Media Advisory: Expert Availability -- Work at Home Business/Small Business Expert Available for Comment on Current Jobless Conditions and Trend in Small Business Start-ups

    LOS ANGELES, CA, August 11, 2010 /24-7PressRelease/ --

What:
Grim statistics on unemployment and the job market emerge daily. Many American workers' unemployment benefits have run out and they are at a loss as to a suitable solution to their financial dilemmas; others are investigating different methods of earning - self employment ranks high among them.

Facing the unknown, potential entrepreneurs have many questions:

How do previously employed workers investigate small business opportunities?
What resources are available to them?
Are costly franchises the only solutions to self employment?
Are there small businesses that are willing to franchise their enterprises for little or no investment?
Is it possible to start a business without an investor?
Who will train new entrepreneurs to achieve success in their new endeavors?
Does a start-up business have to be one in which the new entrepreneur has experience?
How similar are the principals of small business to large corporations?
What about Internet businesses?
What about marketing a new business?

* http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/26/business/economy/26earnings.html?pa ... &th&emc=th

Who:
Derek A. Romo is the man with the answers. General manager of White Horse Productions, LLC, an event production company located in Southern California, Mr. Romo has been self employed most of his business career and understands the self employment and home based business industry better than most.

"Believe it or not, this is an exciting time for small businesses and consumers alike," says Romo. "As devastating as the recession has been for many, many Americans, it has forced people to take a realistic look at what they perceived to be job 'security' and realize that there are great alternative sources of income out there."

Kiplinger agrees:

"More than half of all small businesses are now run from owners' homes. And they're not just hobbies. 6.6 million of them supply 50% or more of the household income. Two-fifths employ two to five people. 10%...more than five."
Excerpted from The Kiplinger Letter, Vol. 87, No. 31
Washington, July 30, 2010

Passionate about self employment, Romo has created the Work at Home Business Exposition (http://www.WaHBExpo.com), a business-to-consumer expo that gives small businesses a chance to engage the interest of consumers who are looking for a home based business that doesn't break the bank and that suits their skills and talents.

For more information about this topic, visit http://www.wahbexpo.com. To schedule an interview with Derek A. Romo, please call or email Judith King, 661-309-6631 / [email protected]

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