Even if you are a stay at home mom, having girlfriends and touching base with them from time to time, is a huge support. The time you spend chatting and exchanging ideas will give you new ideas for your stay at home mom businesses. Girl friends are not afraid to give honest opinions about a product, especially if they are in a position to judge. If you are in the jewelry making business for example, they can be an informal focus group who will concur with, criticize or amend certain ideas. You cannot underestimate the help that their ideas will give to your business.
Remember that working on a home based business will require the same support system that you are used to in the office. The only difference is that you will be doing this yourself. You might be on the production side, but you will have to do marketing and advertising. You need to keep a record of sales and expenses. And you will be an accountant trying to balance the books.