If you're out of a job, you might want to consider moving into a different line of work and start your own business. You could follow in the footsteps of some women who blazed their own trail by having the right startup plan.

Sidney Miller's friends have always praised her cookies. So when her corporate job gave out, she went to work in the kitchen.

"I'm out of a job and in the back of my mind I’m like, why not? You just have to take the leap of faith," Miller said.

She started by using her Facebook friends to test the market and take orders. Her company, Sid's Viciously Good Cookies, sold 500 dozen cookies in the past three months.

The majority of small businesses started last year with less than $5,000. The good news is technology is making it more affordable to start a business. Outright.com, for example, is bookkeeping on autopilot.

"We will help you keep track of your income, track your expenses, deductions, pay taxes throughout the year, we help you see how your business is doing," said founder and CEO Kevin Reeth.

Instead of paying a web designer thousands of dollars, go to Wix.com.

"One of the first things you want to do is get web presence up, you don't have to have any programming knowledge, Wix.com will help so people can find you," Reeth said.

Gmail is one of the few free services that can associate your website domain. For example, yournamegmail.com can become yournameyourbusiness.com.