A marketplace for self-employed parents

The recession may be over according to Ben Bernanke, but for the millions of people out of work, the recession won't be over until a good job comes along. Being laid off is an invitation to being self-employed but being "self-unemployed" is a daunting task complicated by scads of bogus work-from-home scams.

Ourmilkmoney.com is strictly for self-employed parents who have a product or service to provide. In addition to the newly self-employed, they hope to attract parents who want to stay home to devote time to raising their kid while running a business to bring in "milk money."

To list your business in a market costs $25; additional markets are $12. There are not many listings on the site so far — only 41 in Phoenix and some of those are from other cities — but the owners hope the site will be like a social network, with self-employed parents supporting one another. ourmilkmoney.com.