The Home Based
Business Kit
Home based businesses are a vital and dynamic group representing approximately
67% of Western Australia's small business community. Over the past few years
there has been a significant ground-shift of people starting and operating
businesses from home. The reasons for this shift are steeped in the social
and economic factors of our times; some are life-style choices, while others
are through necessity. The information in the Home Based Business Kit applies
in either situation.
The Home based business kit is available for purchase from the SBDC bookshop, or from the Business Information and Licence Centre, 553 Hay Street Perth Western Australia 6000. Cost: $25.00
For enquiries, email: homebasedbusiness@sbdc.com.au; Tel: (08) 9220 0222, or country call 1800 199 125 (Regional Western Australian callers).
The Home Based Business Kit
The kit gives practical guidance on four stages of business: pre-start up; early stages; operating; and growing the business. The fifth booklet contains a master action plan with a checklist of essential tasks for all four stages.
Some of the topics covered in the Home Based Business Kit are: feasibility of ideas; business structures; regulations; taxation; the marketing mix; technology; workflow management; sales and cash flow; employing staff; exporting; networking; e-commerce; planning for the future, and strategies for growth. There are worksheets and references throughout the kit, as well as a glossary of business terms and a list of useful contacts in the fifth booklet.
Overall, the Home Based Business Kit will increase the potential of home based business operators to start, operate, grow and graduate into stronger and more credible and profitable enterprises.
