Home-Based Business For Dummies, 2nd Edition

"Thanks to the Internet, home-based businesses are booming. With a home computer and a good idea, you can market and sell almost anything in the world just from home. Whether you’re selling homemade jams or working as a business consultant, today’s entrepreneur doesn’t even have to leave home.

Home-Based Business For Dummies, 2^nd Edition will help you make your endeavor profitable and successful! Ideal for future entrepreneurs who have the urge and want the know-how, this updated guide includes new information on home business scams and how to avoid them, shows how to create an efficient, comfortable (but not too comfortable) work environment, explains how to put new technologies to work for you, and much more. There’s even a 10-question quiz to help you determine if you’re ready. You’ll learn all the basics, including:

Selecting the right kind of business for you
Setting up a home office
Managing money, credit, and financing
Marketing almost anything in the world
Avoiding distractions at home

Home-Based Business For Dummies, 2^nd Edition was written by Paul and Sarah Edwards, award-winning authors who write a monthly column for Entrepreneur magazine, and Peter Economy, an author or coauthor For Dummies books on managing, consulting, and personal finance. In straightforward English, they show you how to:

Stay connected to the business community, even when working from home
Keep your work separate from your personal life
Handle benefits, health insurance, and your retirement planning
Make sure your bookkeeping is accurate and legal
Use the Internet to bid for work, list your services in directories, network, and more
Choose the technology and other resources you need
Develop your own marketing and advertising strategies
Navigate IRS rules for home-based businesses

Home-Based Business For Dummies is packed with ideas and information that will help you get started right and help established, successful home-based business owners stay ahead of the pack. Use it well and this handy guide will be the most important reference in your home office. "

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Title of ebook: Home-Based Business For Dummies, 2nd Edition
ISBN: 9780471751083
parent-ISBN: 9780764577635
Publisher: For Dummies
Internet download file size: 4823 kb
Pages: 380
Published: 04-2005
Released online for download: 04-29-2005
Author of eBook: Edwards, Paul
Author of eBook: Edwards, Sarah
Author of eBook: Economy, Peter

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Home-Based Business For Dummies

Chapter One

What You Need to Know about Home-Based Business

In This Chapter

* Defining the home-based business

* Understanding the basics

* Dealing with the good and the bad news

Congratulations! You've decided to start a home-based business. We welcome you as you join with millions of others who have already made a decision to start a home-based business. According to the Small Business Administration (SBA), there are about 23.7 million businesses in the United States today. Of this total, 99.7 percent are small businesses (defined by the government as businesses with fewer than 500 employees), or about 23.6 million. Of these, just over half - about 11.8 million - are home-based businesses.

That's a lot of home-based businesses!

Take it from us: Owning your own home-based business may be the most rewarding experience of your entire life. And not just in a financial sense (although many home-based businesspeople find the financial rewards to be significant), but also rewarding in the sense of doing the work you love and having control over your own life.

Of course, every great journey begins w ... read full excerpt from Home-Based Business For Dummies, 2nd Edition ebook

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