HOW TO FRANCHISE?

The flexibility and versatility of home-based work are endless. Some people use their home merely as a base, as an electrician orplumber may do. Others work entirely at home—painting ceramics or operating a medical, accounting or legal practice. Some use their home-based occupation only to supplement their partner’s earnings. Some work from home on a tentative basis, establishing whether their business can provide them with a living, or waiting until it has grown sufficiently to move out into rented premises. (This is how electrical appliance giant Kambrook started.)

These days many home workers make extensive use of computer and telecommunications technology. Telecommuters put in a few days at the office and work remotely from home the rest of the week. Others are full-time teleworkers—self-employed and servicing a number of clients from home.