Home-based businesses are being created at a rapid pace because of the economy and the number of layoffs that have happened over the last few years. Many people who start a business have never been in a position of being the boss, and don't know what types of pitfalls they can encounter.

 Kara Buntin, the owner of A Cake To Remember, LLC, in Richmond VA, has written a handbook to deal with the attitudes that can make or break a business. Buntin has run a successful home-based custom cake business for the past 12 years, and has won many distinctions for her cakes. Not So Common Sense: Five Tips For Home-Based Business Success, deals with five common mistakes that home-based business owners make, and addresses the right way to deal with those issues. The book is available on Amazon.com, both in paperback and for the Kindle.

"I'm online a lot, and many of the business forums I read have people asking the same questions over and over" Buntin explained. "It became clear to me that people tend to open businesses without knowing what's involved, and they don't understand that a home-based business has its own issues that need to be addressed if it's going to be successful. This book will be a solid resource for anyone who's unsure of how to look at certain situations that will inevitably arise, and I hope that it will help people avoid some common problems."

About the author: Kara Buntin is the owner of A Cake To Remember LLC, custom wedding cakes in Richmond VA. She has a certificate in Pastry Arts from Newbury College in Newton, MA, and has operated her business in Richmond since 1999. She won the Best In VA for wedding cake bakers from national magazine The Knot in 2010, and has won other local and national awards for her work. She has appeared on local television to present cake decorating techniques, and writes a popular blog about cake decorating and cake business. Her cakes and written work have appeared in national and international cake decorating magazines. She is currently on the board of the Richmond Bridal Association.

For more information, please visit: A cake to Remember

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