Corporate Women Find Home Biz Success

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Women with corporate backgrounds go on their own to make money selling makeup, clothing and more…

“My passion is sharing the opportunity,” said King, who has signed up more than 200 salespeople to work under her.

She’s part of a new generation of merchants who have made the transition from jobs in the mainstream marketplace to sell makeup, gourmet food, children’s and women’s clothes, decorative platters, baskets and other specialty items from their homes.

They usually start out selling to friends from church, their children’s school or their subdivisions, then branch out, often through forwarded e-mail invitations. Unlike the home-based saleswoman of yesteryear — housewives looking to make a little pocket money — these are often women with advanced degrees and corporate experience.

They choose home-based independent sales careers for the fun and flexibility they can offer. But let’s be clear: Lots of them want to make serious money.