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A whole business community is out there for you to lean on. These links and sites may have changed by the time you’re reading this, but here are some of my favourite sources of inspiration:

 www.flyingsolo.com.au is not just a website for ‘micro businesses’, but a community as well, with over 120,000 members, hundreds of articles, lots of free tips and tools, and a busy bunch of forum boards.

 www.entrepreneur.com is a website as well as a magazine, and has more of a start-up, corporate bent. I find many of the articles helpful and a bit of nudge to keep my thinking fresh.

 With an upbeat feel and great info, www.smartcompany.com.au is an Australian site dedicated to free news and resources for small- to medium-sized businesses.

 A favourite of mine when I’m in the car is the Goal Digger podcast, hosted by entrepreneur Jenna Kutcher (podcast.jennakutcher.com). This show is all about setting and managing goals, whether for your side-hustle (how I love that term!) or for your main game.

 When I’m in the mood to refresh my marketing, I enjoy the Strategy Hour podcast, facilitated by Think Tank collective hosts (bossproject.com/podcast). These practical podcasts help with the nitty-gritty details of business, with hundreds of episodes covering all kinds of different topics.

According to the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS), home-based businesses make up over half of all the small businesses in Australia, reflecting part of an international trend towards more businesses operating from home (a trend presumably partly fuelled by improvements in technology). Home business is the spawning ground from which larger businesses are born, including iconic brands such as AirTasker, Billabong, Canva and Salt Gypsy.