Welcome to Home Biz Notes
October 12, 2006 by Mary Emma Allen
Welcome to Home Biz Notes! The source of information to help you develop and conduct your home based business.
Starting a home business, whether one conducted mainly at home or one with office at home and working away, has become the dream of more and more people. You might say the American Dream nowadays is having one’s own business.
A century or more ago, many families operated home based businesses. Then the Industrial Revolution resulted in more factories and businesses that employed people in away-from-home locations.
The Internet also has initiated a resurgence in working from or at home. Some businesses also allow their employees to work much of the time at home, contacting the office through e-mail and phone, instant messaging, online conferencing, etc. Sometimes these employees even become self-employed and work for the company, from home, on a contract basis.
Blogging, such as we do here at b5media has become a business for writers and bloggers with a variety of interests. We can work from our home…or away, as long as we have a notebook computer and Internet connections. But we’re still considered “home based.”
With this greater interest in working for oneself, being one’s own boss, and generally not having employees, it seems practical to have a blog on this topic at b5media.
I’ll discuss a variety of home businesses and information related to them that should help you as you pursue your dream.
Let me know what you’d like to hear about. How can I help you with information, resources, and encouragement?