Home-based business is a valid business model. Don’t let anybody tell you otherwise. The majority of businesses in Australia are home based businesses. The problem is that most of these businesses will fail. There are a couple of reasons for this that I will outline below. The purpose of this article is to share with you three personality profiles that cover most home based business owners. You will know which one that you should be and this article should help give you the kick start you need to grow your own business and be a success.Some business owners just make things happen and it seems to happen easily Successful home-based business owners just make things happen. They realise that success is their responsibility and that you can make luck happen. They work hard but they also work smart. These entrepreneurs set SMART goals. They get really specific and set both long term and short term goals and assess them regularly to ensure that they are running a successful business. Some of these people may actually run multiple enterprises because they are so well organised. In case you haven’t worked it out, this is the type of home based business entrepreneur that you want to be. It may just be that you need to take that jump off the cliff.Some business owners wait for things to happen and expect others to help them, They work hard but everything seems to be a bit of a struggle- These whiners blame everybody else for their problems without actually taking responsibility for their own actions. These people are generally unorganized and they generally procrastinate regularly. If this sounds like you make sure you start taking responsibility for your actions before your business becomes one of those that fails. The best way to start may be by putting together a daily to do list and ticking off each item on the list. Keep working until you have finished your daily tasks.Some business owners just have no idea what is going on- For some people, the world just seems to pass them by. They’ve got no idea what really is going on until it is too late. One day they just wake up and find that their business has failed. You need to make sure that this is not you. You need to start setting SMART goals and you need to put in place KPI’s.Home based business owners can be successful if they set SMART goals and constantly work towards them. Start setting laser specific goals with both short and long term targets and you will start to make things happen.