I am a military photographer. My contract ends in less than a year and I would like to start my own business. I am good in web design (www.marcushenry.com), I have my real estate license, and I am a fast learner. My passion is in talking to people.
2006-07-12 06:43:08 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Business & Finance ➔ Other - Business & Finance
The best business will depend on what you want, how you define to be interesting. A person may consider a pet sitting business to be the most exciting work in the world, while another person would rather watch TV than take care of dogs.
The key is to determine what your interests are, what you want to do, what is suitable for your lifestyle and your overall goals, and what can fit with your resources.
Here are some articles that provide tips on how you can choose the best business for you:
How Do You Choose a Home Business? http://www.powerhomebiz.com/052006/homebusiness.htm
No Clue as to What Business to Start? http://www.powerhomebiz.com/vol25/noclue.htm
Tips on Choosing Your Own Business http://www.powerhomebiz.com/vol10/choosing.htm
Hard Knock's Guide to Selecting a Business http://www.powerhomebiz.com/vol6/bizselection.htm
7 Methods in Choosing a Business http://www.powerhomebiz.com/vol72/methods.htm
Evaluating Your Business Ideas and Products http://www.powerhomebiz.com/vol13/evaluateideas.htm
Dan Ramsey in his book "101 Best Home Businesses" has a chapter on how to find YOUR best home business. He suggests these 10 steps:
1. List 5 things you do best
2. List how others would benefit from what you do best
3. Find out how to give people what they want
4. Learn the value of your services to others
5. Find out who else offers similar services
6. Learn from the successes of others
7. Learn from the failures of others
8. Plan your own success
9. Make low cost mistakes
10. Enjoy what you do and how you do it
You can also check out the following books:
The Stay-at-Home Mom's Guide to Making Money from Home, Revised 2nd Edition : Choosing the Business That's Right for You Using the Skills and Interests You Already Have (Stay-at-Home Mom's Guide) by Liz Folger
101 Best Home-Based Businesses for Women, 3rd Edition : Everything You Need to Know About Getting Started on the Road to Success (For Fun & Profit) by Priscilla Huff
Turn Your Talents into Profits: 100+ Terrific Ideas for Starting Your Own Home-Based Microbusiness
The Best Home Businesses for the 21st Century
121 Internet Businesses You Can Start from Home
The Best Internet Businesses You Can Start
101 Ways to Make Money at Home
If at some point in starting your business you think you need help, there are places where you can find some mentors to help you:
- Government Mentoring Programs such as SBDCs, which works with community colleges and local business development councils to offer mentoring programs http://www.sba.gov/sbdc/sbdcnear.html ; or the Women's Network for Entrepreneurial Training http://www.sba.gov/womeninbusiness/wnet_roundtables.html
- Volunteer programs such as SCORE http://www.score.org which is composed of mostly retired executives and entrepreneurs
- Formal mentoring programs such as Athena Foundation http://www.athenafoundation.org/programs/globallinks.html , Helzberg Entrepreneurial Mentoring Program http://www.helzbergmentoring.org/HEMP/ , or The Aspen Institute MicroMentor Program http://www.micromentor.org
- Professional organizations such as the National Women’s Business Council http://www.nwbc.gov/Mentoring/programs.html
- Industry and trade associations
- Local business groups, such as the chamber of commerce
- Local chapters of business groups
2006-07-12 06:47:04 · answer #1 · answered by imisidro 7 · 5⤊ 0⤋
Think of all your interests & ask yourself if any of those could be expanded into a business. Just keep in mind...what's your expertise? What are your interests? What could you imagine yourself doing?
By researching the prospect of starting your own business -- what it entails, what you need to know, helpful hints, etc -- you'll feel better prepared to take that plunge.
Associations may be a good avenue to explore as well. These organizations will address many of the thoughts, questions and concerns you'll inevitably have as well as many you haven't anticipated yet. See the source box for some relevant links.
I found some book titles that are relevant to your specific question:
* 101 Internet Businesses You Can Start from Home by Susan Sweeney
* The Best Home Businesses for the 21st Century by Paul Edwards
* Selling Online: How to Become a Successful E-Commerce Merchant by Jim Carroll
* I Could Do Anything If I Only Knew What It Was: How to Discover What You Really Want and How to Get It by Barbara Sher
* I Don't Know What I Want, But I Know It's Not This: A Step-by-Step Guide to Finding Gratifying Work by Julie Jansen
* The Best Internet Businesses You Can Start by Marian Betancourt
* The Shoestring Entrepreneur's Guide to Internet Start-Ups by Robert Spiegel
* Making a Living Without a Job : Winning Ways For Creating Work That You Love by Barbara Winter
Web Design Specific:
* How to Start a Home-Based Web Design Business, 2nd by Jim Smith
* The Real Business of Web Design Paperback by John Waters
* Professional Web Design: Techniques and Templates by Clint Eccher, Eric Hunley, Erik Simmons
Real Estate Specific:
* Your First Year in Real Estate: Making the Transition from Total Novice to Successful Professional by Dirk Zeller
* 21 Things I Wish My Broker Had Told Me: Practical Advice for New Real Estate Professionals by Frank Cook
* Complete Idiot's Guide to Success as a Real Estate Agent by Marilyn Sullivan
I also posted some article links in the source box.
Hope that helps! I wish you much success & happiness in all your ventures!
2006-07-12 09:26:13 · answer #2 · answered by TM Express™ 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The Ozzie Guillen Discus Throwing of Jay Mariotti off the Sears Tower.
2016-03-15 23:05:16 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Real Estate Broker
Motivational Speaker
Photo Journalist
HR Recruiter
Speak to disadvantaged people on how to apply and interview for jobs.
Create a web site to advertise all of your talents in any of these fields.
2006-07-12 06:51:38 · answer #4 · answered by creskin 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Contact a business lawyer
you have to protect your personal assets! It is vital when most small busineses fail in the first year
2006-07-12 06:48:32 · answer #5 · answered by BigD 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
u better do in estate field as u can earn a lot in short time....u can also open a foto-studio too,developing fotos,taking fotos .modeling fotos ....etc,u also can earn good in it.web design get u money but little tough to find work for u and it also require lots of time.to develop n design web site.
2006-07-12 06:48:34 · answer #6 · answered by Dj Div 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
base it on your interests and hobbies. What do you like to do for fun?
2006-07-12 06:47:24 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
try one that takes pictures of historical buildings & such.
2006-07-12 06:53:20 · answer #8 · answered by harmony 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
wow start your own realestate office.
2006-07-12 06:46:52 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋