Many Throw Away 'Clown Shoes Jobs' To Start Home Business

Unemployment has driven many qualified workers to take what tedious jobs they can. But, discovering themselves in deadbeat jobs with abusive corporations who nickel and dime them, many rankled employees quit to start their own home businesses.

"My *** Job is *** clown shoes!' reads one blog. "Basically, my job can be done by someone with the intellect of a melon.' It is a frustration echoed by many co-bloggers buried in infradig nine to five jobs with the benefit of a less than adequate paycheck.

Their situation is exacerbated by long-term unemployment statistics, and the fear that any job is better than none. Of the eight million workers classified as unemployed by the Labor Department, 1.74 million or 21.7%, had been out of work longer than six months. In fact, unemployment lasts on average about twenty weeks.

Serendipitously, a new type of business is booming. Newly released U.S. Census data shows a 23% increase in the number of home-based workers.* But for the unwary the pitfalls can be serious.

In looking for a new business, the company No XQses recommends the following:

"Probably the biggest challenge of starting a home based business (HBB) is separating the Home from the Business. It needs to be treated like a business first. The fact that it happens to be run from home should be incidental. Contacts and clients need to be communicated with in a professional manner – no dogs crying or children barking – you get the idea?" they nod.

"Another factor is the cost of entry, both in terms of time, finances and energy. You wouldn't expect to launch a real business with a couple of hundred dollars, no plan and no support system, so why would a home business be any different?'

"The next question to answer is, is there any way to utilize the power of leverage, in effect other people's resources or talents to expand the scope and potential of the home business? It can get very lonely when there's no water cooler to go to and virtually no support system in place. If you're a one man or woman show the potential of the business is tied directly to the number of hours in your day. There are ways to utilize the power of leverage."

"Another important factor is, quite simply, your love and passion for your product or service, and the inevitable paths you will cross in the course of doing business. If you hate what you're doing and whom you're doing it with – your business is doomed."

"Be weary of any opportunity that offers to get you in and making a ton of money for a miniscule entry fee. You've got to stop thinking like an employee if you're going to be the boss. Like most real life businesses, your home business should be about ROI. (Return on Investment). So the focus is squarely on the return not merely on the investment. Your time is the most important part of the investment because it is irreplaceable."

With careful planning your home business can make money. So by all means - Push the reset button on your life! Fire your boss and invest your talents in yourself and your family.

About No XQses
No XQses is an organization seeking out the best for business opportunity seekers, home based business, small office and home offices (SOHO), and micro-businesses.

For more information on their recommended home business visit www.noXQses.com.

*[4.2 million Americans worked from home in 2000, a 23 percent increase from the number of home-based workers in 1990.]