The biggest challenges faced when choosing a business opportunity program are following:

1. Choosing one that suits an entrepreneur's needs and skills as well as interests.

2. Choosing one that pays enough in commissions on goods or services that makes it lucrative enough to turn a healthy profit.

3. Choosing one that is wanted and needed by customers/clients.

4. Choosing one that does not exist in an already glutted market. This would lead to too many choices of other providers and a rather limited market for business owner.

The sad facts are that because of easy start up, and rather quick "fix" that business opportunities present to potential entrepreneurs, business opportunity members can quickly enter a business and just as quickly leave it. Turnover can be quite a problem. Since little initial investment is required, many members "jump into" a business opportunity at whim, and quickly find that running a business is a whole heck of a lot of work!

The reason for failure rate is also attributable to certain outlooks and requirements that many business opportunity "joiners" fail to consider when joining:

1. Is business opportunity nothing more than empty promises, old "too good to be true" adage? Unfortunately, these types of offerings run rampant both online and offline.

2. Is business opportunity catering to a dying market? Markets can fluctuate, so due diligence is needed. Research into markets, just as with any other business is paramount.

3. Is business opportunity solvent? Talk to other members, and do research. Become aware of any problems in payments/revenues before you join.

4. Is business opportunity flexible? Does Biz Op restrict members in their advertising methods, or are they inflexible and "distant" in their approach to members' concerns/problems.

A message appears saying: "The file hal.dll is missing or corrupt. Windows can not start." Well you know that 95% of computer glitches are solved by a simple reboot, so click…oops, can't click, no Windows. Ok then, you reset, and you think you are sure to be OK when reboot completes.

Wrong! The same error message appears "The file hal.dll is missing or corrupt. Windows can not start." How is it possible for one measly file to kill your system?

DISASTER…What to do now? Phone your tech friend and ask his advice. He tells you bad news. You are obliged to re-install Windows from original disc! Oh My God! Will I lose all my programs and data? Yes, you will have to re- install all your programs. No your data may be safe, but only if you don't have to reformat your hard disc.

But, your friend asks, I hope you have all your backups.

DO YOU, because that is key to saving your business. You know that in today's business world, 95% of your business information is stored on your computer. This applies not only to online businesses, but also to offline ones. In this paperless society of ours, business people are printing less and less of all their transactions.

Think hard. Where heck did I hide my original Windows disc? Really, are you organized enough that you can easily find your original installation discs, along with code numbers they need to re-install.

You own some programs you downloaded off Net, but they are stored on your hard drive. Are they backed up? When is last time you backed up your data, lifeblood of your business.

What backup system do you use? Do you use old- fashioned tape systems, or do you backup to CD or DVD? Whichever one you use, key is that your backups must be frequent enough to keep you out of major trouble.

Program backups do not have to be constantly repeated like Data does. Programs do not change, unless you downloaded an update. Then your update must be saved on your hard drive, and also backed up.