What is a good business to start from scratch ?

Answer 1

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.

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

He then made suggestions on the best home businesses according to type. Here are a few of them:

Best Businesses Using Craft or Physical Skills
- antique restoration
- auto detail service
- carpet cleaning business
- errand/delivery service
- housecleaning business

Best Service Businesses
- bed and breakfast operator
- caregiver
- catering service
- senior day care center
- tutoring service

Best Professional Businesses
- desktop publisher
- magazine writer
- import/export service
- income tax preparation service
- event planner

Some other home business ideas:

Top 10 Home Businesses with Rapid Break-Even Time http://www.powerhomebiz.com/vol33/breakeven.htm
10 Profitable “Go-Out" Home Businesses http://www.powerhomebiz.com/vol31/goout.htm
Low Cost Startup Businesses http://www.entrepreneur.com/lowcostbusinesses/0,6617,,00.html
6 Hottest Businesses on the Web http://www.powerhomebiz.com/052006/web.htm

You can also check out the following books:

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

Answer 2

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.

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

I also posted some article links in the source box.

Hope that helps! I wish you much success & happiness in all your ventures!

Answer 3

Go for the internet business, which requires less of your time and the one that will not make you feel headache with web designing, or which require IT knowledge. Second, choose the internet based company which offer you the opportunity and at the same time giving you the convenience to start the business. Third, choose the business, which does not require big money to start it.

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Answer 4

You need to ask yourself that question - have you any qualities, hobbies and things you love to do? for instannce... you could be making something that nobody else does.

get a piece of paper out and write down things you enjoy doing, put it all together and you can come up with a business.......


hope this helps, because it's what I did <3

try to be original, if you have something thats different from the rest - it's going to sell.... people like different, people dont like having the same as others... so think in a wide ran ge and come up with ehatever - there are o rules with a business (obviously, it has to be legal) dont rush into the business once you have an idea, you need to think "financial" or else the business will go down the tube.......

here's an idea;

If your good in computers, do what my 15 Y/O Brother does - he's EXCELLENT on computers - he wen and got a business name and the legal stuff, he only had $50 in his pocket and he signed up with a wholesaler and sold harddrives on ebay cheap... always sell them for a bit more (or maybe post your stuff around on shop windows) there are lots of ways to advertise :)




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Answer 5

no longer something's completely solid, yet...procuring an present agency is the main solid out of those 3. With francising, there's a brilliant capital investment, plus you will could make certain region subject concerns, staffing subject concerns, etc. besides, you will could construct your guy or woman client base. the comparable certainly is going for beginning a agency up from scratch, different than which you will additionally could make certain probable the toughest factor -- a solid thought for a agency. in case you purchase an present agency, you're inheriting each thing the agency has, so, make beneficial that the present agency is rewarding. examine the ledgers, make beneficial the agency is a solid one...you do no longer choose to finally end up with a foul present agency.

Answer 6

Scratch and Sniff shop. Kids love them. Every station would have a money slot...then the kids scratch and sniff until they drop!

Answer 7

i was talking to a guy who started a laundrymat, 5 years ago, he now owns 7 of them,he said it dosent sound like much, doller here a doller there, but they add up really fast,and try to open one near a university, it takes some good money to get started but its well worth it, thats my intentions when i move out to alberta in september.

Answer 8

Training Classes or a barber shop...No Input but with max output

Answer 9

Painting...low bid apartments...an airless sprayer $800..you don't know how to use it ! Put an ad in the paper for people who know how to do it...treat them right with the wages.

Answer 10

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