StartupNation: Top 100 in home based business
November 12, 2007
Have you dreamed of starting your own home-based business? You are not alone. Two out of every three people in the US have considered starting their own business and working from home.
StartupNation has announced the top 100 work from home businesses in the first StartupNation Home-Based 100 winners. StartupNation features profiles on home-based entrepreneurs in ten categories including Best Financial Performers, Most Innovative, Highest Vote Getters, Boomers Back in Business, Greenest, Yummiest, Wackiest, Grungiest, Worldliness and Most Slacker Friendly.
According to StartupNation,
“Home-based businesses represent nearly 50 percent of all businesses registered in America. The home is not only a common first frontier for entrepreneurs to start up their dream business, but in many cases it’s their preferred location on an ongoing basis.”
Citing statistics provided by the Small Business Administration, there are 16.5 million home-based businesses in the US, contributing more than $530 billion dollars to the US economy and account for 50 percent of all businesses registered in the United States.
When talking about the submissions to the competition, StartupNation notes a similar characteristic among entrepreneurs,
“We’re talking bleeding passion. The work of these entrepreneurs is literally and figuratively close to home. We learned that home-based entrepreneurs don’t separate who they are and what they do. Instead, they see their enterprise as part of their identity. They live for the triumphs and plug away at the challenges with incredible tenacity. At stake? Their name, their vision, their lifestyle.”
If you are one of the people who is contemplating working for yourself and working from home, StartupNation offers a wealth of information and a community of support. Visit StartupNation to learn which entrepreneurs are featured in this year’s about the StartupNation Home-Based 100.
