This document discusses opportunities for starting a home business. It notes that the current economy has negatively impacted many people's employment, leaving them seeking alternatives like a home business. It suggests that a home business can help make ends meet or provide a creative outlet by leveraging people's existing knowledge or skills from hobbies and work experience. Specifically, it presents writing for websites and creating/selling hobby crafts online as popular home business models that can be pursued through leveraging the internet.