Wanted! Entrepreneurs with a Home Office From Hell(TM)

Wanted! Entrepreneurs with a Home Office From Hell(TM)

Home-Based Entrepreneurs Can Win Big Prizes - Including Lunch With George Ross, EVP of The Trump Organization & Former Co-Star of 'The Apprentice' - By Sharing Their Funniest Home Office From Hell Stories!

NEW YORK, Nov. 16 /PRNewswire/ -- Offices2share.com (http://www.offices2share.com/), the nation's leading expert on short term, ready-to-use office space, is inviting home-based entrepreneurs to share their hilarious and often outrageous Home Office From Hell tales. The company is looking for the most compelling and humorous stories and video clips that epitomize the challenges home-based entrepreneurs face every day.

The winners will receive prizes that have a total retail value in excess of $30,000. The Grand Prize includes a trip to New York City to have lunch with Donald Trump's right-hand man & former co-star of "The Apprentice," George Ross. Additional prizes include 12 months of paid rent in a "Real" office space, Dell business computers and Trump University educational products. The contest period began on October 23, 2006 and will run through March 31, 2007.

According to the Economist Intelligence Unit, 61 percent of entrepreneurs reported that working in a home office blurred the division between their work life and home life. "For anyone who's ever had to deal with a troublesome pet, fend off overly-persistent telemarketers and fix a toaster -- all while negotiating an important business deal -- this is a chance to have a professional office for a year, rent-free (up to a maximum of $12,000)," said Jeffrey A. Landers, founder and president of Offices2share.com "All they have to do is examine the frustrations and drawbacks of working at home, and put a humorous spin on it."

This is exactly what Jason Welshonse did. He is the 2006 Home Office From Hell Contest champ. Jason runs a computer consulting business in the San Francisco area called Ancient Geek. Since he has been in his new office space, Jason wishes he had made the leap even sooner. "Since winning The Home Office From Hell contest, I have doubled my business, hired additional employees, and have been able to take care of my customers more efficiently. There's no way I would have been able to do this with a home office," says Welshonse.

That's where Offices2share.com comes in. The company is dedicated to helping hardworking entrepreneurs get the respect they want and need by helping them get into a new office space, cheaply, quickly and easily, without great risk to their start-up. "By helping start-ups with information, technology, and office space there is no doubt that small businesses can experience wild growth" says Landers. "And that is what we do -- help small business owners grow their business to the next level by making that first step into a 'real' office as easy, inexpensive and risk-free as possible."

The contest will be judged by SCORE, "Counselors to America's Small Business," (www.score.org) a national nonprofit organization that provides counseling and training to small businesses. "SCORE is pleased to be associated once again with Offices2Share.com(TM) and their 2nd Annual contest that humorously focuses attention on the issues and challenge facing home- based entrepreneurs and small businesses," said Ken Yancey, CEO of SCORE.

The contest is also being promoted by its corporate participants. Here's what Dell (www.dell.com) and Trump University (www.TrumpUniversity.com) had to say about Offices2share.com and their mission to help home-based entrepreneurs grow their businesses:

"Growing home-based businesses need the right office space, coupled with the right technology in order to succeed, which is why we are participating with Offices2Share.com, and their unique Home Office From Hell Contest.

"Dell certainly knows about this first-hand, since our founder, Michael Dell, started as a home-based business in his dorm room in 1984 and grew his start-up into a $55-billion-dollar company."

-- Dell's Small Business Marketing Director Tom West

"Offices2Share.com is a resource every home-based entrepreneur should know about. They remove roadblocks that have traditionally made it difficult for small businesses to find their first small office, and offer alternatives to those ready to move their businesses to the next level. Offices2Share.com's Home Office From Hell Contest humorously highlights aspects of working from home and for one lucky winner, it can make all the difference."

-- Trump University President Michael Sexton

Entrepreneurs wishing to enter the Home Office From Hell(TM) contest should go to www.offices2share.com/contest and fill out the online form. They can also upload a video clip of their hellacious office. Official rules, prize descriptions, guidelines and helpful hints are included there.

Source: Offices2share.com

CONTACT: Sam Glazer of Planned Television Arts, +1-212-593-6403,
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Web site: http://www.offices2share.com/

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