<p>I’ve got a lot of ideas and have put them on paper but do any of you guys have some general and useful advice I can follow? </p>
<p>I’ve got the business plan down.</p>
<p>But a question that’s bugging me is: What are some other types of business besides an internet small-biz that wouldn’t require much money to start up?</p>
<p>Thank you so much.</p>
<p>all types of business… you really have no clue until you start to research it… you can’t start your business basing it on what would be the least expensive to start up… i mean, the least expensive business off the top of my head would be the “i hook up computers, please call me to do it for you” business… costs next to nothing to start, but where is the demand? there’s way more than just start up costs to be taken into consideration when starting a business… also, it should be something you like doing because when you start up a business it can very well take over your life for a bit until it becomes successful and you need to like it enough to be able to handle that.</p>
<p>I would really love to start a music store but in this day and age it may not be very successful … however we’ll just have to see if I decide to go for it in the future. (music store as in cds/records/etc… reasonably priced around 11/12 dollars… none of this 20 dollars per cd crap… we have a music store like this about a half hour from here and it’s always packed with people non stop and i’m sure they do really well… so i think if i find the right location it would be a good idea to go for it… Kind of like the music store down by rehoboth beach if anyone knows what store I mean)… </p>
<p>I don’t do the whole mp3 thing so the store may very well flop, which is why no action is been taken towards starting it at this time. :)</p>
<p>azsxdc: A consignment store requires little start-up money. Because you’re consigning other’s property you don’t need to purchase inventory. I know someone who once started a maternity & children’s wear consignment shop. She placed a decorative ad in the local paper asking for gently worn or new items, placed them on consignment, paying the client a percentage ~20 days after the sale, had an agreement in writing to be able to lower the asking price in increments after having the item for a certain amount of time, etc. She had clothing, furniture and even had a few local artists who consigned new crocheted items (booties, blankets…that sort of thing), and other new items (announcements, gift cards, t-shirts, etc). She had a cute little store (less than 600 sq ft) off the main street, decorated and furnished by Ikea (cheap), in a village that swelled with visitors during the summer and winter months. She set her store hours to coincide with her own kid’s school hours, and was very sucessful. She never became “wealthy” but she raised her children, paid her mortgage and bills, and really enjoyed what she was doing.</p>
<p>NASE is very helpful. We own our own biz and use many of NASE’s services. They have newsletters with great info, etc.</p>
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<p>Thank you for all the advice.</p>