| Vol.
I, No. 3 | Winter
Solstice & Holidays | Dec.
15th, 2000 |
Links
to Business & Finance On-Line
The amount of info on the web is enormous, as anyone who's ever tried to run a
search can attest to. And, to put it all in context, best estimates say
that only a fraction, maybe 20 - 40 % of what's out there is actually making its
way to the search engines.
Well ...
Here at DownStreet, we'd like to try to help. So each issue, we
post a few links in Business & Finance to sites that might interest
you. Sometimes the links will be related to one another ...
sometimes we'll just offer up a somewhat random sampling. In either case,
we think we might be able to help you find the kind of site you've been looking
for.
Of course, while we can't vouch for the fact that
every link we provide will be of interest to everyone, we do our best to filter
out the noise and the bustle. ... Links
to Work-at-Home Resources ...
Working
from home might be an up-and-coming idea for the telecommuter crowd. But
for years, there have been and continue to be folks who had to work from
home. It was the only real option. ... Most often, it was moms
who needed to see the kids off and be there when they got back from
school. Often enough, it was folks in rural areas like ours who didn't
have the time or transportation to find work at a distance. ...
Whatever the profile and whatever the reasons, working from or at home has its
ups and downs. Here are a few sites to help you figure out just what those
are. Bizy
Moms.com - The Work At Home & Stay At Home Moms Resource Bizy
Moms is aimed at just what the name implies. It proudly encourages you
to "have it all" and "Be a Work-at-Home Mom!" Whether
or not you might think of working at home as having it all, this site is a
solid resource if you're in the market for a work-at-home job. The top
border provides easy-to-use navigation that will take you to Find YOUR Biz |
Advice | Chats & Boards | eBooks | Search | Contact, and the Bizy Moms
Logo Shop. Find Your Biz may be the best of the bunch, with links to
Business Ideas and Opportunities, including a special Internet section, as
well as info on Scams, and FAQ, and Start-Up info. And the Advice and
Chat areas are worth a visit, particularly for those just getting into it.
Needless
to say, Bizy Moms has a very particular audience in mind. But they
serve that audience particularly well..
Rating: **** [4 stars]
. Entrepreneur.Com
-- Homebased Business The Entrepreneur
site is definitely a little more up-scale than Bizy Moms. And the site
is easy to navigate. The bulk of this site's home-based
business offerings centers around informative articles. But what it
lacks in general resources, it makes up for in interesting ideas and focused
features. In the section entitled "Are you ready to start a
homebased business?," there were articles on starting up a home-based
non-profit, finding a 'portable' career, "How to market a children's
transportation service," and pointers on choosing a start-up
business. And on the front page, one article offered advice on
"Easing Your Spouse’s Start-Up Fears." Other features
include Setting up your home office, Equipping your office, Sales &
marketing for your homebased business, Money & finance, and something
called The homebased mind-set.
All in all, Eentrepreneur's
site is a worthwhile resource for anyone considering a home-based business
and is definitely worth a look.
Rating: **** [4 stars]
. Home
Business Magazine HBM's site seems more than a
little dated. The front page offering from our visit had a headline
feature that told how home business owners networked to help get Jesse
Ventura elected, an article which began "Last November 4th, the morning
after the 1998 elections ..." [Italics added.} Still,
HBM provides some valuable resources for the individual involved in a home
business. All of the major links to the left -- Business Start Up,
Business Opportunities, Marketing & Sales, Home Office, Web Mastery,
Tele-Commuter, Management, and Money -- include at least several articles
each, at least one or two of which are worth a look {like "Caring For
Your Child While Caring For Your Business"}. But don't expect the
links to the sub-sections to take you anywhere. {At least they didn't
on our visit.}
HBM seems like a good idea. And it seemed to
have gotten off to a good start. We're not sure what happened in the
interim, it may have been something like the obverse of the title of one of
their own feature articles -- "Dot-Com Dreams: Anatomy of a
Start-Up." In this case, it may be close to time for a
post-mortem. But while it's still there, it's worth a look.
Rating:
*** [ 3 stars]
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*******
******* If you know of any
links that you think are worthwhile, why not send them along to ...
links@downstreetmagazine.com
... If we agree, we'll be happy to include
them in an upcoming issue to pass the word along. ...
Thanks. *******
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