North Carolina Startup Blog written by Marc DeWalle

Working from home…

December 2, 2008

An interesting piece here from the TechRepublic blog about working from home as many early stage entrepreneurs do.

Here’s is the list:

1: Dress the part

2: Keep a separate office

3: Discipline yourself regarding break times

4: Discipline yourself regarding snacking

5: Check insurance

6: Educate and set guidelines for the family

7: Establish start and stop times

8: Use a separate phone line for business

9: Clarify computer ownership and policies

10: Check zoning if necessary

11: Keep in touch with the boss

So #11 may not apply when you work for yourself, but it’s equally important to keep in touch with partners, vendors and customers.  Working from home can be a cocooning experience and these rules do help.   Still, co-working spaces are a decent alternative, even if you only do so part of your working week.

Here is the full version on TechRepublic.