The Home Business Evolution
The passions that propel individuals to start a home-based business are inherent in their socialization and part of a rich cultural heritage. Home based businesses including family workshops, flourished prior to the Industrial Revolution.
Home based businesses were common enterprises that provided extra income for families. These cottage industries or “Domestic Systems” were businesses conducted in the home and are the historical equivalent of what we now consider a home-based business revolution. The industrial revolution removed the economic center for a family from a home-based to the factories. This transition resulted in displaced workers who lost their security to a faceless employer.
The shift from a home business to working in factories was further impacted by the industrial age that created labor-intensive jobs for the masses. The displaced home based business owners were introduced to new work requirements that included hostile management and working conditions that were less than favorable.
In order for this belief system to become part of a whole of the societal structure, it was necessary to enlist the aid of the school system. Schools taught the 3-R’s but in addition, instilled the principals of hard work as being part of the success principal. Being without work was considered disgraceful. This principal was used to explain the basis for the differences in class structure in society.





