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Home Business Success Stories
Stories from Real People

by Barbara Whiting
for About.com

Many of you have expressed an interest in starting your own home-based business. The following are articles by "real-life" people who have volunteered to tell a little about themselves, and their home-based business experiences.

Avon Representative
Amanda tells about her home-based business experience as an Avon Representative, and how she organizes her busy days.

BD Scodak, Personalized Childrens Books
Bruce Zoldac writes about his home-based business selling personalized children's books and more.

The Busy Woman's Daily Planner
Susie Glennan tells about her home-based business.

Christmas Around the World and Gifts by House of Lloyd
Stay-at-Home Mom Lori Callen shares her home-based business experience.

Clever Apple Tutoring
Kim Clapp tutors out of her home, and tells how to start a home tutoring business.

Discount Dental Plan
Carla Davis tells a bit about herself, her business, and links to her website.

DK Family Learning
Eva Resnikova writes about her experience as a Dorling Kindersley Family Learning distributor.

Glenbrook Farms: Herbs and Such
Read about Lucinda Jenkin's start with her home-business, featuring herbs and herbal products.

Healthy Instinct
Tammy Rome tells how she started her home-business, Healthy Instinct.

Heike Wallace: Heritage Health Products

Herbalife

  • Dawn Bittle
    Read about Dawn Bittle, a stay-at-home mom of two children, who found her perfect home-business as an Independent Herbalife Distributor.
  • LRuddle
    Herbalife distributor Laura Ruddle tells her story.

Home and Garden Party
Penny Clason, Diamond Designer with "Home and Garden Party".

Horizons Marketing
Delesa Churchhill tells about her experience with Horizons.

Kidstuff Records
Learn how Jeff Mangus started his own family-operated home-business.

Nature's Very Best
Susan Toon's interesting account of how she developed her own home-based business. More about Susan Toon's home business.

Townsend Craft and graphics
Catie Gosselin tells how she started her home business.

Tupperware
Read about Charity's experience selling Tupperware products.

Usborne Books

WAHMfest
Marybeth Henry tells all about WHAMfest, her expo for work-at-home parents.

Karen Goodale: Watkins

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