Ian Cory

Technology professional and online business contributor

Ian Cory served twelve years in the Royal Navy before moving into civilian work. His biography in Dream Big And Act Fast describes a further seventeen years in information technology, including work in Europe and the Middle East.

Following redundancy around the dot-com downturn, Ian worked in telemarketing, customer service and IT support, and later spent thirteen years in payroll and software training. These changes form the background to his interest in learning a different way of working.

Work From Home! explores the hesitation he felt before pursuing a home-based online business. Ian describes moving from curiosity and repeated learning towards experimenting with affiliate and video marketing, while reconsidering assumptions he once held about websites and technology.

His contribution is a personal account of adapting through several careers. It is particularly relevant to readers who did not grow up with the internet and feel uncertain about learning new tools. The story explains his motivation without establishing that an online venture guarantees income or a secure retirement.