Don't worry if you hate spiders, the mention of spiders in this article is a reference to growing a business with lots of different income streams radiating from the core business, like a department store with various specialist units; or an online marketing business with numerous different sub-categories, such as email marketing, eBay, Amazon, affiliate marketing, flipping websites, website hosting, Café Press, domain name investment.
Pictorially a multi-income stream business model can be likened to a spider, with the body forming the central business, such as eBay, and each leg depicting a separate income stream within the overall business model.