| Former first lady Hillary Rodham Clinton once | | | | business. Without the development of a sense of |
| wrote a book called "It Takes A Village". In that | | | | community your business would be like building a |
| book Clinton indicates that every adult has some | | | | discount store at the North Pole. Sure, you might |
| influence over the way a child ultimately views | | | | have customers at Christmastime, but for all |
| the world and how those children relate to that | | | | intents and purposes you have failed to grasp the |
| world. This article is not about Clinton's book, but | | | | need for community. If you make it hard for |
| rather the concept of how interrelated we are as | | | | customers to find you they will stop looking. In |
| a culture. When it comes to entrepreneurialism on | | | | fact, if you exist in some out of the way place |
| the Internet it truly does take a village for your | | | | on the web most people will never know to look |
| business to succeed. This article will look at two | | | | for you. Just as you need individuals to help shape |
| different types of villages required for online | | | | and mold you into who you are, you also need to |
| business success. Let's take a look at the first | | | | intentionally develop a presence on the web that |
| village. ASSISTANTS These are the people that | | | | will provide a welcome to others whom you may |
| have helped you get to the place of business on | | | | have the opportunity to influence just as they |
| the web. These individuals could be supporting | | | | contribute to your financial success. Whatever |
| parents, a spouse, former employer, former | | | | legacy we leave behind is always commingled with |
| co-workers, business mentors, etc. No one ever | | | | the assistance we have gained through personal |
| really gets to a destination without someone else | | | | relationships. The individuals who have helped us |
| helping them. There can be positive outcomes | | | | along the way are honored as we work to pass |
| related to self reliance, but with entrepreneurialism | | | | along the collective wisdom they instilled in us |
| a business owner begins to see clearly there is a | | | | combined with our own personal knowledge. |
| great deal of personal debt involved in the | | | | Entrepreneurialism is best dedicated to the idea |
| development of a dream. Just listen to any | | | | that each of us needs others. In business the |
| awards show and you catch a glimpse that the | | | | consumer needs the business owner and the |
| one standing in the limelight is simply casting a | | | | business owner needs the consumer. No matter |
| shadow to shade those who helped them achieve | | | | how you look at it, entrepreneurialism requires a |
| success. The second village? INTERNET | | | | village. |
| COMMUNITY Once you understand you cannot | | | | Scott Lindsay is a web developer and |
| achieve success without the influence or help of | | | | entrepreneur. He is the founder of HighPowerSites |
| others you can begin developing a community on | | | | and many other web projects. |
| the web that facilitates the success of your | | | | |