Dear Womenandbiz.com Reader,

For this issue we are discussing family business and home-based businesses. When I was taking an entrepreneurship class at Baruch College, we had a guest speaker who spoke about family business. She mentioned that many times even self-employed individuals actually run a family business, as they need their family support in order to be able to fully dedicate themselves to the business. Jude Gorgopa agrees, and she tells the truth about being self-employed and receiving family support and encouragement. Jill Kanter answers readers’ questions and discuss “Self-Preservation in a Toxic Work Environment and Resilient Response to Workplace Embarrassment.” Our technology guest writer, Lena West, reminds us of the importance of succession planning with an emphasis on technology issues. Professor Edward Rogoff sent us two great articles with statistical information about Family Businesses, and issues involved in having a home-based business. Annemarie Segaric shares her experience running a home-based business and the challenges she faces; and we were able to interview Andrea Nierenberg and learn more about her and her business.

We hope you enjoy this issue of womenandbiz.com.

Best of luck with your business,Elisa Balabram