The increasingly popular trend of starting a home based business is spreading throughout the world at an astonishing rate: a survey carried out in 2006 shows that home based business proprietors generate an annual revenue of more than $100 billion dollars.There is not just the (admittedly very impressive) financial side of things that needs to be considered, though. Think too of the collateral benefits offered by working in your own home to your own schedule and, most importantly, for yourself. You get to spend more time with your family and can even care for elderly or disable family or friends if you need to. Home based business offers so many benefits it is a shame that more people do not consider it more carefully.Of course running your own business – whether home based business or not – is never easy, and it requires drive and determination. This is surely a small price to pay for all the numerous benefits.