Business ideas you can start from home with very little capital [2006]
- Date : (2006-01-04)
- Author : SAIE
Business ideas you can start from home with very little capital
Recycling business. You can collect empty cooldrink cans, bottles, bottle tops, scrap metal, used paper, ink cartridges and plastic and sell them to recycling plants.
Home baking business. If you can bake and cook, you can bake cakes, biscuits chocolates, sweets and muffins, make jams, pickles and preserves or cook meals or make sandwiches for lunch and sell them in office buildings, near train stations or taxi ranks, at markets or supply existing shops.
Sewing business. If you can sew, you can make clothing, toys, placemats, curtains, cushions, duvets, bed linen and so on. Your products can then be sold at craft markets, on street corners or you can supply craft and home industry shops.
Craft business. You can make a wide range of crafts such as candles, soaps, wooden toys, wooden furniture, wind chimes, CD racks, mailboxes, brooms, brushes, jewellery boxes, woven baskets, jewellery, potpourri, lamp shades, ornaments, decoupage, bead-work and leather-work. These can be sold at craft markets or supplied to shops.
Service business. If you have skills which you can offer other businesses then you can run a service business from your home. These can include document typing (letters, CVs, proposals, research papers, etc), research, web design, brochure design, book keeping, logo design, event management, public relations, training, marketing consulting, freelance writing, photography, beauty treatment, hair dressing, house painting, interior decorating, graffiti removal, window cleaning, car-washing, home cleaning, home-based selling and so on.
Child-related business. You can offer a baby sitting service, make toys, sew baby and children's clothes, knit jerseys, make dolls and dolls' houses, make kites, re-sell used baby clothing, equipment and furniture, or offer entertainment at children's parties, such as puppet shows, or acting as a clown, fairy, or wizard.
