AS far as employment options go, the Internet has opened up a host of opportunities for people looking to make money outside their daily nine-to-five jobs. In fact, there have been many online ventures that started off at home and went on to find global success.
Those who watched the movie The Social Network will recall Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg's quest to reach “500 million friends” on the social networking-service website which kicked off from his Harvard dormitory room; online search engine Google began as a research project for PhD students Larry Page and Sergey Brin in a garage; and online auction and shopping website eBay was started by Iranian-American Pierre Omidyar from his home.