Three events occurred this week which have me thinking about business models.
The first was running across the above video, where David Rose talks about that the internet is doing to the way businesses get finances. It's well worth a look if you're curious. The short version is, it's getting easier and easier for new businesses to get starting capital.
The second was a visit to the website Jobbatical, where in about 2 minutes of browsing (literally), I ran across a job add for software QA in South Africa. The global job market is getting extremely connected.
The third was a conversation with a man named Shannon, an entrepreneur at a local web company called Mediashaker. Gerry, the environment artist on our game project, arranged the meeting to talk about jobs, careers, and related opportunities. But Shannon's perspective is that of an entrepreneur, and his advice was that people who run business don't really know anything special--they just try things.
All of this is adding up to me thinking a lot about businesses. In today's super-connected marketplace, it's reasonable for someone with a good idea, but not necessarily the right skills for that idea, to find the financing and talent required to turn the idea into a reality.
This isn't something I intend to do immediately, but it is something I'll be watching for during the next few months.
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