Share 'Should I start a business in this bad economy?'

I'm considering starting my own in-home daycare and preschool in 2011. However, I'm fairly concerned about California's economic state, and how that will affect my business. My research tells me that business is down all over the U.S. I had originally believed that more mothers would be getting jobs and therefore need babysitters. This is somewhat true, except for the fact that most people can'...