1. The first thing you want to do is to figure out what your talents are. Everyone has things they are good at such as creativity, attention to details or communication. Whatever your talent is you want to make it the base of your successful home based business. This will be the foundation of your business and you want to make sure that it is your strongest point.

2. Next examine your skills. Skills are the things you can do, they are active where your talents are passive. Your skills are learned from your talents. There are free training on YouTube.com where you can go and learn the the web skills you will need on your own, also set a realistic time to reach your goals and stick to it.

3. Third take your talents and your skills and put them together. Determine what businesses would utilize both the talents and skills that you are best at. Ask yourself what kind of successful home based business could you start with your talent and skills. List all ideas, no matter if they seem like they won't work.