Exactly 19 months to date, I started a new business with less than $50.00 out of my pocket.
That business earned me $20,000 in 2008, working part-time. It is fun, and I get to make a lot of people happy, including myself.
I just read a blog post by Chris Guillebeau, which was based on the answers he received to his tweet: “article research: what if you had only $100 to start a small business? what could you do?” Must read, if you haven’t read it yet.
That inspired me to brag about my little business that I have made money with over the years.
In January of 1990, my wife and I took all the wedding gifts that had been stored on a shelf in our closet for the previous three years and sold them at a flea market. We made more than $100.00, a LOT of money in those days. We decided to reinvest it into things we could sell at the flea market, and two years later, sold the little business which had grown into a “Dollar Store”, for several thousand dollars.
A few years later, we started selling Avon together. Five Alby’s (Annual recognition for top salespeople) later we retired out of that one. I am seriously thinking about getting back into selling Avon. That used to be fun.
Currently my wife teaches driving to a very small niche market. Immigrants from Indian sub-continent (India, Pakistan, Bangladesh etc). She started that biz with $0 investment.
And now, there is my Balloon Art Business, which I just love. I have added teaching “Twisting Balloons for Profit and Fun” at Leisure Learning Unlimited and have some other related projects in the works.
So, what have you done that has enabled you to be Joyfully Jobless? What profitable little business have you started with very little money? Share it with us in the comments below.
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