I should know. I put the Toronto Star's Eye Weekly online in 1994, the first Canadian commercial publication on the Net. I've run a Web-design firm. To win, you have to see through the hype. Here are eight basic Small Biz myths about the Internet.
Web design is a young industry, so expect differences.
But as designers have proliferated, prices have plummeted. In 1995, some companies paid six figures for websites that were no more than online brochures. If all you need is a Web brochure, don't pay more than you'd pay for a paper one. Beware the other extreme. Junior's experiments belong on his site, not yours.