Buying a Franchise
10 No-Office-Required Businesses You Can Start for as Little as $5,000
With strong Franchise 500 rankings and investment levels starting under $5,000, these brands are ready for new owners to hit the ground running.
Home-Based Business
Business Ideas
Is a Home-Based Business Right for You? Ask Yourself These 5 Questions First
The lifestyle that comes with a home-based franchise may seem carefree, but it's not for everyone. Here are five questions to ask yourself to see if this type of business is for you.
Buying a Franchise
Home-Based and Mobile Franchises Create a Surge of New Entrepreneurs
No commute? No problem. Home-based and mobile franchises are an attractive option for entrepreneurs looking to franchise, but stay close to home.
Thought Leaders
3 Simple Steps to Wholesale Real Estate
Wholesaling can be a great way to get your foot in the door as a real-estate investor.
Building a Business
How to Create a Home-Based Business Without a Product or Service
Use these four stops to create a home-based business that's not only lucrative and stable, but does not require the creation of a product or service.
By Sid Peddinti
Tech
This Founder Was Inventing a “Touchless” World Before We Knew We Needed One
Simplehuman's Frank Yang was envisioning intuitive, design-centric home products long before they became instrumental in saving lives.
Thought Leaders
25 Common Characteristics of Successful Entrepreneurs
Do you have what it takes to get through hard times? Here are the traits that help home-based business owners thrive.
Building a Business
9 Ways These People Make Money at Home With Nothing But Their Laptops
Here's how these individuals, including some who make more than six figures, earn their livings.
Business Ideas
4 Tips for Launching a Successful Business From . . . Your Spare Room
Bootstrapping with existing resources is as American as Abe Lincoln's log cabin. If you're blazing an entrepreneurial trail, hit these four markers along the way.
Business Ideas
Suffering a Launched-From-Home Hangup? Here Are 6 Solutions.
The acceptance of home-based businesses is on the rise, but that doesn't mean you should relax your standards as an entrepreneur.
By Ari Rabban
Side Hustle
Working on Your Side Hustle? Here Are 3 Habits to Be More Productive.
At home, the absence of a structured workplace makes it easy to get distracted. By adding structure to my weekends, I was able to become more productive.
By Sid Bharath
Buying a Franchise
Our Top 5 Franchises You Can Run From Your Own Home
Be your own boss and work in your own house.
Business Ideas
4 Lessons Work-From-Home Parents Can Learn From That Hilarious BBC Interview Gone Awry
Robert Kelly's handling of his kids' interruption shows sometimes, life happens -- and that's OK.
Entrepreneurs
5 Ways to Make Working From Home More Rewarding
No matter how much you love entrepreneurship, the hustle gets a bit dry from time to time.
Building a Business
6 Hacks to Keep You Productive When Building Your Business From Home
Have you ever considered the value of dressing up, not down, for your home office?
By Neil Patel
Business Accounting
Bootstrapping Is Much More Fun Than Investors
Bootstrapping does require a full confidence in your own passion with no investors to lean on or blame. But isn't that why you signed up to be an entrepreneur in the first place?
Building a Business
3 Non-Retail Options for Your Specialty Food Business
If you don't want to sell your specialty foods via a retail location or mail order, these methods offer a way to get started now.
Building a Business
5 Benefits of Getting Outside the Home Office Every Day
Running a business from your house is a boon for entrepreneurs but you need sunshine and people to thrive.
Building a Business
WebRTC: What Is It and Why Companies Need to Embrace It
WebRTC, which stands for web real-time communications, is an emerging standard for voice and video communications that is taking the telecommunications industry by storm.
Building a Business
10 Essentials for Launching a Business While Juggling Your Day Job
Starting a business is stressful in the best circumstances. Doing it without any income is far from the best circumstance.
By John Rampton
Building a Business
This Franchise Took ‘Work at Home’ to a Whole New Level
Amy VanderMolen loved selling on eBay. So she made her hobby her business.
By Joan Oleck
Building a Business
7 Tips on Successfully Running a Home-Based Business
If you have big aspirations and are looking for ways to turn your great idea into a tangible business model that's run out of your home, you need a plan.
Building a Business
5 Million-Dollar Home-Based Business Ideas You Can Use Today
Teach an online course. Write an ebook. Conceive a product you yourself need. The ideas are out there. Get started!
Business Ideas
Home-Based Franchises That Are Home Runs
Top franchises that get the job done from home or on the road.
Thought Leaders
4 Things No One Tells You About ‘Entrepreneur-ing’ From Home
No matter how successful you are, people will wonder if you're really working.
By John Rampton
Business Ideas
Habitat for Humanity, MasterCard Building ‘Work-Live’ Spaces for Low-Income Business Owners
Launched as a pilot program in Flint, Mich., the duplex structures aim to drive economic growth and revitalize beleaguered communities.
By Geoff Weiss
Building a Business
Is it Time to Move Your Business Out of the Spare Bedroom?
Here are six reasons why you may need to give up the work-from-home lifestyle and find rented space.