Beverley joins Jim to help celebrate home-based business week and to talk about how the perception of home-based businesses have changed over the years. They also discuss the benefits of starting a home-based business and the technology that helps entrepreneurs do that.

Bev and Jim talk about some of the challenges and opportunities of starting a home-based business. They discuss the fact that, just like starting any business, you have to have a solid business model.

Bev and Jim talk about the good, the bad, and the ugly of starting and running a home-based business.

Beverley and Jim reflect on the challenges facing the survivors of Hurricane Katrina, especially the home-based and small businesses. They go on to offer suggestions on how we all can be better prepared for a disaster.

Bev and Jim talk about why even home-based businesses need to create a business plan. They go on to talk about some easy ways to get your plan started.

Bev and Jim talk about the challenges of wanting to start a home-based business that is basically prohibited to be operating in a home by law, like a commercial kitchen or restaurant. The go on to talk about how to meet these kinds of challenges and still follow your dream.

Bev and Jim discuss the challenges of home-based business owners taking time off for vacation with the family.

Beverley and Jim talk about why home-based business need to segregate their revenue so that funds are set aside for taxes, company expenses, and personal income. They also go on to offer advice about how to do this.

Beverley and Jim provide some tips on how a home-based business owner should find out if they need a business license, or not.

Beverley and Jim continue their discussion about how to avoid being taken by scams that sell home-based business opportunities "in a box."