What Do Stay at Home Entrepreneurs Require?

If you conduct a survey of how people get started as an entrepreneur, and what they have in place, you may be surprised! Everything does not have to be perfect, and successful entrepreneurs know this.

I have been an entrepreneur for over 23 years, working out of my home. I had one business for 18 years while our children were small, and my current business since 2005. The number one thing that I required to start both of these businesses was an absolute desire to reach my goal, which was my driving force. My goal in the first business was to be able to be at home to raise our children, and make some extra money to contribute to our family expenses. That business grew to a 6 figure/yr business...not bad for just wanting some extra money once a week to buy a pizza! My focus was always on being able to be home with our kids so that I didn't have to go out in the traditional work world and leave the kids. That focus, that passion was what drove me to do the things I required to live that dream. Did I have everything perfect....not at all...the first two years, my office consisted of a card table for a desk, a box for a filing cabinet and this was at one end of our rec room.

As that business grew, I bought a real desk, had a dedicated phone line to keep our business and family life seperate, a daytimer (to stay organized and be sure that I was able to keep balance in every area of my life) and we eventually moved to another home where I had a "real" office, with a door that I could close and "a do not disturb" sign. I also had a wonderful lady come into our home to entertain the kids when I was in my "prime" work hours (a couple of days per week). This allowed the kids to be in their own home, my office was right beside their playroom, and they could see me whenever they wanted. THAT is the beauty of being self employed from home!

So here I am 23 years later, kids are grown, still loving being self employed from home....and really the same tools are in place....a home office, a dedicated phone line, printer, and of course in today's business high speed internet is a must. Skype is a fabulous tool that allows us to do business all over the world, right from an 8" tiny laptop that actually fits in my purse and weights about 1 lb! There is so much new technology available to entrepreneurs today.....skype, (www.skype.com) efax (www.efax.com) (virtual dedicated fax line - so you don't have to have a fax machine and can receive faxes directly to your email wherever you are on the planet)

Being a successful entrepreneur starts with a burning desire to achieve your goals, and being willing to do whatever it takes, for as long as it takes to reach that goal....tools in place are great, but mean nothing if you don't have that burning, driving force deep in your heart....that leads to greatness in anything you do!

In Your Service,

Debbie Ruston
1-800-576-2917 or 1-519-342-4050