The efficacy of the world wide web cannot be over emphasized. The Internet has opened huge possibilities for small entrepreneurs to start their online businesses and earn money from the Web.
While the Web has the power to expand your business beyond your zip code, the number of risks associated with this global exposure also grows significantly.
Many home-based entrepreneurs start a business without thoroughly understanding the risks involved. Like the traditional businesses on Main Street, an online business faces a number of risks. Some of these risks have the potential to severely damage, if not altogether, kill your online business. As an online entrepreneur, you must understand these risks and take them into account when making business decisions. Your goal should always be to minimize these risks so as not to adversely affect your Web business.
For instance, as a web-based business, you will face a number of technology risks. As technology changes quickly, your web business must be able to catch up to these changes, which may sometimes require resources way beyond the means of a home-based entrepreneur.
Web-based businesses are also vulnerable to security threats and risks — from malware infections to hacking to security breach that compromises the credit card information of customers. And of course, there are also market risks that you need to watch out for. There may be changes in the business environment that could potentially wreak havoc to your business.
This article tends to highlight top 10 risks small business and home-based entrepreneurs face when starting and running an online business:
=>The risk of losing your main income source.
=>The risk of getting your website hacked
=>The risk of displeasing Google
=>The risk of getting infected with malware
=>The risk of getting penalized by a Google algorithm change
=>The risk of losing traffic slowly but surely
=>The risk of downtime
=>The risk of not earning money
=>The risk of crappy web host
=>The risk of getting your website copied and contents plagiarized
Conclusion
It is highly imperative for young entrepreneurs to understand the risk involve in any business pursuits. Practically every entrepreneur either young or old face many challenges when starting a new business. A depressed economy , uncertain market conditions and financial struggles all pose a legitimate threat to the successful launch of a new company/ business empire. Business owners must be able to determine the types of risks that are most likely to affect their new venture and proactively design functional risk management strategies that will enable the company to succeed despite having those risks.
