Introduction

I would like to take a moment to introduce myself and to give you some perspective on my experience with telecommuting.

The first 10 years of my career I worked for a Fortune 50 financial company where I did virtually little to no telecommuting. In 2006, I purchased an international manufacturing company in Texas. The first 7 months I worked from a virtual office while I managed the production and management team in the factory located about an hour from my home.

After the initial period, I began to travel around the country. This next year was where I became a pro at telecommuting. Telecommuting in this fashion requires you to be resourceful, always learning in the new city where your nearest business tools are. I became a regular at the UPS store, I had my mail forwarded to me from a central location in Texas to wherever I was, I used Efax to complete all of my faxes and I was a midnight regular at Fedex Kinko’s. I traveled and managed my multi million dollar company from around the world and leveraged as many resources as I possibly could to stay on top of my game.

During the period of 2006-2008, I also acted as a virtual consultant for sales company and a financial company, also working from my virtual office.

I sold the business and here came the next challenge. I moved to another country and became President of a new company providing freelance writing and copy services to clients all over the world.

Telecommuting is a required skill for almost all business owners and executives. It provides you the ability to move quickly, to be agile and to work in almost any environment. My personal motto is that I can work anywhere as long as I have a laptop and a phone.