Most home based entrepreneurs are aware of Google’s free tools, but now Microsoft is trying to target the small office, home office crowd with its online tool suite: Microsoft Office Live.
Here’s just more evidence of what’s possible while working from home. Do you have any contacts overseas who could help you product source?
From The Wall Street Journal Online
Last year, Dave Novak sold $1.2 million of luxury steam-shower and bath equipment, importing wares from China and reselling systems for $2,500 to $4,000 apiece under his own brands, like American Steam and Rockstar.
And he did it from his 20-month-old son’s bedroom in Fort Wayne, Ind.
Mr. Novak, 27, runs Novak & Co. LLC from home using a MacBook Pro computer and iPhone — leveraging Internet-based tools that make the need for traditional office space increasingly obsolete for many entrepreneurs.
“Most people don’t know I’m based at home,” he says. “There are so many tools out there now that offer a whole other way to live, and I don’t think people understand how great it is.”
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