So, who else runs a business from home?

[Sandi Valentine]

I launched my own business last July, and never looked back. Anyone else already started a home business, or interested in doing so?

[Cin]

Hi! I had a revelation in February that caused me to change the way I think about everything. At that moment, even though I didn't have a plan, I believed there was something better out there for me than spending my days trying to sell cold, abandoned houses in scary neighborhoods. I used to love being a realtor but I do not have "the stuff" to stay positive working in a declining industry amidst a declining economy, in a community (flint, mi) that is challenged in a GOOD market! Anyway, I set out to find my future online. It took me a few months to find a little money, having spent too much time addicted to the Yuwies and Gathers, point based communities and so on. A few months later I was making a little money doing freelance writing and dollar blogging. I am not making a ton of money yet but over these months the assignments have consistently paid better, I now have a $5 blog in addition to my $1 blog and am working on building 2 women's networks whose benefits to myself and others will reach beyond monetary, and I am building my own website. But to answer your question, I didn't really "launch" my business, but launched a thought and from there it snowballed... albeit slowly like a very small decline, but I have never had the time to look back! :-) AND OH MY GOSH I almost forgot... what about all the amazing people you meet along the way?!?

[Sandi Valentine]

That's very, very true. I'm constantly amazed at how helpful people have been that I've only ever "met" online. Marie and I have never met in person, my graphic designer and I are getting ready to start a JV together, and I've never met him in person....the list goes on and on.

I'd be lost without the skills of the great people I've met on the internet - I think I've learned more through forum networking than I ever did in college