Post your creative business ideas.

I just wanted to open a discussion to any business ideas that you may have that is "out of the box".

Many such business are quite easy to start up but the real challenge comes if you are the only business in New York, or Chicago or whatever city you live in. Competetion for your business is actually very good as they help you advertise your business.

I once started a pet waste removal service. It failed and I personally believe it was largley due to the fact that I was the only one in my city or market with the business and the advertising burden was completley on me alone.

I had to get people used to the idea of having a pet waste removal serivce and even convincing them as to why they needed it.

Post your great business ideas here, even if we are in an economic down turn!

Web Hosting Recommendation

When starting a business, you aren't even "a" business until you have a website and are on the internet!

When looking for hosting options the variety is staggering! I highly recommend JUST HOST! They have Cheap hosting for $4.95/mo, Unlimited disk space and bandwidth plus FREE domain That's is who I use. They have great customer service and YOU CAN'T BEAT THE PRICE!

Business Idea #3

If you enjoy planning and putting things together than a business as a
Reunion Organizer may be just for you.

Start up costs are less than $2000, and can be operated from your home. You can begin by building your Reunion Organizer business part time.

Google SEO

Best Businesses Under $20.00!!

When someone hears the phrases, " I own my own business; I am a business owner; I run my own company; I own a corporation" they immediately think high rises, fleet of vehicles, large store front and many other mental pictures. But that is anything but true.

Yes, there are many companies that have these things but they started just like you. With the desire to better themselves! However many more do not have that. Countless people run their businesses from their home, small office or even apartment or college dorm! Did you know the classification of a "corporation" where it be Inc, LLC, LLP any of them are just paperwork that is filed?? It's all about legal protection and tax advantages. (but that's another post for another day)

Here is a LINK I found that gives you several business ideas to start under $20! You've got to at least have that or you couldn't even afford to be on the Internet right now.

It doesn't get any easier than this!

Government Grants?

A loan is something you have to pay back. A grant is pretty much free money. You always see ads all over the Internet promising you a bank of government grants when you start or expand a business.

In reality all them advertisements are just selling ploys. Here is an informative link for you to read explaining the ropes. Just remember the ago old saying "If it sounds to good to be true, it probably is."

One of the most important things before you start a business is to research the market for your product or service. Even if the business you are trying to start has little investment if you don't do the right kind of research causing your business venture to flop you will have just wasted much time and effort. You have heard the expression "time is money." Well let me tell you that couldn't be more true.

Encouraging Quotations from Entrepreneurs

"When you reach an obstacle, turn it into an opportunity. You have the choice. You can overcome and be a winner, or you can allow it to overcome you and be a loser. The choice is yours and yours alone. Refuse to throw in the towel. Go that extra mile that failures refuse to travel. It is far better to be exhausted from success than to be rested from failure."
- Mary Kay Ash, founder of Mary Kay Cosmetics


"The critical ingredient is getting off your butt and doing something. It's as simple as that. A lot of people have ideas, but there are few who decide to do something about them now. Not tomorrow. Not next week. But today. The true entrepreneur is a doer, not a dreamer."
- Nolan Bushnell, founder of Atari and Chuck E. Cheese's

"I never perfected an invention that I did not think about in terms of the service it might give others... I find out what the world needs, then I proceed to invent."
- Thomas Edison

"An entrepreneur tends to bite off a little more than he can chew hoping he'll quickly learn how to chew it.
- Roy Ash, co-founder of Litton Industries

"If you can dream it, you can do it."

-Walt Disney, founder of The Walt Disney Company

“Genius is 1% inspiration, and 99% perspiration.”

-Thomas Edison, founder of General Electric (GE)