Inc., "the magazine for growing companies," has a new website with articles, work sheets, and even a free area for entrepreneurs' web pages. . [Liz W. Tompkins , inet-news, 6/4/96.]

Inc. magazine recently profiled owners of home businesses, using data from Find/SVP. Of 11M-14M people working at home in the US, 75% run their own businesses. 5% of those businesses are technical (including programming). Average age is 42.9 years, with nearly as many home-based proprietors female (47%) as male. 44% are college graduates, most are married (85%), and 54% have children under 18. Average household income is about $55K. [Inc. special issue on The State of Small Business 1996, p. 58. NewtNews. Bill Park.]

Network-l is a semi-moderated support list for those in small or home-based businesses. Send a "subscribe email-address" . [David McDermit , NEW-LIST, 5/21/96.]

Internet Entrepreneurs Support Association (IESS) has a new email-based Q&A list for Internet entrepreneurs. Send a "subscribe iesslist-digest email-address" message to . For info about IESS, contact or . [Ron Ehrens , net-hap, 5/25/96.]

BizWeb lists over 4K companies on the net, by category. 19 subcategories for computer-related businesses. . [Home Biz Cyber Weekly, 6/2/96.]

The Home Biz Cyber Weekly is a free resource newsletter (or ad listing) and forum for entrepreneurs. Contact . [newjour, 6/1/96.] ("FREE Internet RESOURCES to PROSPER your HOME BUSINESS. DIRECTLY PROMOTE Your Business or Service * ONLY * in a PERSONAL EXCLUSIVE Home Biz SUPPLEMENT." The style gives me a headache, and they signed me up by default, without asking first -- along with 100K other people. Ads are about $5/line or $70 for a separate mailing; business directory listings are free.)

The Ultimate Mastermind (TUM) is a free newsletter about running a business -- online or off. It's from the Let's Talk Business Network, serving entrepreneurs and small businesses. Send a "subscribe tum your name email-address" message to . [Larry Kesslin , NEW-LIST, 5/13/96.]

Business Roundtable is a "business networking" forum for executives, lawyers, and other professionals. Send a "subscribe roundtable your name" message to . [Ralph Welsch-Lehmann , NEW-LIST, 4/29/96.]