The Industry

n the last ten years the United States has seen a tremendous surge in the number of people either working from home or

starting home based

businesses. Large

corporations such as IBM, Anderson Consulting and even some Government agencies

now allow, and even encourage, employees

to work from home. Studies now

show that over 32 million entrepreneurs have

successful and stable home-based businesses and that number grows

each year. Amazingly, people who already have

jobs or

other careers start many of these home-based businesses. Do you find yourself asking "who,

what, why, and how". Who are

these entrepreneurs? What are

they doing? Why are so many people interested in working from home? How did they start

and

how do they succeed? A generation ago, our parents could not imagine

the possibilities available to us today.

Why?

Technology provides a lot of the answers to these questions. High speed

telecommunications, personal

computers, fax machines and, most importantly,

the Internet allow us a capability and freedom our parents

could never dream of.

More importantly, technology is available at prices that we all can afford and is no

longer limited to large corporations with deep pockets. In fact, because of this

technology, small

home-based

businesses have the same reach and capabilities as

their larger competitors. This is the wave of the future

and we are beginning to

realize with the advancement in technology, we do not need to be in an office

environment or a large business in order to access the marketplace and make money.

In today’s world, the fastest way to grow any business is to take advantage of the power and reach of the Internet. You cannot

pick up a newspaper or

magazine and not

read about how electronic-commerce, doing business over the Internet, has changed

lives both here in the United States and around

the world. The Internet has

revolutionized how the world communicates,

information is disseminated and where and how we spend our money. Again,

we are still in the early cycles of this

revolution and

this change will continue into the near future.

Most importantly for home businesses, the Internet creates a level playing field that gives every business, large or small, the

same opportunity for

success. On the

average it costs between tens of thousands to hundreds of thousands of dollars to set up

and run a conventional business. Having that

much money makes it difficult

for anyone to simply open their own conventional

business. An Internet business on the other hand, costs dramatically

less but has the potential to reach customers

from all

around the world for a fraction of what a traditional business would spend.

Home-based businesses pursuing e- commerce have the opportunity to take advantage of the explosive growth and success of

the Internet. Today, on

the average over

30% of all U.S. web traffic comes from outside the U.S. and 5% to 20% of all sales on

the Internet are from customers outside the

United States. These statistics are

growing rapidly. Consumers around the world

are spending over 7 Billion dollars a year in commerce transactions

over the Internet. The awareness and need for

users,

buyers, advertisers and merchants to get onto the Web, and to set up shop, has dramatically

changed even from one year ago.

According to experts such as the

Gartner Group, if a business is not on the Internet today, that business will probably

not exist

in the next five years. We are still in the early stages of this growth cycle

and the demand is expected to grow even faster in the

near future and

we are benefiting every day with increased efficiency and reduced costs.

Combining the Internet phenomenon and the opportunity for people to work from home,

control their future and

set their own schedule results in a powerful combination for

success. Work from home or

its close counterpart

the home office, is one of the biggest

explosions in the economy today. This home-based

economy is borne

out of necessity. In the "crazy 80’s" large corporations started downsizing indiscriminately.

Corporations that

represented stability and permanence such as IBM, Xerox, and AT&T

started to "reduce head count" of

hundreds of thousands of loyal employees without a

second thought. Adding insult to injury, the people

responsible for the bad business

decisions affecting these companies were now the ones downsizing innocent

employees.

The effect of these actions goes beyond the employees and goes to the heart of their families.

Since then, the social compact has been broken and there is no security in Corporate America

anymore!! In this

environment,

what are your options or alternatives?

As a response to this, thousands of men and women are tired of the corporate "rat race" and retreating to home-based

businesses. Staying in

Corporate America

means your choices are limited to decisions out of your control. Americans have one of

the most profound work ethics in the world

today. We are not afraid of hard work

and that is what has made this country great.

That is why everyone is interested in coming to America. However, it

has been proven by Corporate America that they have

loyalty to their employees.

Their only loyalty is to the bottom line and the final costs. It is on that bottom line that we are the most vulnerable and where

most of us are when it's time

to cut back.

These are sterile decisions that are made behind closed doors by people who have no

idea of the quality of your work or the extra effort you

gave the company without

requesting overtime. Because you are

somebody’s employee, you have little control over your future and your life can be

suddenly turned upside down. They don't

know

about your family's life, hopes or dreams: they don't understand that you just put braces on your child's

teeth and now

have to pay for them. Wall Street expects the job of

these "decision makers" to be impersonal and unbiased in all areas except

for the

company's "best interests." When it is all said and done: to them, YOU ARE JUST A

NUMBER AND REALLY DON'T MATTER.

In the past 10 years the labor market in the United States has changed substantially. The American Dream of a stable job and

lifelong career is gone.

More than 4

million jobs have been eliminated in these last ten years and over half of the new jobs being

created are in the service industry paying near

minimum wage for work in

stores or restaurants. But unemployment is at its

lowest levels in decades. Why? Small businesses have picked up the

slack and home-based businesses allow

people with skills

and initiative to take control of their future and prosper. According to Richard Poe, former

senior editor for "Success Magazine," a

shift in thinking has

resulted in over 14 million people working from home full-time, with another 13 million

working part-time.

Statistics indicate that this number is increasing by over

600,000 new businesses per year. 90% of all the people in North

America

earn less than $40,000 a year and today’s two-income families are not living as well as their

parents did. On the other

hand, the average work from

home income is $51,000 per year, about twice the average income of wage earners working for

someone else.

In the next ten years, over 45% of us will

be working from home or have a home based business.

Because we are directly responsible for our decisions, home based businesses enjoy a success rate of over 85%. This success

rate is quite high

when compared to

other traditional small businesses such as retail stores, niche services or food service and

restaurants that have about a 95% failure

rate within the first 5 years. When

this satisfaction is coupled with the increased

flexibility we can enjoy to manage our lives, change our schedules and

set our own hours, there is a contentment that

affects

our lives and the lives of everyone around us. Imagine no longer having to give your kids up to

strangers at day care and being

present at all those critical,

defining moments of their lives such as birthdays, soccer games and most importantly, just

being

there. Is there any wonder or doubt why the number of people looking

to work from home has skyrocketed in the last few years?

This "New Era" of financial growth is largely due to the latest technologies that are now available to those who desire to work

from home. Imagine what it

would be like

to run an international operation if you so choose, right from the comfort of your own

home. Well, this is exactly what we offer! We offer a

"freedom" that is available

through a constant flow of income that does not

depend on the whims of a boss, bonuses or the economy.

Take a look at some of these statistics:

At age 50, 75% of the population has less than $5,000 in the bank for retirement.

At age 65:

In addition, recent studies...

It is impossible to support a family of two working full time at minimum wage!

For the first time in history, the current generation is averaging a lower standard of living than their parents!

Automation is taking layoffs to record highs!

The Bureau of Labor Statistics says that out of 100 people that start working at the age of 25, by the age of 65...

By the age of 65, 95% of people can not afford to retire and work until they die!!