The switch from the slightly niche – and perhaps suspiciously received – multi-level marketing ventures championed by early pioneers such as Amway to the household names such as Buffet, Trump and Kiyosaki came with the Internet. Whilst you didn’t have these ‘business gods’ in your room helping you with your venture, it really did feel like it.

Wealth Masters International and LifePath Unlimited are two of the bigger players of the 2000s, both bringing vast opportunities to those with the ‘get up and go’ to make it happen. Acceptance and media coverage have helped a great deal and films like “The Secret” assisted in getting the idea into many more homes than would otherwise be possible.

In years gone by most home businesses relied on physically meeting potential customers and required literally thousands of customers to earn a significant income. In the late 90’s the home business industry began to evolve resulting in what is commonly referred to as Direct Sales. This concept greatly reduced the number of customers needed to earn a significant income, but many of the products and the high cost of international calling still left most Canadians out in the cold. In 2004 Liberty League International burst onto the Internet. With the ability to market to both the U.S. and Canada via the Internet and by taking advantage of low cost calling plans and Voip, many Canadians quickly became successful entrepreneurs earning multiple six figure incomes from home.

Beginning in 2006 Canadian entrepreneurs began having moderate success with a relatively new player in Direct Sales, Wealth Masters which is primarily a financial education company. The bulk of the information is centered on U.S. financial structure and left many of the Canadian’s neutral on the opportunity.

The new big kid on the block, LifePath Unlimited, is quickly becoming the high end home business of choice for Canadians. Not only have they capitalized on the booming personal development industry, but their product also prominently features both U.S. and Canadian luminaries.

Forbes magazine recently predicted more than 79 million people will start a home business in the next three years. With the technology in place Canadians are poised to lead the pack.