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Kim Hilliard, 33, has been selling products for Southern Living at Home out her Millersville residence for 2 1/2 years. She is among a growing number of Baltimore-area women with home-based firms. "The business is very simple, but you really have to love it."

Making work a party

After 12 years of attending Catholic school, Dana Barish was more than prepared to run a business. Yet the products the Annapolis resident sells are a far cry from the...
Steve Mirack behind the counter of the liquor store he and his wife, Kirsten, bought six months ago. A former NASA technology contractor, Mirack scrapped his job and opted for a complete career change. "I love being part of the community, knowing people."

Finding a new niche

Tired of commuting between Annapolis and Prince George's County -- and unchallenged by his technology job, Steve Mirack emptied his desk at NASA's Goddard Space Center six months ago and...