Many women leaving the professional work place want to continue to work part time while raising their family. The task is a difficult one. On the one-hand, a part-time job can offer medical benefits, and yet, if a child is sick and you can't make it, most business simply can't tolerate missing an already reduced work schedule.
For this reason, many people attempt to start their own internet business. The start-up capital is minimal, and there's no expensive overhead like a formal lease with utilities and deposits. Many women start with what they know: family, baby, home decorating. If you're highly motivated to launch your own venture, always start with educating yourself on the market. For example, click here to learn about the baby market, all about baby's first things. Each is its own niche -- find what's right for you.
Make a list of things like: initial investment capital -- know your budget! How long it takes to actually turn a profit in each niche industry category. How much you have to invest in inventory. How much space is required for the inventory. You can also work in reverse: define your space available first, and then look only at merchandise that can be stored in volume in the space alloted.
In sum, it's absolutely vital to read and then continue to read. Scour the blogs, facebook, and twitter. Find other mothers' comments on the difficulties they ran into when starting their own internet businesses. You'll save yourself years of heartache and your pocketbook as well if you'll invest at least -- and I'm serious here -- 500 hours of researching the market before you jump in and accept financing.