This is part two of a three part series on start-up success. The
first blog post was about developing a life plan before writing a business
plan. This post is about being a successful home-based business. Part
three will be about the top reasons why start-up businesses fail and how
to avoid that fate.
When you are starting out in business it is best to keep your overhead expenses as low as possible. One great way to do this is to work from home. Your spare bedroom, basement or kitchen table will do just fine as an office until you are making enough money to pay for professional office space.
One of the key considerations in working from home is – can you handle it? One really is the loneliest number. I have a few tips for evaluating whether you are fit to work from home. Sometimes when you work from home, the people closest to you might not take your work seriously. I remember when I first started my business, my boyfriend who is now my husband of more than a decade, would call in the middle of the day to ask me to grab his shirts from the dry cleaners. (By the way, he’s been getting his own dry cleaning, for years now.)
To read the full, original article click on this link: Are You Fit to Work From Home? | Small Business Trends
Author: Melinda Emerson
