You really hit the nail on the head about working from home.
I did it for six months and pros and cons of always being available
for my family was one of the biggest challenges/rewards.

For your talk about small business networking you may like to check out http://www.TransActions.ie. We have created an online business to business networking site that specifically helps companies new customers for their products and services and new suppliers for all of their business needs.

They simply register their business at http://www.TransActions.ie , create Have notices for each product or service that they are offering
and Want notices for each of their business needs and the system does the rest.
They will be notified each time they have been matched with new customer or a new supplier
They can then contact them either through the site or using their contact details
which are displayed to them.

Membership for 1 year is currently free of charge – but this offer lasts a limited time only.

We already have a diverse range of companies on board – from Sole Traders, SMEs up to Corporations.

Hope this is of interest to you,

Best Regards
Peter