If you have several entrepreneur ideas and you are ready to start your own home based business, then you need to be aware of four myths that can potentially wreck your new endeavor. Many people are so eager to quit their day jobs or so desperate for a new source of income that they plunge into new opportunities and heedlessly get trapped in these myths. Before you take any steps to start your own business, watch out for the following:

1.    You can work reduced hours

This is the most common myth of the work from home world. The truth is that, especially in the beginning, you will probably put in even more hours than you work now. During start-up, you will have a lot of details to take care of, and no one can manage them as well as you.

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If you are considering working from home, you may be wondering if any of a number of entrepreneur ideas can help you out. While there are quite a few good ways to make money from home based businesses, the potential entrepreneur needs to be cautious when making the leap from a 9 to 5 job to a work-from-home career. Working from home is a viable option for you if you can meet the following conditions:

Have an idea of what you want to do

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Developing and operating a small business continues to be a pervasive and common goal for frustrated entrepreneurs everywhere. What was once a playing field built exclusively around complicated office facilities and exorbitant overhead now exists largely in cyberspace where small business is thriving. No longer is a physical building a fundamental requirement for building a successful small business.

The advent of the Internet has significantly altered the way we do business. And savvy entrepreneurs know that in order to be successful they must have a powerful online presence. The power and pervasiveness of the Internet will only continue to grow as more and more people conduct business exclusively online. For those considering small business opportunities ideas, this must be foremost in your mind.

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Please don’t say baby sitting,Sell avon or knit(etc). i have seen young mum doing face washes that look like roses in a gift basket great Idea. I’m well educated. I’d like to do something different. Thanks

I was thinking renting bar space, having entertainment, charge cover fee, real estate…what else?

Hey, we have to do an entrepreneur fair at my school, and I need ideas for what to do. Here are the guidelines:

It has to be sold for $0.25 – $2.00
The cost of making the products can’t exceed $25.00
It can’t be a service
It can’t be food

Help!!! :S
IM ASKING FOR AN OPINION

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Mainly I am looking for small business ideas that don’t take alot of start up capital. My students are mainly young adults that have very little money to work with.

Does any entrepreneur have any really good business ideas because i want to become a business man. I have read books like Peter Jones but not really a help, please help if you have the mind of a tycoon!

businessYou have many choices and options.. By this I mean something like a ordinary retail store or other business that sells products and perhaps also offers services around that product set.

A business of this nature requires a sizeable amount of startup money. There would be items to purchase such as inventory, tools for the services and perhaps a shop fit in the case of retail or a workshop for the services component. Often you also have to lease some type of physical premises…

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I am trying to open a business in the bay area, but I am not sure what’s suitable. I need something that’s not here, so I can make a successful business, any ideas? Budget $50-100k