Age: 42
 
Family: Phoenix, 12, and Victory, 4 (cats)
 
Highest Education: Two years of college
 
Year Started Business: 1997
 
Type Of Business: Self-publishing and Internet matchmaking through affiliate marketing
 
Market: Anyone interested in starting or growing an Internet business and singles who want to make new friends or find their soul mates

Number Of Employees: None
 
Best Month (Gross Revenues): $51,000
 
Hours Worked Per Week During Start-Up: 50 to 70
 
Hours Worked Per Week Now: Zero to 60
 
Favorite Business Magazine: Robb Report, Luxury Homes International, and Business 2.0
 
Favorite Business Books Or Authors: The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People –Stephen R. Covey. "This is by far the best book I’ve read in this genre. One can apply his principle-centered approach to problem solving to any aspect of one’s life."
 
Relaxes By: Reading, traveling, doing yoga, socializing with friends, playing with her cats, and watching the river run
 
Keeps In Shape By: Working out three times a week with her personal trainer, cross-country skiing, hiking, walking, and snowshoeing
 
Favorite Part Of The Job: Helping people in a number of ways. "I am always tickled pink to receive thank-you notes and testimonials from the folks I help. Hoisting big stacks of checks out of my mailbox is fun too."
 
Least Favorite Part Of The Job: "I somewhat resent the time I waste filtering through a mountain of spam everyday. I also dislike paperwork and anything to do with accounting or bookkeeping because I’m such a poor record keeper."
 
Admired Companies: Microsoft and eBay
 
Favorite Quotes: Find something you love to do, and you'll never have to work a day in your life. –Harvey Mackay; People become really quite remarkable when they start thinking that they can do things. When they believe in themselves they have the first secret of success. -Norman Vincent Peale

The Person Who Most Influenced Her Life: Her father. "He was a good and kind man with a genius-level IQ, who drowned his dreams and god-given talents in alcohol. I chose to avoid the genetic disease and hope to put the beneficial family traits to better use."

Heroes: Her best friend, Bonnie. "She deals continuously with a disproportionate number of problems. She rarely, if ever, complains and puts more effort into her family, work, and home than anyone else I know, and [she's] always in good cheer."
 
Special Achievements: Attained super-affiliate status with 90 percent of the programs she chooses to promote; nominated as Affiliate Of The Month by Refer-It.com
 
Months Before Achieving A Profit: Less than one. "As I already owned the equipment that I needed for an Internet business start-up, it was just a matter of designing a site and getting it listed in the engines. I made a sale the first day the site went online."
 
Any Books, Tapes, Or Reports Authored: Yes. Readers can view them at byebye925.com.
 
Contact Rosalind At: byebye925@look.ca