Hope everyone is having a great holiday season, even if the economy is sagging and business owners like you and me are feeling the pinch. It’s almost end of the year, and it’s time again to draw up our New Year’s resolutions for our businesses. Preparing resolutions for the next year is my sort of […]
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The Challenges of Work at Home Moms
Balancing family and business for work at home moms is never easy. Here’s what Nicole Simons, founder of Fortunuts.com, says about her own experience in work-life balance.
Getting Sick is Not an Option for Solo Entrepreneurs
I have just been released from the hospital for an emergency surgery last Wednesday. Everything went well, and I am now back home recuperating. But I have not been able to post anything in my blogs, which brings me to the question: If you are hospitalized or get sick, do you have a back up […]
How to Survive Life as a Work at Home Mom
Having a home-based business is a great way for moms to earn money while staying at home. However, the reality is easier said than done. A home-based working mom must be adept in the tricky balancing act of caring for the kids, ensuring the house is in order, and running the business. I have 3 […]
Ten Ways to Get Started on Your Own Home Business
I updated and expanded an old article I wrote on the various ways to start a home business. The article looks at how an ordinary person can start an entrepreneurial venture — a cash-strapped would-be entrepreneur, a corporate employee looking to be their own boss, and someone willing to go on a slow-but-sure route to […]
Earning Money from Focus Group Discussions
If you want to earn a little extra cash, you can try joining focus group discussions where you can earn anywhere from $20 to $200 per session. Sounds too good to be true? Focus groups are real — they exist and are not a scam. I used to work for a market research company early […]
Challenges of Working from Home
“I now believe you!,” a friend exclaimed to me the other day. “Working from home is HARD!” My friend’s husband just quit his top-level job to be a full-time consultant working from home. At the top of his list as the most difficult aspect of starting a home business is the part of working from […]
Making the Leap from Employee to Self-Employed
A poster in the Webmaster World forum asked this question: should he quit his 9-to-5 job and focus on his web site? His dilemma is a nice problem to have — a site that he started simply as a hobby became wildly successful that he is now part of the so-called UPS Club of the […]