The last ten years has seen a huge shift in how businesses are conducted and how people make money for themselves. In years gone bye, the nine to five working day was pretty standard for most people, and there was few ways to escape this formal ethic. However in this technological revolution and increased power to employees, more and more people are working and earning a living from home.

The first move really came when employers began allowing their employees to work from their home. As more and more people got connected to the internet, it became easier for them to stay in touch with work from home, and many people took advantage of increased flexibility in working hours that came about after changes were made to employer’s legal obligations to staff. Initially this was instigated to help single parents and those with disabilities, but it soon became common place within many organisations for all staff.

People, like the founders of IWOOT, soon realised that they could work just as efficiently from home, and it gave them a great deal more freedom in their social life due to the loss of commuting time. They also found that they could run whole sections of a business very well from home and this inevitably gave lead to people setting up their own business. The home-based business never looked back.

After some high profile home-businesses like I Want One of Those.com did very well and became high profile, thousands followed suit. Working from home is certainly no easier than office work and lots of people still fail, but the main attraction is the improved quality of life that many people get from it.For this reason some of the top business people from successful companies have decided to move away from the conventional working model and adopt a home-based approach for their own companies. The rate at which home-based businesses are being set up is at an all time high, and has spawned the creation of many companies who offer advice on how to set up and run your own. The home-based business revolution shows no signs of slowing down either…could this be the end for offices.