Work at Home Business Ideas

The Wall Street Journal:
In its early days, Chris Wallace’s company didn’t always have enough work to keep its staff fully occupied designing interactive Web sites for clients. But it didn’t want to lose any talent. So he and his co-founders decided to tell employees they could pursue their own interests in their downtime, doing just […]

Commercial-News:
Monica Williams, a medical doctor, can now add to her accomplishments a pending patent for an invention called Pacimals — stuffed animals with built-in pacifiers.
Her invention came about less than two years ago, when her then-2-month-old daughter, Mackenzie Smith, gave her an idea.
Monica had first noticed in the hospital that nurses would tape a pacifier […]

Success Magazine:
John was 53 when the bad news hit. His department was being moved offshore. Since joining the company eight years earlier, he had worked his way up to a solid position in middle management with a decent salary and great benefits. Now, he was out of a job.
Having spent his entire adult life in […]

The Dallas Morning News:
To all the usual reasons that small businesses are put up for sale – personal problems and personnel squabbles among them – add economic woes this year. But even as for-sale listings rise around the country, so is buyer interest.
“When economic times get tough and people can’t find a job, they will […]

Gun safety is something that gets discussed a lot, whether is locally or nationally. Those who have guns or use them want to make sure they will remain safe. Whether it’s in a home with little fingers, or safe from potential theft.
Don Graham took his own needs and was able to formulate a […]

The New York Times:
To go shopping these days, more Americans are trading in their car keys for a keyboard.
Online shopping is gaining at a time when simply filling up a gas tank to head to the mall can seem like a spending spree.
A number of retailers — including Gap, Victoria’s Secret and J. C. Penney […]

College Startup:
Your laptop is your shop. You store your inventory in your dorm room. You cooked up your idea in your backyard. Or the basement.
It’s a tiny endeavor, yes. You may not know where it’ll end up when college is done. Not for sure, anyway.
But students like you became Silicon Valley’s most unassailable businessmen.
Pursuing business […]

NorthBay Nugget:
Persistence is the key to succeeding as a young entrepreneur, says Christian Prost, owner of the Northriders bike store.
Prost started his business at the King Street Plaza three years ago with help from the Canadian Youth Business Foundation.
“My, what a scary feeling it was,” Prost said, remembering the anxiety of taking a big risk […]

People who love feet will love Foot Solutions and their franchise opportunity. Certified by Board Certified Pedorthists (BCP), franchisees are also given the exam to make sure their own businesses stay BCP as well. The products are attractive to all kinds of people, creating a large potential customer base in many areas.
They do […]

A picture framing business that has gained media coverage by giving customers a free orange is being used to help entrepreneurs throughout the world understand how they can improve their PR presence.
Martin Tracy, owner of The Framing Workshop juices the oranges for his own drinks since he avoids tea or coffee. So he put a […]