(PRWEB) July 11, 2005 -- There are over 16,157,000 people unemployed at this time. During these uncertain times employers are doing whatever they can to survive and to try to also make a profit doing so. This includes putting together mergers, downsizing, laying off employees and whatever else it takes.

“During these corporate decisions and changes that businesses need to make, it is sometimes the employees who have to pay the price for the good of the business,” says business expert and author Sherif Osman. He goes on to say, “At any time an employee can be told that they have a couple months or less to find a new source of income. At any time the average employees world can turn upside down.”

It is always a good idea to be learning how to start, run and market your own business while you are in a job. This is probably the best use of your free time if you want to do what you can to prevent from finding yourself in a very stressful, uncertain financial situation. It is also a good idea if you want to build up a nice nest egg to use as you please down the road. Sherif Osman suggests the following to employees who are considering starting their own business:

1. Make a list of what interests you and what you could enjoy doing.

2. If you have computer knowledge or can learn to use a computer, consider starting an online business. You can automate many things in an Internet business and spend much less time in an Internet business than what is typically required from a brick and mortar business.

3. Decide whether or not you would like to create your own product or products, or whether you would prefer to market the products that others have created for a percentage of the profits through an affiliate arrangement.

4. Research the different resources and tools out there that can save you time, make your business much more predictable and profitable, and that can help you to automate as much as possible and enable you to compete effectively.

Sherif Osman is the creator of 12 Internet business start-up automation software programs at: http://4u-bizinfo.com/7-9-05/tools.html. He is the author of two new highly praised multi-media ebooks titled: "Video Email Secrets Revealed" and "Internet Follow Up Secrets Revealed." He has seven main Websites, and 58 article Web pages. Sherif has studied countless Internet businesses and world renown marketers and has distilled their work into an automated Internet business system, http://4u-bizinfo.com/7-9-05/new.html.

Sherif lives in Hawaii, he is a multi-media expert and has produced 12 thirty minute DVD videos which have run on Oahu's local community TV station each week for twelve months straight.

Sherif Osman is an excellent relaxed presenter and communicator who makes a great interview. His uncanny humor and charisma can also captivate audiences. ‘Author Bio’ and ‘Q & A’ available. To interview him call (808) 485-1870, or (808) 255-9935.