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Article: Doing business overseas and online: World Business Exchange - a lucrative connection.
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- Black Enterprise
- Article date:
- April 1, 1995
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It was a full house that led Roosevelt and Cathy Roby to start a home-based enterprise. With 10 young children on hand, they simply couldn't afford a babysitter. The Robys needed a way to earn a living and stay close to their Santa Monica, Calif., home.
Roosevelt, now 52, had worked as a diesel mechanic, but his continued efforts to get into his company's union were fruitless. It was Cathy, 46, a hair stylist, who encouraged him to start his own business. That was about 10 years ago.
After researching the home-based business market, the couple founded the REIS Network (Researched Entrepreneurial Ideas Specialists Group). The company produces and distributes ...