Who Are You?A new study reveals the demographics of the average homebased business owner.

Two years ago, Kevin Karten left behind a career on Wall Street,a steady paycheck, the camaraderie of the corporate office and therole of employee to open K2 Inc., a general contracting company. At28, he started over, staking his claim building and remodelinghomes from a general contracting business based in his home.

"I realized working for a corporation was not what I wantedto do with my life," says Karten, who sole employee is hispart-time bookkeeper, a 30-year-old who also left the corporateworld to launch a homebased business. Recently, his wife, Alisa,who left a multinational PR firm to start communications company,works from a separate home office and watches over 10-month-oldHailey.