Starting a Home Based Business Isn’t Always Easy
More and more people are rebelling against institution and ditching the 9-5 office life for a job based at home. A large number of the people who work from home choose to go it alone and set up their own enterprise, often making their money via the internet. It is not an easy path however, and people who choose to work from home thinking they will get to relax a bit often run into some key problems very quickly. Lets take a look a three common issues.
Not Being Taken Seriously. There will always be purists who believe that companies should be run from formal offices and who won’t give the light to day to businesses registered at a domestic address. With this in mind, trying to build up contacts and win business can be difficult for some home-based businesses as they are not taken seriously and sometimes other companies are not happy sending documents or products to home addresses.
Meeting Clients/Customers. For a great many B2B companies, meeting clients face to face is very important part of what they do.Conducting meetings in your kitchen is not always seen as the most professional option and many feel they are jeopardising their business but not impressing those they meet. To avoid this, more home based businesses are conducting their meetings and corporate hospitality at external locations. For example, they might arrange a Henley Regatta hospitality day to pitch to a client on neutral territory.
Mixing Work and Leisure. Trying to juggle work time and free time is one of the most common complaints from home-based business owners. This takes a little getting used to but can cause problems with family life and stress if a clear structure is not put in place between time committed to the business and time allocated to relaxing and spending time with loved ones.
