At MySmallBiz.com we understand the importance of a good business idea. Not only does the idea drive your business, it drives you. A good idea goes a long way to drive excitement, passion and persistence in your small business. We've structured MySmallBiz.com with a singular purpose - to provide you with solid ideas for starting a small business.

If you've worked for anyone else for very long, we can almost guarantee you've thought of starting a small business. We've all been there. Whether we're struggling to stay awake in a four hour meeting, working all day in the hot sun, dealing with irate customers or doing the same thing, every single day of our lives, we've all thought the same thing.

"I'm tired of working for someone else. There must be a better way. I want to start my own business."

So why haven't you? Research shows that the overwhelming majority of people avoid starting their own business out of fear and self-doubt. Have any of the following thoughts kept you from starting your own business?

• I have a wife and three kids. I can't risk starting a small business...
• I make pretty good money at my corporate job. I'm miserable, but at least I have a paycheck...
• Starting a business sounds like so much work. I could never do that...
• I'm struggling to pay the bills as it is. Where would I get the money...
• I'd love to start a business but I just can't decide what business to start...
• Most businesses close within the first five years. Sounds like a losing proposition to me...

We've all thought these things at one point or another. To put it bluntly, most of these thoughts are actually quite real and valid. So if indeed we are serious about starting our own home business idea, how do we conquer our fears and self-doubts?

Have you ever accomplished something, perhaps against serious odds, and wondered, "How in the world did I do that?" Simple. Your passion and conviction didn't allow you to fail. You felt strongly enough in the outcome that your fears and self-doubts were vaporized. Quite frankly, you believed in the idea, you believed in yourself, and you believed in the value of the outcome.

The business idea. It's what we're all about.

What We Offer
MySmallBiz.com is your premier and completely free source for small business ideas. We offer you a searchable database of the latest home based business ideas for your own business startup. Each home business idea is backed up with in-depth research and valuable links to additional information about the business. Whether you've already started your own business or are just getting started, you're bound to find information that will help both you and your business.

Each business idea we list includes the following:

• Business Overview - a quick summary of the business idea and objectives.
• Keys To Success - things you'll need to get right to help make the business a success.
• Expansion Ideas - great add-on products or services to expand your business and revenue.
• Categories - an easy filter that shows you if the idea is good for:
  • Home-based businesses
  • Part-time businesses
  • Senior businesses
  • Teen businesses
  • Internet businesses
• Related Links - links to additional information online. These links typically include:
  • Books on the business idea and how to get started
  • Organizations and affiliations related to the business idea
  • Business franchise opportunities
  • Web sites offering relevant products, services or training
• Expense Averages - a summary of operating expense averages for the business' industry sector. These figures are of great help when preparing your business plan and working on your budget.
• Sector Metrics - a snapshot of the environment in which the business idea operates. Includes industry sector benchmarks for:
  • Startup Costs
  • Profitability
  • Economic Growth
  • Competition
  • Expansion Possibilities

We research and author each one of our small business ideas. We guarantee that you will never encounter scams, get-rich-quick, unethical, or illegal business ideas on our site. We also hand-pick and carefully screen all of our related links. With each work from home business idea you will only find related links that provide topical, timely, and useful information about the business idea.

With most of the research done for you, just think about how much time you'll save!. You can focus on finding and learning about starting a small business that's right for you instead of wasting time chasing useless information. And there's a lot of useless information out there! We know, we have to comb through most of it to find information that's helpful for you!

Using MySmallBiz.com
How do you use this site?  Consider these examples...

• Mary, a 17 year-old high school student is looking to start a business over her summer vacation to earn a few extra dollars.  She searches for business ideas that are good for teens and that allow her to work outside.  Within seconds Mary has a listing of great business ideas that fit her needs.
• Frank and Betty are retirees who are always on the move.  Their early retirement gave them plenty of time to pursue their life-long dream of opening a small retail business of their own.  Frank and Betty search for businesses that are in the Retail sector and that are good for Seniors.  They immediately have a listing of potential business ideas.
• Jessie loves dogs.  She also loves the idea of starting her own business.  Jessie doesn't know exactly what business to start, except that she wants to work with dogs.  She simply does a keyword search on "dogs" and is quickly presented with a listing of relevant business ideas.

In addition to providing business ideas, MySmallBiz.com also helps you in your small business search by providing the following:

• A searchable database of small business and personal finance articles. Very helpful when doing additional research on your business idea!
• Additional research resources to help you in the areas of business planning, funding, and operations.
• Useful products and services that are invaluable to any business owner.