One Sherpa

Feeling Frustrated and Stressed?

Welcome to the world of the business owner.

I remember when I first started in my own business and the unrealistic thoughts that filled my world. Even if I made half the sales I thought were possible, I’d make so much more than working for someone else.

But it didn’t work out like that.

Being a business owner turned out differently than I’d thought.

AND by the time I worked that out I’d sunk a reasonable amount of money into the business.

What no one told me was that being a business owner meant I had to think about the whole business AND make sure all the numbers worked!

The other thing about being a business owner is that there’s NEVER a spare moment.

So if you feel like this? Take the magic pill,

Do a One Minute Business Check Up on your business and see why things aren’t going how you thought they should (and you don’t even need a glass of water to take this pill!).

Let’s start today by defining a homepreneur.

They are small business owners running viable enterprises from their home.

I guess you could say they’re a subset of entrepreneurs because being based at home they often have to be very enterprising in order to compete with other businesses.

So what are they like? How would I recognise one if I saw them down the street away from their home?

According to The Small Business Success Index in America there are five defining characteristics

1. Homepreneurs tend to be male, middle-aged and white according to the 2009 Network Solutions survey.
2. 69% of homepreneurs are male, 31% are female.
3. 88% of homepreneurs identified themselves as non-minorities and 11% identified themselves as minorities.
4. 52% were over 55 years old and only 6% were less than 35.
5. 46% of homepreneurs completed college

So you can see they’re not some kind of fringe community. From the statistics they are fairly mainstream and a vital part of the economy and community

So if you’re a homepreneur drop a comment on your experiences

Is there something you could share that would benefit our community?