Author Jan Melnik, owner of a successful home-based secretarial service, shares her experience and down-to-earth advice on every aspect of setting up and running a thriving home-based business.

IS THE RISING COST OF FOOD AND FUEL SQUEEZING YOUR BUDGET TO THE BREAKING POINT? CAN'T SEE A WAY OUT OF THIS MESS? Well, Starting Your Own HOME-BASED BUSINESS just might be the solution you're looking for! With inflation's vice grip on our ability to make ends meet, it's no wonder that many struggle to make ends meet. A full time job and/or two family members drawing a paycheck are simply inadequate and often fail to provide enough funds for basic living expenses. Often, the only option remaining is to find additional employment in order to gain financial security for you and your family. You have already exhausted the formal part-time job offerings in your area, having no success. So what to do? Have you considered starting your own Home-Based Business? Within the pages of Start Your Own HOME-BASED BUSINESS, you'll discover 25 outstanding home-based business plans, each one ready for you to put into action! The prospect of working from home has gained credibility over the years. Home offices can now compete with small commercial businesses and save on rent in the process. In the United States alone there are more than 40 million home-based businesses! This statistic should provide ample encouragement for those wishing to start their own business. So why not take that leap of faith with Start Your Own HOME-BASED BUSINESS? Start by selecting the home-based plan that favorably dovetails with your abilities and financial needs and then, following the instructions revealed in Chapter 1, STARTING YOUR OWN BUSINESS, develop a detailed business plan before starting and you'll soon be on your way to financial freedom! Remember, success takes planning. The rest is up to you! Good luck, and may your new business venture succeed beyond your wildest dreams!

Begin a Work-at-Home Career with the Training and Education You Need! Train at Home to Work at Home This unique guide provides comprehensive resources on more than 200 distance-learning programs that can teach you 27 of the most popular and profitable work-at-home careers. Distance-learning programs have exploded in the last few years---courses are now available online, via e-mail, via teleclass, through the mail, on audiotape, on videotape, and even on CD-ROM. You can learn: graphic design at UCLA professional writing at Washington State University life coaching at CoachU Web site design at Penn State financial planning at University of Alabama interior design at the Art Institute International medical transcription at the Health Professions Institute and many more. Plus, extensive resource lists (organizations, books, and Web sites) complete each section. Full contact information, tuition rates, and course descriptions make comparisons and contrasts a breeze.

Have you ever dreamed of starting your own home-based interior design business? Have you been hesitant to put your business plans into action? This book contains all the necessary tools and success strategies you need to launch and grow your business. An experienced designer shares her experiences and advice on every aspect of setting up and running a thriving home-based interior design business. Learn how to develop a business plan, estimate your start-up costs, price your services, and stay profitable once you're in business. Read all about getting clients and referrals, outshining the competition, bidding competitively, establishing your daily schedule, organizing your business, getting paid and much more. The book is packed with worksheets, including products and services charts, a sample balance worksheet, a profit-and-loss worksheet, a cash-flow projections worksheet, a weekly accounting ledger, a vendor sale sheet, and a bid sheet.

Everything you need to know to start and run a profitable, ethical, and satisfying home-based business in the field of senior care. This book covers the range of senior care businesses that are increasingly in demand. It discusses the businesses that can be set up by those with special qualifications, such as nursing, social work, or other health and human services degrees, as well as those that can be run by individuals with no special training but an interest in caring for others. Topics included are: driving and errand-running businesses, geriatric or elder care management, day care, and insurance-coverage advocacy. The senior population is increasing and aging issues are everywhere—this is a timely book from an expert author that will help new business owners fill a growing market need.