The basic rules to remember are to be patient and learn from those who have been there before you. Learn to take baby steps and in the beginning try to learn more about the home-based business industry so you will have more to offer potential customers who purchase your products or join your business. Find a good mentor who is willing to work with you. The great thing about the home-based business industry is it usually is in the mentors best interest to help you because the better you do the better your mentor will do.
You have the ability to build your home-based business as large as you want. But you will only get out of the business what you put into it. The only way for you to fail in anything is to quit or never start at all! It is not about how much money you make it is about how much you have to offer others. The feeling I get from helping other by far is better than any dollar amount I could ever receive! The funny thing is when I focused more on helping others I started to make much more money!