For many of the 20 million self-employed Americans, many of whom work from home, there career choice is closely tied to creating better balance for their families.
From an article at the Startup Journal:
Parents often have to sacrifice the regular income, employer-sponsored health insurance and other tax-favored benefits that make covering bills, planning for contingencies and saving for retirement easier and automatic. But the upside can be lucrative for people who find a market for their product or service, small-business experts say.
The article goes on list nine tips for people thinking about making the move to a home-based business. Many of these are consistent with any business start-up, which is how such a move should be viewed. Too many people make impulsive decisions to work from home, not realizing that they are in fact setting up a new business. This list of tips is a good outline of what should be considered each step along the way.
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