An executive at a small start up figured out how working at home could save their foundering company.
At one point in my career I found my self Chief Information Officer of a small start up company, struggling to make ends meet. We were burning $50,000.00 to $75,000.00 per month and not quite making that in [...]
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Today’s post is from a good friend of mine, Mufad.
The Work at Home Mindset
Why do few people succeed in any work at home program while most fail? You may think it is their skill, or luck, or hard work but the real answer may surprise you. What if I told you there was [...]
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This may be the coolest trend in the work at home office that I’ve ever seen…
The OfficePOD is the next generation of workplace. According to the makers….
The garden based POD is of the highest quality design and provides a work environment that is separate from the disruptions of home life. The ability to work from [...]
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Many people dream of snagging a telecommute job not realizing that there can be some very real drawbacks and that sometimes those drawbacks can be deal-breakers. It’s hard to imagine, but it’s true.
One of the main challenges is the isolation. It can be really difficult to feel connected to your co-workers when you don’t have [...]
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I had the opportunity to review an eBook recently that I really enjoyed. The author is Tamara Hancock- mother of five, mompreneur and freelancer.
When Tamara started writing her book, her goal was to share her parenting and work at home experiences with others. As she got into it, she realized that it was more about [...]
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I recently embarked on a large programming project that became the most frustrating, stressful thing I’ve done since I’ve been in business.
I won’t bore you with the details, but suffice it to say that everything that could go wrong, did go wrong.
With the deadline looming at the height of the crisis, I needed to call [...]
I used to have a really challenging job. It was stressful and demanding, high pressure and large responsibilities. I was really good at it too.
Then I became a parent.
In my old job, I was really good at delegating, training, developing and managing people….and rationalizing.
Oh, could I rationalize.
“I may have to work 60 or 70 [...]
When I first moved here over ten years ago, I was planning to be a stay at home mom. It didn’t take me long to realize that I was craving professional interaction and recognition so much that I was trying to be superwoman. I felt like I had to justify my existence by being a [...]
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People don’t like to talk about it, but it’s time somebody did. Chances are, you or someone you care about suffers from it. It’s Work At Home Guilt Syndrome, or WAHGS.
Why is it that so many webmasters feel guilty when they work? This is not true for “traditional” business owners. The shop owner who hangs [...]
There have been times that I’ll be talking to a friend about some frustration at work and inevitably a sardonic smile creeps across their face as if to say, “Oh yeah, you poor thing. It must suck to work at home.”
Yes, working at home has some really great benefits that I wouldn’t trade for the [...]
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