"Silicon* Valley: The Second Wave"

* or perhaps should be more appropriately re-termed "Silly Con Valley"

"The next information revolution is well under way...It is
not a revolution in technology, machinery, techniques,
software, or speed. It is a revolution in CONCEPTS."
- Drucker, 1998

"Money is what fueled the industrial society. But in the
informational society, the fuel, the power, is knowledge.
One has now come to see a new class structure divided by
those who have information and those who must function out
of ignorance. This new class has its power not from money,
not from land, but from knowledge."
- John Kenneth Galbraith

"The future belongs to those who apply knowledge with
innovation and resourcefulness to find new paths - in
business and in life."
- Craig Lock and Bill Rosoman

As we all know, the Internet revolution is evolving at a dizzying
pace. What we see today can be history next year or even next
week. Five years from now the Internet will be quite different
from that which most of us can imagine.

The vision of a "nerdish" future with a dash of Gordon Gecko Wall
Street greed and a touch of youthful creative imagination and
energy is one that excites us in "sleepy, far-off" New Zealand.
It's a vision my 'cyber-partners/pals' and I, as budding netrepeneurs cherish and have fully embraced - one whereby the small guys in
geographically isolated communities like us, can take on the
world and the major players on a relatively level playing field,
except (in most cases) for miniscule advertising budgets.
However, start-up venture capital for "high-risk ventures" is
still a big problem here in New Zealand, because, unlike in
Ireland, Czechoslovakia and other forward-thinking countries,
the government here in "Godzone" has been relatively slow to
embrace the technological revolution (though they are now
getting on board - perhaps an impending election had something
to do with it!).

The "technological revolution", electronic commerce and the
information age could be just the recipe the world needs for a
level playing field of socially responsible capitalism - one in
which smaller countries and "the little people" with imagination
+ vision can take on the corporations and the giant countries,
like the US and Japan...if only the conservative money-lenders,
the banks embraced the same vision and stopped lending umbrellas
to budding netrepeneurs when the sun's shining and asking for
them back, as soon as it's starts to rain.

The successful cyber entrepreneur of today could well be the
equivalent of the Rockefellers, Vanderbilts, Kennedy's, Paul
Getty's and Henry Ford's of yesteryear, especially in the new
ENTREPRENEURIAL (nice big word) AGE, which I believe, is even
more important (and a more appropriate term) than the
information age.

What you do today could repay you a hundred-fold tomorrow...and
there is just one rule: As the Nike ad says, ... "Just do it
with all you've got"

Finally...and most importantly,

Success and happiness lie in the journey, the 'way of travelling'... and not merely arriving at the destination.
So...

Be happy and ENJOY the ride ("wild")

Craig Lock
Eagle Productions Books ("Infopreneurs, Information and Inspiration Distributers")

"Life is about finding, then following the dream... and
one's  dream/vision comes to reality through believing in
yourself, making  the commitment and then creating it."

"Do not follow the well-beaten track of others towards success -
like the rainbow, it is often an illusion always just beyond
our reach. Make your own path and let your spirit blaze a
brilliant trail towards the pot of gold, the prize for the
gift - one that is uniquely you and YOUR successful journey
down the mysterious and magical river of life."
- Craig Lock

"Whatever you can do, or dream you can, begin it. Boldness has
genius, power and magic in it."
- Johan Wolfgang Von Goethe (German philosopher)

About the Author:
Craig Lock has been marketing products online
for the past ten years. Craig is a writer, who believes in
sharing information with a 'dash' of humour, as well as encouraging and helping others to find their talents and gifts, to strive for and accomplish their dreams in life - whatever  they may be.
http://www.selfgrowth.com/experts/craig_lock.html
http://www.craiglockbooks.com
http://www.myspace.com/writercraig
http://www2.webng.com/writernz and www.lulu.com/craiglock

P.S: As the ancient Chinese philosopher said so well, "A journey
of a thousand miles starts with a ... broken fan belt and a flat
tyre"... er sorry... a single step.