First and foremost, I chose to run my business from home. When I started my Web consultancy, Soapbxx, it became a constant migraine with all the overhead and office space. I’ve been running Soapbxx from home now for four years. We are brutally honest with our structure and have never lost a client. I find […]
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One of the downfalls to being a home-based business is that if you wanted to, you could always be working. When I first started Shop Around Tours, it was so important to build the business, so whenever the phone would ring, I would answer, no matter what time of night it was. After answering a
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When we started Games2U, we put a list together of what we wanted it to be. We knew we didn’t ever want to have a retail business — mobile and home-based was essential to our concept. We wanted a business that needed very little head count, and one that anybody could own and operate on
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A home-based business doesn’t get started in a day. I was able to set up my website quickly, but I didn’t make my first sale until a little more than a month after I launched IWearYourShirt.com. When I first started, I really had no Twitter following, either. But I said to myself that as long
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According to The Wall Street Journal the home is the new hotbed of entrepreneurial activity. For those who have temporarily joined the ranks of the self-employed, a home office is the natural (and cheapest) place to get work done. For others who are using severance packages to take a shot at entrepreneurship, the home can
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Amid the economy’s many ailments, some good news has remained mostly off the radar: The at-home work force is growing, and it is encompassing new occupations ranging from radiology and nursing to auditing and teaching, according to a story in The Wall Street Journal. The bad news: Fierce competition means your odds of landing one
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The rise of the homepreneur is a long-term trend that will continue to accelerate over the next decade. Fueled by technology and enabled by low costs, businesses of all kinds are finding there is no place like home. With a troubled but recovering economy as the back drop, SmallBizTrends.com put together a list of the
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Firstcoastnews.com: When Melissa Rolli was laid off last December, she didn’t let it get her down. Instead, the mother of three young boys returned to school, and started her own business. Rolli, a student and mother who lives in Julington Creek, likes to bake and play with her three boys, who range in age from
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photo credit: jm3 Small businesses face enough challenges in the pursuit of success, and those that operate a mobile office have it even tougher. Why make avoidable missteps? Here are some mistakes to avoid in the virtual and mobile worlds: Not backing up your data. This is one of the most catastrophic mistakes a business
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The Miami Herald: Moms, some recently downsized, are finding niches in all kinds of unique areas. I met Joan Alini, a laid-off school teacher who sells aprons packaged in pie boxes. Crazy? You may think so, but she’s found her target audience in schoolteacher friends — and she’s making money. I also met Mary Pat
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