The 2008 StartupNation Home-Based 100 Competition

Celebrating America's most outstanding home-based businesses and the people behind them.

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2008 Winners. Top home-based businesses ranked in 10 categories.

Congratulations to all our winners and contestants

From among thousands of contestants, the rankings of this year’s top 100 home-based businesses are in! There were so many high quality contestants this year that we decided to include “Honorable Mention” winners as well. We hope you find their stories inspiring.

To all contestants, we applaud you for your efforts and participation and cheer for your success going forward.

Special Categories

Women in Business

With the help of esteemed judge Tory Johnson, founder of Women for Hire and frequent contributor to Good Morning America, we’ve spotlighted some of the most outstanding women from among the ranks of this year’s winners.

(coming soon...)

Highest Vote-Getters

It’s good to be popular. It’s even better to be THE MOST popular. Check out the Top Ten Highest Vote-Getters and the tally of votes they received. Congrats to these winners for using the StartupNation Home-Based 100 as a way to get their constituencies and customers engaged!

» See the Highest Vote-Getters

Honorable Mentions

The quality of contestants for this year’s competition was extraordinary. In fact, it was incredibly difficult to give credit to only the Top Tens across our various categories. So, this year, we’re paying special tribute to the runner ups, those who almost made the cut and have a ton of merit as outstanding businesses.

» See the Honorable Mentions