, I must say it was easier to do business before the explosion of technology. I mean before the internet business was more personal more special to me because you dealt with people face to face. You had business lunches, brunches and networking at your local bar or cafe and people dressed up and went out of there way to see each other ! Not anymore and although email, video chat and the countless content and products to choose from are great its also harder for a new product to break in a market or create a market for them selves. I remember calling editors, journalist and making my pitch for some press and they would personally call you back in 48 hours and said yes or no ? Now days call backs are rare and business ethics is out the window and anybody can run a business using technology.
As I spend everyday for the last 6 years running my business online, I get frustrated on how hard it is to make a sale if any and I remember when I sold my products on street corners ? In those days all you need was a make shift table, products, and a street corner and you were in business. Here in Las Vegas if you do that, law enforcement will ask you for your business permit and business licence and if you don't have it, they confiscate your products ! I mean if you are having a garage sell on the street corner they won't bother you, but your own manufactured products ? For Get About It ! Some days I yearn for the good ole days before the internet when everybody could not just have a business, when you actually had to put products on consignment and send your products to distributors hoping for a National purchase order ! I am caught between the old and new and I know I am not the only business person who feels that !
