>>Telecommuting in the "applications" arena seems to require industry specific skill. Are there specific industries you have developed projects for? Petro-chem, finance, insurance, etc?
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>Mainly in the manufacturing area (shoe factory).

Ahhh! fabrication bean counting:-) You know inventory and work orders - you would have little trouble once you begin a serious networking venture. You have to think in terms of sales cycles. Some flop right away. Some slowly fizzel away. Some may happen fast - and some happen real slow.

9 out of 10 times the thing will dead end. Look at it as 'practice marketing'. You may be in a better market than most of us.