Building the Dream Business and a Meaningful Life

Putting My Business Life Online

Posted on May 8, 2007. Filed under: Business, Entrepreneur, Startup, Toronto |

My name is Misha Rybalov and this is my journey to create an Internet-based business.

I feel that I will have a strong presence on the web, one way or another and I guess documenting my business growth is part of that. I believe in the future of the Internet and I think we’ve barely scratched the surface of what the Internet can do. So I think there are plenty of opportunities to create value for people and make a good living from it.

I’ve had my own company for about a year and a half now, doing automated testing consulting. I developed a web testing tool, ABCWebTest, and I’ve also developed custom test automation tools, as well as worked with 3rd party testing tools. I’ve written articles and presented on the subject of automated testing at a conference and I’ve contributed to an open source testing tool, as well. While I’m grateful for this period of my life, I think it’s time to evolve to the next chapter of my professional career.

Prior to starting my own company, I worked as a developer and later specialized and became an automated testing developer, where I would develop testing tools for Quality Assurance departments within companies. I led teams in QA for creating automated tests for the company’s product and I’ve also developed custom test tools for companies.

I’m going to go into more details of what kind of business I’m interested in building, but in general I’m very interested in automating web-based processes that are currently done manually and aggregating data on the web from multiple sources. I’d like to leverage the Internet to create value for people.

I’m also interested in building an automated revenue business whereby revenue is generated through automated processes. I’m not sure I want any employees but I’m definitely interested in collaborating with others, either in a partnership or in a less formal arrangement.

I’m based in Toronto, but yet I feel a pull towards Silicon Valley – even though I’ve never been there. I feel that there are more people there that “get” the kind of ideas I’m excited about. I’m not ready to move there but I wouldn’t be surprised if I made my way there sometime in the future.

I started this blog for a few reasons. One, I think this will help keep me motivated since I’ve now given myself an audience to report to on my progress. So if I sit around in indecision (which I tend to do sometimes) this blog will apply some pressure (the good kind) to take some action. Another reason is that I’d like to share my experiences with other entrepreneurs, especially in the web space. If there’s an opportunity to meet other like-minded entrepreneurs to exchange ideas, collaborate and learn from each other, I’d really enjoy that. Also, I’d like to have a record of my progress on my journey. I’d like to look back at my mistakes, triumphs and experiences and have a detailed history of what worked and what didn’t. I think that would be of value not just for me but also for other entrepreneurs.

So here’s to the start of a fun and exciting journey!

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