Small Business Ideas

How to Find an Online Business to Suit My Lifestyle
By Derek O’Dwyer

Fail to Plan – Plan to Fail – this adage is certainly true in online business

So you have decided that you might like to work from home and earn an income from the internet. It is possible, millions of us make money from the internet every day. Millions also attempt to make money from the internet and fail.

The reasons for failure often stem from lack of planning, lack of research, lack of commitment, lack of effort, lack of activity, lack of knowledge or simply expecting it to just happen. (more…)

Getting Your Feet Wet – Entrepreneurship on a Part Time Basis
By Chris Simpson

One of the great hazards of running a home based small business are the benefits you get from full time work for a conventional employer. Why are they a hazard? Because they’ll convince you that your business needs to replace the money and benefits you’d make now with what it can pull in. This is a hazard, because it keeps more potential small business owners from starting their business at all.

The key is to balance the two and make a staged transition. You can work full time at your existing job, and take on some part time work for a home based small business of your own as well. This has several advantages. (more…)