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Love for Shopping Fuels Gift Basket Business
Two self-professed shopaholics found a business that lets others look like they created the perfect gift.

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55 Low-Cost Home-Based Businesses
You can start any of these home based businesses for less than $5,000.

Starting Your Home-Based Business
Business Ideas
 
Getting Started
Become an Online Retailer
Become an Online Retailer
Jennifer Gault-Varner builds turnkey websites, then teaches buyers the tricks of the trade.
Make Your Million-Dollar Idea Fly
Make Your Million-Dollar Idea Fly
It's not geniuses who come up with inventions. It's normal people who see a better way to do things.

Steps to Starting Your Business
How-To Guides
 
Setting Up Your Office
7 Holiday Marketing Mistakes to Avoid
Boost year-end sales by steering clear of these slip-ups.
Setting Up Your Office Top 10 Mobile Office Errors
If you're running your business on the fly, these tips will keep you from crashing.
Money
 
Legal Issues & Insurance
What a Little Giving Can Get You
In the spirit of the season, our gift to you: 4 ways to give a little--and get a little back.
Legal Issues & Insurance Should You Do Business With Friends?
Adhere to the following 4 ground rules if you want to keep the friendship.


Work/Life Balance
Work/Life Balance Mother First, Entrepreneur Second
'Make sure you have balance. Take time out to enjoy your family,' says market researcher Kathy Benson.

Achieve Balance During the Holidays
With a little prior planning, the holidays can be both fun and profitable.


Time to Expand
Time to Expand You've Outgrown Your Home Office. Now What?
Tips for mom entrepreneurs ready to find a workplace outside the home

Spend Smart to Grow Smart
Don't jump into expansion without making sure to cover your bases.



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The Basics of Starting a Home-Based Business
Everything you need to live, work and outsource from your couch

Turn Design-on-Demand Into Profits
These startups are proof positive that there's money in customized products.

Feng Shui for the Home Office, Part II
Rearranging physical space can impact many areas of your life.

Feng Shui for the Home Office, Part I
Enhancing the energy of a space can increase productivity and creativity.


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5 Tips to Help Reignite Your Passion
We all get discouraged at some point. Follow this advice and break out of your slump.

You've Outgrown Your Home Office. Now What?
Tips for mom entrepreneurs ready to find a workplace outside the home

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