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A recent Computerworld article noted that employees given laptops log an extra 7 hours of work per week more than employees assigned to desktop computers.
They become “work at home” employees whether it’s company policy or not.
Evidently the proximity of work and the computer blurs the boundaries of work and leisure.
This is good for the companies […]

Home based workers may not only help companies retain skilled workers while reducing the costs of “brick and mortar”, they also serve a crucial role in corporate disaster back up planning.
From SearchSecurity.com:
Paul Kurtz has spent years in the upper levels of government working on ways to protect America’s physical and digital infrastructure. He has served […]

Michael Ross offered this challenge on the SowPub.com forum.
Can you answer this question… The best business to be in when you don’t have time to be in business is…
And can you give reasons for your answer.
Michael Ross
Read the thread for some options others gave.
Busy? Here’s his answer…
If you have a second though, […]

Instead of competing with 20 year olds in the job market, these veteran ebayers got their start standing in line for concert tickets and selling them at auction for nice profits…
From Startup Journal…

Marcia Cooper and Harvey Levine hoped for a blissful retirement, until they both were laid off from their jobs. They hadn’t planned […]

In case you hadn’t heard yet, the IRS has raised the mileage deduction limit for business travel to 48.5 cents per mile, but not without debate…
From BizJournals
Rising gasoline prices led the Internal Revenue Service to increase the business mileage reimbursement rate to 48.5 cents a mile for the final four months of the year.
IRS […]

In Fashion Monitor Toronto…

According to the new review, nearly 75 percent of home business owners do not have a designated home office equipped with the right office furniture. With new space efficient computer desks, every room in the condo or a house can be transformed into a convenient home office.
Office furniture you need first […]

Motley Fool (UK) reminds home business owners, that their activities may be more valuable than they think.
While - like most small businesses - home businesses may be especially dependent on the owner for their continued viability, you may be able to get more than you’d think if your home business has expensive assets associated with […]

Ever since William Nickerson wrote his classic “How I Made $1,000,000 in Real Estate”, folks wanting to work from home have been enamored with the “creative real estate” opportunities.
Nickerson bought undervalued properties, fixed them up, rented them for a profit and reinvested his profits.
That’s a far cry from what today’s “gurus” teach.
“Flipping properties” is one […]

USA Today’s Steve Strauss makes the point that the question itself is flawed.
Any Home Business can grow if it follows these 5 steps…
1. Think, and plan, big.
2. Double your marketing efforts.
3. Take a sales course.
4. Play to your strengths.
5. Ramp up your technology.
Simple as these sound, there’s even more to be considered. Read […]

Did you know that many archaic laws make working from home “against code” and subject you to fines and other penalties if not criminal convictions?
Paradise Valley AZ is reevaluating it’s stance on home based businesses.
One resident of the town complained to the planning and zoning commission that home based busiensses had caused a significant increase […]