Here are just a few of the letters to the editor printed in the August 2010 issue of Home Business Magazine. (This previous issue is off the newsstands, and it is available for purchase by clicking the "Subscribe" channel on this web site and then clicking on "Previous Issue".)

Business Owners Should Find Opportunities No Matter What the Economic Times.

By Richard A. Henderson, Publisher of Home Business Magazine

Even in the toughest of economic times, many business owners do thrive by finding opportunities that arise when economies tumble. Focus on the success strategies and tactics that these entrepreneurs have employed to achieve business growth. To really learn their concepts, take as many of these tactics as you can and think through how to specifically use them in your business.

Here are just a few of the letters to the editor printed in the June 2010 issue of Home Business Magazine. (This previous issue is off the newsstands, and it is available for purchase by clicking the "Subscribe" channel on this web site and then clicking on "Previous Issue".)

The silver lining is that in 2010, home business activity is picking up again, in the usual relationship of rising in a tough economy.

By Richard Henderson, Publisher of Home Business Magazine

It's a good time to make some forecasts on the home-based business market. No doubt about it, the market is tough, and it has given some surprises. In almost 20 years of covering this market, I have seen many economic downturns. The usual pattern is that the home-based business sector grows and expands when the economy grinds through a downturn. To shore up their financial positions, many turn to starting part-time businesses; or those who are laid off in the downturn start full-time home businesses. 

Here are just a few of the letters to the editor printed in the April 2010 issue of Home Business Magazine. (This previous issue is off the newsstands, and it is available for purchase by clicking the "Subscribe" channel on this web site and then clicking on "Previous Issue".)

We Need to Identify Tracks in Our Businesses that Must Change if We Want to Generate Increased Net Income

By Richard Henderson, Publisher of Home Business Magazine

Home-based entrepreneurs face serious challenges in trying to generate more profits. They get myopic in focusing on two or three things to pursue increased net income. For example, cutting the cost of one or two major expenditures, or increasing sales of a main product or services. But a focus on increased profitability has to move beyond cutting major expenses and generating more sales. In a recession, it may not be possible to generate more sales, and we may have already cut major costs to the bone. So what do we do now?

Here are just a few of the letters to the editor printed in the February 2010 issue of Home Business Magazine. (This previous issue is off the newsstands, and it is available for purchase by clicking the "Subscribe" channel on this web site and then clicking on "Previous Issue".)

Incorporate Our Predictions into Your Business Plans

By Richard Henderson, Publisher of Home Business Magazine

Regarding my  predictions for 2010, I see bright spots for the home-based business sector. They're not all doom and gloom, despite how difficult economic times are. Times of economic turmoil are also times of great opportunity. To be able to seize that opportunity and capitalize on it, a business must be flexible and adaptable. Home-based businesses possess these qualities more than larger-sized small businesses, and are much more flexible than office-based corporations.

By Richard Henderson, Publisher of Home Business Magazine

Nothing could have a more positive impact on the home-based business sector than fixing our broken system of health care. Take a good, honest look at our health care system. It’s broken.

Here are just a few of the letters to the editor printed in the December 2009 issue of Home Business Magazine. (This previous issue is off the newsstands, and it is available for purchase by clicking the "Subscribe" channel on this web site and then clicking on "Previous Issue ".)