| Entrance into the home-based business world can eat | | | | Previously used supplies and equipment can save you |
| away at a budget really quick. With start-up money | | | | tons of money. Check with friends and family who |
| limited, we can barely find the money to pay all the | | | | make be ending a business or just clearing clutter in |
| fees associated with a new business let alone find the | | | | their homes. Also, thrift stores may have equipment in |
| money to furnish a home office. Here are some great | | | | great shape donated from companies clearing |
| ways to setup a home office with little or no money. | | | | inventory for at the end of their fiscal year. |
| Saving on office supplies. | | | | What's old can be new when it comes to office |
| If you look around your home you will find you | | | | supplies and furniture. |
| probably already have scissors, pens and pencils, | | | | Save the cost of ink and paper by printing on both |
| staplers, envelopes, folders, etc. Use these items and | | | | sides of the paper and storing most of your info on |
| just add a few necessities like sticky notes, printer ink | | | | CDs or portable disks. Print only the necessities. |
| cartridges and copy paper. After a few months, you | | | | Initially you can use a chair around the office as your |
| will have a better feel for the supplies you use most | | | | office chair, however you will want to invest in an |
| often. | | | | ergonomic chair as soon as fiscally possible. You can |
| Leave all the fancy things at the store. Fancy notes | | | | use a used can or old cup as a pencil holder. Old |
| pads or pens work the same as their plain | | | | cardboard boxes around the home make great |
| counterparts. | | | | dividers for folders. |
| Buy equipment on sale or from discount stores. | | | | The key to saving money on home office supplies and |
| Finding rebates and coupons for home office supplies | | | | equipment is creativity. Setting up a home office should |
| is becoming easier with the Internet. In an effort to | | | | not put you further into debt during your start up it |
| keep up with the discount world of the Internet, some | | | | should enhance your profit by making you as |
| stores are offering deep discounts or giving rebates | | | | productive as possible. |
| for equipment and supplies. | | | | |