This is the most practical time in the history of time to be an entrepreneur. If you even have 1% thought around doing it, do it." -Gary Vaynerchuck, CEO and founder of Vayner Media

If you answered yes to this question, then like most people your job has included dealing with more than your fair share of stress, somebody else controlling your destiny, having to live up to other people's unrealistic expectations, competing against coworkers for a meager raise, and not having any free time to do what will make you happy.

But the scariest part of working for someone else in "Corporate America" is the complete lack of job security. If you are tired of strangers raising your kids, wearing out your car commuting to work, your boss telling you what you are worth and not knowing if you will be next in line at the unemployment office, then take a serious look at starting your own home-based business.