Entrepreneurs provide the majority of jobs in the United States, but not a lot is known about what makes them tick. The Anatomy of an Entrepreneur, a new study released the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation, fills in some gaps. Who are they? Mostly middle-class or upper-lower-class, middle-aged, well-educated and married with children. (By the way, [...]
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Angel Financing For A Home Based Business
Last week we looked at where successful companies found financing for a successful business. This week we want to look more closely at who the lenders and investors are who can help you stand and grow a home based business, specifically so-called angel investors. Individual investors include two types of people: those who know you, [...]
Start Up Money For Home Based Businesses - Lessons From Success
If you need money start a home based business, where do you look? A good place to start is to consider where successful companies found the money they needed. Coopers & Lybrand, one of the nation’s largest accounting firms, conducted a study a few years ago of 328 fast growing manufacturing and service companies. Interestingly, [...]
Work At Home & Home Business Weekly News Summary
Work at home, home business, and freelance job news for the week ending March 3, 2008. Coping with the Elements Human Resource Executive Online, PA - March 3, 2008 So if you add bad weather to that, the problem is only more serious” and the argument for telecommuting becomes even stronger. At what gas price [...]
Sunday Buffet and Business Realities
Whether you work at home for a company and telecommute, run your own home-based business, or work at home as a freelance artist or contractor there's one fact that persists throughout business: reality is all that matters. Success is built on making decisions based on reality not wishful thinking.