When you take into consideration the vast contrast that exists between being your own boss and working like a dog to avoid being fired by one, it would seem that looking into a home based business should logically be the next step.

However the opposite continues to prove true creating an opportunity in and of itself.

Let's examine some facts concerning home based businesses:

Home based business is a $427billion dollar a year industry. That's more than the pharmaceutical industry, food industry, and consumer goods industry combined! How? Because of the sheer numbers of people in business for themselves who are now working from home.

These opportunities are available for such individuals because so many of us would sooner buy from an entrepreneur than become one. Our decision to put off or avoid this home based opportunity only fuels it onto further growth.

Consider this:

Home based businesses represent 52 percent of all small firms and provide 10 percent of the total receipts of the economy, about $314billion.

As you jump out of bed tomorrow to the sound of the alarm clock, rush through the morning ritual of potty, shave, and shower only to get stuck in traffic; I hope that at some point during your ordeal, the facts discussed in this article may trigger an emotional response in your mind that will cause you to take positive action.

More food for thought.

A telephone survey conducted in February - March 2007 found that fully 83% of Online Americans say they have used the Internet to seek information about their hobbies and 29% do so on a typical day. Looking for information about hobbies is among the most popular online activities, on par with shopping, surfing the web for fun, and getting news.

On the average Internet usage has now reached 73% for all American adults. Internet users have noticed big improvements in their ability to shop and the way they pursue hobbies and personal interest online. Are you thinking what I'm thinking?

If the opportunity exists right now to be positioned in front of all that activity, and do it from the comfort of home with nothing more than a computer and an Internet connection, why not?

Finally, running and owning a home business offers new owners a very inexpensive entry point. Forty to 44 percent of all home businesses require less than $5,000 startup. Many are available right now for nearly a fraction of the cost.

Be your own boss or risk being fired by one and let's face it with today's economy on the down side, it's a risk you just can't afford to take. Become an entrepreneur as well as buy from one and enjoy the benefits that will come from recognizing why you need to start a home based business.