101 Best Home-Based Businesses for Women: Everything You Need to Know About Getting Started on the Road to Success (Paperback)

by Priscilla Huff (Author) "Several years ago, Pam, a mother of two, quit her job as a bookkeeper..." (more)
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More women than men start new businesses annually, since women enjoy the flexibility and ease of child care that working at home provides. Huff, a business journalist and author (Home-Based Business Ideas for Women, Pilot, 1993), enumerates 101 business opportunities to women found in traditional areas. Each listing includes information on start-up costs and financing sources, pricing guidelines, marketing methods, equipment, necessary education/training or experience, income potential, and information sources. Huff begins the book with short sections on selecting a business, developing a business plan, and understanding franchises and distributorship. While this title is informative, numerous recent books are available on this topic, from Lionel Fisher's On Your Own (LJ 1/95) to Daryl Allen's 1101 Businesses You Can Start from Home (Wiley, 1995). A marginal purchase for those public libraries with an adequate collection in this area.
Kathy Shimpock-Vieweg, O'Connor-Cavanagh Lib., Phoenix, Ariz.
Copyright 1995 Reed Business Information, Inc.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 368 pages
• Publisher: Prima Lifestyles; First Thus edition (March 15, 1995)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1559587032
• ISBN-13: 978-1559587037
• Product Dimensions: 8.2 x 5.6 x 1.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.3 out of 5 stars See all reviews (16 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #1,521,354 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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175 of 191 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars This book is quite worthless, March 2, 2000

By	A. Petrotchenkov (Moscow, Russia) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This review is from: 101 Best Home-Based Businesses for Women, Revised 2nd Edition (Paperback)

Priscilla Y. Huff gives you practical advice on how to work from home and take care of your family. But if you were a degreed professional prior to being a mom, this is not the book for you. But according to the book, you should pursue a home business in candlemaking or crafts. But this is the 2000's, not the 1950's, Priscilla! Many of young professionals are educated in far different arenas than were portrayed here! And I also agree with a reader from Illinois: If you already have the credentials to run your own home health agency, you don't need this book to suggest it. And if you don't this suggestion is worthless.

Take my advice, ladies, do not buy this book. There are a lot of the generic home-based business books; with the careers outlined in them, you might actually have the opportunity to make a great home business.

60 of 65 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A FANTASTIC reference for "stay at home moms", January 6, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: 101 Best Home-Based Businesses for Women, Revised 2nd Edition (Paperback)

I purchased this book a few months back at one of the lowest points in my life. I had just chosen to put in my resignation at a major corporation, Not because of the job itself, but because of continuing increase in childcare expenses. Like many parents who both work, unless you are fortunate enough to have family or friends who watch your children at little or no fee and at the drop of a hat, the stress level of childcare is ever increasing. This book has been an answer to my prayers. There are far more than 101 jobs based at home because of the additional business ideas listed after each entry. Many women will be amazed at what skills they have and never thought it could produce work. My only suggestion of caution is to read ALL of the book carefully, to include some of the drawbacks. Most women with a family to help support may be ready to jump at the chance for a new business. I was. And after careful consideration, my husband and I have chosen to start our own business using our computer. There is a need in our area, and the computer we spent so much money on for sheer hobby is now producing a second income. Is it making us a million? Of course not. But is it legitimate, honest, legal, and productive? You bet it is.

38 of 41 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Loads of great info for women starting their own business., August 19, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: 101 Best Home-Based Businesses for Women, Revised 2nd Edition (Paperback)

Huff's book presents many ideas with helpful resources to begin your research on new ventures and get you started earning money at a business you enjoy. Readers should have realistic expectations, as Huff does not promise you'll make a million dollars--but she does give enough home-business ideas that the majority of women should be able to find one that works for them. I particularly liked the resources she listed with most of her business ideas and also in the last chapter. These resources quickly helped me find the answers to the questions I needed to start my own business.