First Steps While Creating an Online Business:

1. Many people wants to create online business and they fear of it's consecuences like if they were to lose something big if the business does not makes the amount of desired revenue or not revenue at all. This depends of the size of the business you want to create, but i think we cannot fly if we don't have an airplane.,i mean, starting from scratch and paying just a few bucks (or nothing) is the best way to develop your website.
2. Don't say you cannot do things and think you will need a coder and a graphic designer, and an attorney, a writer (blogger), an accounting manager, just think you are capable of starting and then, if you need, get help but lately has been a lot of Open Source Softwares (100% free of use and modify) that allows you to create websites in a few minutes (i will talk later about this) like Wordpress or Joomla! (in case you wanna do yourself a blog) and BBpress and PhpBB (Forums and Communities). Let's say you don't have the knowledge to install these things? well, if you check the wordpress website they allow you to create a blog for free, and if you search a little bit, you will find free options for forums, blogs, if you search, you will find!
   
3. Do it today! people commonly does this mistake, leave things for tomorrow. If you have an idea grab a pen and paper (or just go to start -> Execute -> notepad) and write your idea, I bought a blackboard, for example. And think a lot about it, make diagrams, make plans, think (we will talk more about this later ;)). It's hard to develop an idea, but if you do it right, you will make it!! But remember, it takes time to develop an idea!
4. Start with something Easy (if this is the first time you developed an idea). Yeah, we are not all Coders or Graphic designers so we might need to get one for our future proyects, or to maintain ours. But if you are new it's better to start with something easy and work it out yourself while saving money for "Big" proyects, we cannot try something we arent capable of doing but you can also try to get help from some friend who is a coder or a web designer, or get a partner who is a coder and work together (but you divide 50/50 the income).
   
5. Make something you like!! Of course this is going to make easier your job, you will not get stressed so much as doing something you don't like!! but i have to admit that sometimes we do stuff we don't like because they do more money that what we like but our ideas are originals and can make your business to be better than others! be Fresh! Innovate!