A Business in Every Home
The list of reasons why everyone should start a business, and why the home is a great first frontier for many of those businesses, is long. Here are some examples:
1. Because of online and communications technology, you can start many businesses at little or no cost.
2. You can start a side business without foregoing your “secure” day job.
3. You can spend more of your time doing something you’re passionate about.
4. You can make a little extra money, and maybe eventually ramp up to replacing that day job.
5. The biggest companies now have many free or inexpensive solutions available for small business making it easier than ever to start and grow.
6. If you have a family, just imagine what a positive impact it could have on your children as they watch you toil, create, breakthrough, tough it out, and demonstrate how to take control of your life and live passionately rather than being a cog in the wheel.
7. Outsourcing enables you to streamline your activities (and the physical footprint) of your business so that you focus on doing the work you love and farm out the other stuff.
8. Home-based business is generally accepted - even preferred - as a mode of business in the marketplace these days (whereas before there were credibility issues).
9. Tax write-offs are often available.
10. You take control of your destiny rather than relying on someone else to make the right decisions for your future.