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View > Home (business) protection
Monday, 14 April 2008 10 key ideas to safeguard your home business in a downturn. JANE SHELTON
View > Home business and Australia’s future
Monday, 7 April 2008 There are two types of home-business owner. Who’s being represented at the 2020 summit? JANE SHELTON
View > Beware the regulatory traps of home business
Monday, 31 March 2008 Just because you operate out of home doesn't mean you can avoid rules and regulations. JANE SHELTON
View > Tax advantages of home business
Tuesday, 18 March 2008 Make sure you are ready to take advantage of the tax benefits of working from home. JANE SHELTON
View > Growing and harvesting good ideas
Monday, 3 March 2008 Do you ever wonder how some people manage to come up with all the good ideas for new products or ways of growing their home-based business?
View > The development challenge
Monday, 25 February 2008 At some stage, every home-based business needs to confront the challange of getting bigger. Here’s a few tips on meeting that challenge...
View > Business growth and development
Monday, 18 February 2008 Are you running your business? Or is your business running you? Here are some tips to get you back on the right side...
View > Moving along
Monday, 11 February 2008 If you don't want your home business to take over your life, you need to remember the factors that let you enjoy the journey in the first place.
View > Home-based business trends for 2008
Monday, 21 January 2008 Want savvy recession-proofing ideas? Being ‘on the ground’ gives home-based business owners the best chance to get a jump on the corporates.
View > Get your home entrepreneurial fires burning: Re-start your biz this year
Monday, 14 January 2008 Want a good first quarter turnover? Get your entrepreneurial juices flowing now.
View > Count your blessings
Monday, 24 December 2007 Working from home can seem lonely – if you let it. Here are 10 top tips to keep your home business buzzing.
View > Home-support base
Monday, 17 December 2007 Going from a start-up sole trading operation to a thriving new year as a profitable small business? You'll need acceptance, encouragement and support. Here's where to get it.
View > Top 20 best Christmas gifts for the home-based business operator
Monday, 10 December 2007 There are plenty of gift ideas for the home-based entrepreneur in your life. Here are some must-haves and some stocking fillers...
View > Christmas season = cashflow issues
Monday, 3 December 2007 Pre- and post-Christmas is a good time to focus on cashflow, and with the RBA meeting tomorrow, also a necessary time to have a plan.
View > Plan to succeed
Monday, 26 November 2007 Big changes are afoot – and to succeed in home business and grow you need above-average success in managing change.
View > When will they recognise us in home business?
Monday, 19 November 2007 Everyone is ignoring home businesses – it seems that no matter who you vote for, the "government" always gets in.
View > Build the brand in preparation for the tsunami
Monday, 12 November 2007 If the end of the boom is coming, get prepared. You need to consolidate your brand. Here's how.
View > Go for growth and new leadership
Wednesday, 7 November 2007 Hopefully your efforts will take you to the next problem – recruiting staff. This can be difficult for the small home-based enterprise. Here are some helpful hints...
View > Stay, or grow ‘n go
Monday, 29 October 2007 There comes a time in every home-based business (hopefully) when expansion is the only option. Here are some pointers for an easier transition...
View > A pricing conundrum
Monday, 22 October 2007 Setting prices for your products or services may seem to be a mystery – it's not, but you may need practical magic.
View > The challenge of choice
Monday, 15 October 2007 Now the election date is set, there are optimists (home business) and pessimists (larger enterprises).
View > Building and branding the dream home business
Monday, 8 October 2007 Your dream home business will still need clear-eyed, wide-awake branding. Here's a few ideas.
View > Lock in your IP value now
Monday, 1 October 2007 Business value is a slippery beast for the home-based entrepreneur – here are some tips on boosting your value now.
View > Let’s not go phishing
Tuesday, 25 September 2007 Home alone? Watch out for scammers with offers that are too good to be true.
View > Balance in the home
Monday, 17 September 2007 In my research on home business, more and more women are giving up the daily traffic jam and the sense of rejection that comes with “jobs for the boys” promotions.
View > Finance is tricky for home business
Thursday, 13 September 2007 Getting finance may be the hardest task facing home-based business.
View > Home, work, play – and blurring boundaries
Wednesday, 5 September 2007 For most home-based business owners it is no longer possible to divide the world into three neat domains – home, work and play.
View > Space invaders
Monday, 27 August 2007 People starting a home-based business often start at the kitchen table, but very soon find that space is a big issue.
View > Working from home is a serious business
Thursday, 23 August 2007 Working from home is a serious business, so you may need to make some changes to the way you approach other SMEs.
View > Get online to keep on-track
Tuesday, 14 August 2007 Bound up by broadband? Think of the poor home-based entrepreneur.
View > Home truths
Wednesday, 8 August 2007 Why are people hostile to home businesses? What is it exactly that they don’t get?
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