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Home Based Business Boom

It took five years, but Amy Jendro finally summoned the courage to leave her corporate sales job and move her office closer to home. Actually, she moved her office into her own home. Amy enjoys the freedom of her home-based business.

Amy's flexible work schedule is just one benefit of this growing trend. Like Amy, about 20.7 million people work from home, according to the latest figures from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, released in September 2005. Whether it's telecommuting or running a home-based business, working from home offers greater control over time and activities.

According to economic advisor Paul Zane Pilzer, author of the New York Times Best-Seller The Next Millionaires, entrepreneurship is on the rise. "Home-based businesses are one of the fastest-growing segments in our economy, and that trend will only continue, as the age of the corporation now gives way to the age of the entrepreneur," Pilzer says. "In today's world, working for yourself or a small company is actually the safer route, and working for a large corporation has become the riskier proposition.

As an independent representative with a network marketing company, Amy enjoys the freedom of her home-based business. She can attend her son's afternoon hockey game, catch up with clients or read a few chapters from her favorite personal-development book. She can even pull up a chair poolside and work on a presentation with the sun and the breeze in her hair.

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