When I was contemplating starting an online business two years ago, I consulted my good friend about it. I had to source for my products overseas and at that time, the currency exchange rate was not favorable so I was a little worried.

My friend told me that if I want to start a business, I should not worry about something like that because it is out of our control. What I should do it to write a solid business plan and move according to that.

Another friend of mine who is also in business, asked me, “What are your business plans?”, “Where do you see yourself and your business next year or five years down the line?” I had a good talking to from him when I told him that it’s all “in my head”. He told me that I should have a business plan written down and not keep them in my head, as thoughts only.

I guess I am very fortunate to have friends like these to guide me in my initial steps into the business world. However, if I could start all over again, I would prefer to learn how to write a business plan professionally.

Did you know that Trump University is offering a free course on business plan writing? I think this is an excellent opportunity for us to learn from the Master himself in crafting out a business plan that we should abide by to create success of our business. If you think that small businesses like mine do not need a plan then you are wrong. Size does not matter in this case because business is business and all businesses come with risks, hence the need for a plan!

By learning how to write a solid business plan through Trump University, we will be learning from the best and this is not going to be some “theory” only but applicable in the real world.

I think that even though I have been in business for two years already, it is not too late for me to rewrite my business plan. I hope they will accept non-Americans. I could certainly do with some professional guidance!

I know it was announced yesterday on the official Gmail blog that it now supports IMAP and they will be rolling it out in stages. This morning, I already see it in the Settings of my Gmail. YaY, I may hate Google at the moment for pulling the carpet under my feet but I have been waiting for IMAP support for so many months now.

I don’t know what Nokia has bee thinking for the option to retrieving email every thirty minutes at the fastest. Cat also sleep lah!

Now with Gmail’s IMAP support, I believe that we have the option to retrieve our email every five minutes. I would like INSTANT retrieval but five minutes is a huge improvement from thirty minutes. No doubt about it!

But then five minutes is still not as great as the two minute delay of Consilient’s Push. Here’s looking forward to an instant email retrieval sometime in the near future.

Now, let me go and change the email settings of my mobile device!

I wrote recently that my friends are encouraging me to start an online business because I am wasting spending way too much time on the internet and might as well earn some pocket money. I also have thought about it but could not find something that I would like to sell.

This morning, I was told of an online business by selling phone cards. I read through the business model briefly and I think that anyone who can operate the computer and navigate the internet slightly would be able to join the phone card affiliate program.

Set up fee is only $74.95 while monthly fee is $9.95. Our preferred domain name will be registered on our behalf and a website will be set up for us. We do not need any computer technical or HTML knowledge but to make a success out of this, we need hard work and business acumen. For every card that we sell, we will have the opportunity to be earn commission up to 42%.

Do you think I can do this? I think that now I am blogging less, I may as well do something with my online time!