The idea of starting a home business seems a bit defeatist. In a society when people equate success with big corporation, starting a home based business does not seemed to be something to be proud of. Home business seems to be the domain of people that can not make it in the corporate world. However, the statistics I am going to give will prove this common perception is wrong.If you do a research with the Small Business Administration (SBA), immediately you will see that a lot of people are doing business at small scale level. The statistics says there are 27 millions businesses in the USA today, and out of this huge number, about 26,9 million are small businesses. So, it is 99,7 percent. Here is the definition for small business. The government defines small business as businesses with less than 500 employees. And of these 26,9 million of small businesses, about 13,5 million (52 percent) are actually home based businesses. This statistics is eye opening. Actually, a lot of people are doing business from their home.Home business, or now popularly known as home based business, is not for people that “can not make it”. But, for various reasons, people choose to start and operate a business from their homes.There are many reasons for starting a home based business. To start off, you become your own boss. It is very liberating not to work under the pressure of someone else and not to keep the 9.00 5.00 office hour. Secondly, you can start a business selling something you are good at. Thirdly, financially, if managed well, is very rewarding. And fourthly, you get to spend more time with the family.Home business is a worthy option to consider for anyone desiring independence and financial reward. There are already 13,500,000 people in the USA alone taking this steps. You might want to join them by having a home based business started soon.