| I have been receiving tons of responses about | | | | imagine. I have a laptop and two desktops |
| how to start a home based business. Here's a | | | | already in my household, and use those three |
| little story about how I created my company | | | | computers in office space so I don't have to |
| which is operated out of my home. Never ever | | | | buy any additional equipment. |
| believe in these sites such as Many of these | | | | |
| sites are scams. What you can do is create | | | | When it comes to marketing my business, I |
| any regular company and operate it from home. | | | | don't advertise at all. I use sales and |
| To get started, ask yourself these questions: | | | | networking. My sales and marketing "team" is |
| what are you interested? Are you passionate | | | | made up of account executives on a commission |
| about that interest? What are your core | | | | only, 1099 bases. I don't have to budget for |
| competencies? In other words, what do you do | | | | that labor costs nor pay the payroll taxes. |
| well that you could share and profit from? | | | | They are on the phones calling on small |
| | | | businesses discussing the how to solve |
| I've been in business for myself since 1999 | | | | business problems with a web site solution. I |
| owning my own web design firm in Hawaii. Is | | | | call this operating in stealth mode. A |
| was originally suppose to be a hobby while I | | | | stealth fighter approaches really quiet, then |
| recover from knee surgery. However, I | | | | makes it noise as it goes by you. The concept |
| realized that in this extremely competitive | | | | here is that I am keeping my business quiet |
| job market to pursue my passion, which is | | | | so as to not alert to many of my competitors. |
| human resources, was to run my own business, | | | | As I build a client base and a reputation, |
| thus creating my own career. So shut down | | | | then I begin to make some noise. |
| Raging Bull Designs in Hawaii, and moved back | | | | |
| to Florida. Now re-established it as Webitude | | | | Much of those home based businesses you see |
| eBusiness, and operate it out of my home. | | | | advertised are scams. There are ads out there |
| However, I do not classify it as | | | | for being envelope stuffers. You call for |
| "home-business." For example, when advertise | | | | more information, and come to find out they |
| my job openings, I place those openings under | | | | want you to send in a "one-time processing |
| the categories "professional" or "sales and | | | | fee." I don't believe in that, much like I |
| marketing," not "work from home." | | | | don't believe in renting additional office |
| | | | space, buying additional office furniture, |
| I have three bedroom house with a den. I took | | | | and paying additional utilities for my |
| the spare room and the den an converted it to | | | | business. I just use my home. The fact of the |
| office space for myself as well as some of my | | | | matter is that you can start any business you |
| staff. My sales and marketing team all work | | | | want with virtually no capital. It just takes |
| from their homes or wherever they are most | | | | asking yourself what am I really good at |
| productive, which can be at Kinko's or | | | | doing and what am I interested in doing. Take |
| Starbucks, as long as they have access to a | | | | that and use your imagination. Ways of |
| computer an the Internet. I am building this | | | | growing business are all around you; you just |
| business on as little capital as you can | | | | have to want to see it. |