Everyone likes to be in control of when they work and when they dont. So, if you own a home business, you might think that you can simply walk away for a week to go on vacation, or when you have a family crisis to attend to. And of course, you can, it is just that with your own business, you have to be sure that you are taking precautions to keep your business going while you are away.
See, when you are working for someone at a business, you can take leaves of absences for reasons, if your boss lets you, and you dont have to worry about the business itself. You might have work that piles up when you are away, and you might have to do some catching up when you get back, but because the business is in someone elses hands, you will find that it will still be there when you get back.
However, when it is your business, flying away for a week for vacation is much harder. If youve got someone on your payroll or a partner, it might be easier, but if you are running a business out of your home and it is just you, there are going to be things that you should think about.
First of all, how can you make sure that the business runs while you arent there? There are...