And welcome to Enterprise Nation, a free resource to help you start and grow your business from home.

It's Ideas 101 time again! And in this edition of our newsletter we're announcing the fourth set of winners in our competition with PayPal. We're giving 100 winners £100 each for their big ideas. And you've still a got a chance! So, read on to find out how you could win too.

PayPal met with some Ideas 101 winners last week. See how that meeting went! And check out some of the best posts from our blog from the past couple of weeks.

In case you missed our big announcement, find out more about our new website Bitsy and publishing venture Brightword on the links below:

• Bitsy
• Brightword

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Emma Jones (@emmaljones)
Enterprise Nation (@e_nation)

What's stopping you from 'Going Global'?
22/09/2010
According to figures in the Lloyds TSB Commercial Business in Britain report, published in August 2010, 39% of SMEs expect order book levels to rise in the second half of the year. 42% expect a rise in foreign sales, thanks to a rebound in world demand and a sustained fall in the pound. And yet, too often, businesses are deterred from exploring exporting opportunities because of perceived problems entering foreign markets.

7 Ways to Improve your Business Support Network
24/09/2010
As a homeworker or small business owner, a huge part of 'working smarter' is ensuring you build up a really strong business support network around you so you have good people you can call for help (eg. if your computer breaks down), support (eg. a sounding board for when you're having a bad day) and advice (eg. you're thinking of expanding your business but aren't sure where to start).

Pitfalls to avoid when working from home
08/10/2010
There's a misconception that people who work from home sit in front of the television, surf the web or lay around the house all day. In reality, it's the opposite. When the commute to your home office is only seconds instead of hours, it's easy to work anytime or all of the time.

10 tips for moving your home office
06/10/2010
As if moving house isn't stressful enough, when you work from home you have to deal with an office move as well. Keep disruption to your business to a minimum; prepare for and survive your double whammy move with these tips.

Going Global: Web apps for managing time differences
07/10/2010
There's not just a language barrier between your business and the rest of the world, there's the time difference too. Luckily, there are some free web apps to help with both. We covered some translation tools last time, so here are some ways to manage time differences when 'going global'.

20 winners announced
We're delighted to announce the fourth 20 winners of Ideas 101. Drum roll, please... And congratulations to:

• Gill Booles
• Sue Copas
• Ross Davies
• Rajeeb Dey
• Tracey Garrett
• James Gray
• Thomas Grimer
• Becky Heath
• Margaret Hitchman
• Gary Hurst
• Katie Levett-Allen
• Gayle McCrorie
• Claire McGrandle
• Ian McGraw
• Zoe Newcombe
• Sharon Powell
• Dawn Raymond
• Hayley Smith
• Michael Tefula
• Amanda Waring

Thanks to everyone who entered. There were some really great ideas - San and I and our friends at PayPal had such a hard time deciding!

Another chance to win £100
Remember, the Ideas 101 competition is running until November, so you've still got time to enter. All you have to do is tell us how you'd spend the money! And you can do that on the link below, find out more and check out terms & conditions. Don't worry, we're not out to steal your good ideas! We just want to reward and help small businesses grow.

• Enter Ideas 101

Meet the winners
Last week, our friends at PayPal invited a few Ideas 101 winners down to their UK headquarters to find out how they were getting on with their ideas.

Check out the pictures to the right - and if you'd like to pop into PayPal's offices and talk about your experiences as a home-based business owner, just drop them a line at learnmore@paypal.com