Home-Based/Micro Business

Publications

Beginning a Bed and Breakfast in Virginia-Charlotte A. Reed, Economic Development Specialist, Tourism, Virginia Tech; Kimberle A. Badinelli, Research Associate, Virginia Tech; Dr. Thomas A. Potts, Extension Tourism Specialist, Clemson University; and Carole Jones Amos, Rural Development Coordinator, South Carolina Department of Parks, Recreation & Tourism-Virginia Cooperative Extension, Posted June 1998

Business Ideas-Ann M. Lastovica, Extension Specialist, Family Management, Virginia State University-Virginia Cooperative Extension, Posted May 1999

Can You Live Where You Work...And Work Where You Live?-Kathleen Parrott, Extension Specialist, Housing, Virginia Tech; Annette L. Bach, Professor Emeritus, North Dakota State University and Ann Lastovica, Extension Specialist, Family Management, Virginia State University-Virginia Cooperative Extension, Posted June 1998

Economic Trends Affecting Small and Home-Based Businesses-Prepared by Mitch Renkow, Agricultural and Resource Economics Specialist, North Carolina State Cooperative Extension Service

A Helping Hand to Home-based Business-Trisha Gedon, Online Ag at Oklahoma State University

Home-Based Business: An Economic Development Alternative (PDF)-Glenn Muske, Home-Based and Micro Business Specialist, and Mike Woods, Ph. D., Professor and Rural Development Specialist, Oklahoma Cooperative Extension Service, Oklahoma State University

Home Based & Micro Businesses, 2nd Edition (PDF)-Home-Based & Micro Businesses National Design Team-SRDC Series #194, March 1996

Micro and Home-Based Businesses Market Research (PDF)-Glenn Muske, Home-Based and Micro Business Specialist, Oklahoma Cooperative Extension Service

Micro and Home-Based Businesses: The Basics of Marketing (PDF)-Glenn Muske, Home-Based and Micro Business Specialist, Oklahoma Cooperative Extension Service

So You Want to Start a Home-Based Business in Texas! Some General Business Tips (PDF)-Pam Brown, Greg Clary, and Lynn White, Texas Agricultural Extension Service, Texas A&M University, 1996

Starting a Home-Based Business in Texas--Catering-Bonnie Peirnot, Texas Extension Publications

Starting a Home-Based Business in Texas--The Professional Seamstress and Needlework Artisan-Bonnie Peirnot, Texas Extension Publications

Ten Frequently Asked Questions for Micro Home-Based Business Startup (PDF)-Glenn Muske, Ph.D., Home-Based and Micro Business Specialist, Cooperative Extension Service, Oklahoma State University

Visual Merchandising: A Guide for Small Retailers (RRD 155)
North Central Regional Center for Rural Development, 1991

Youth and Adult Entrepreneurship: The Tuskegee University Micro Enterprise Model-Alabama Cooperative Extension System

Training Curricula

Ca$hing in on Business Opportunities: A Guide to Building a Home-Based and Micro-Business Program (Chapter Outlines)-Developed by the CSREES Home-Based and Micro-Business National Design Team as a part of the Communities in Economic Transition National Initiative-SRDC Series #210, 2000

Small Business Primer on Legal Issues-Copyright 1997; this program was developed by Carol A. Schwab-North Carolina Cooperative Extension

Conferences/Trainings

Business Skills Training
September 2-6, 2003
San Antonio, Texas

E-Commerce (SERA-16 Rural Infrastructure)
January 27-28, 2001
Fort Worth, Texas

E-COMMERCE: Impacting the Way We Do Business!
October 1-2, 2001
Nashville, Tennessee

Southern Institute for Rural Development (SIRD)
September 8-10, 2003
Fort Meyers, Florida

Southern Region Community Development Institute
June 12-16, 2000
Canton, Mississippi

Southern Region Community Development Institute
May 14-18, 2001
New Braunfels, Texas

Southern Region Community Development Institute
September 23-27, 2002
Talladega, Alabama