Category: self-employment

Need a Business Idea? Here Are 55.

The Staff of Entrepreneur Media, Inc.   To start one of these home-based businesses, you don’t need a lot of funding — just energy, passion and the drive to succeed. This article has been excerpted from 55 Surefire Home Based Businesses You Can Start for Under $5,000 and other great resource books published by Entrepreneur Press. Looking to…


More Government Workers, Fewer Self-Employed: What That Means for Canada’s Economy

The percentage of self-employed Canadians is the lowest it’s been in almost 35 years, while public sector employment is at its highest percentage in nearly 30—and neither trend bodes well for the economy. Just 2.6 million Canadians identified as self-employed in October, according to Statistics Canada. This is a 10.8 percent drop from the peak…