After completing Home Business: Choosing a Business, the user should be able to:
| Select a potential business to start from home |
| Create a business concept |
| Decide upon a franchise opportunity |
| Evaluate opportunities to buy or join existing businesses |
| Choose whether to create a business alone or as a partnership |
| Decide whether to incorporate a home business |
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Weighing the Options
| You're already paying the rent |
| Short commute |
| Combining work with...whatever |
| The price you pay for working from home |
Choosing the Right Business
| What's your entrepreneurial IQ? |
| Starting with what you know |
| Everybody's a consultant |
Creating a Business Concept
| Fine-tuning your idea |
| Putting your idea in writing |
Franchises
| What is a franchise? |
| What a franchise can offer |
| Finding a franchise just for you |
| Franchisees have rights, too |
Buying Someone Else's Business
| Getting a head start |
| Locating an available business |
| Closing the deal |
Joining Other Existing Businesses
| Buying a "business opportunity" |
| Network marketing |
Solo Ventures versus Partnerships
| Flying solo |
| Teaming up |
Forms of Corporations
| Me, Inc. |
| Casting your vote for S status |
| Limiting your liability with an LLC |
| Getting your business ID number |
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This course has the following features:
| Exercises that allow users to explore how a course topic applies to their own real-world situations |
| A file containing the text of the exercises |
| A course index |
| A glossary |
| A Skill Assessment |
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