Tuesday, June 3, 2008
PediCab
Make money by starting your own bike or pedicab taxi service. Whether a romantic ride through a park or a sightseeing visit around cities, tourists love to take in the sights and sounds on their vacation with a relaxing cruise in a pedicab. The main obstacle to overcome for starting a pedicab cab service is licensing. However, if a license to operate a pedicab can be attained or purchased
Boat Rentals
Nice opportunity in Renting boats for fishing or recreation and boards can be a very lucrative venture to establish in your ciy or state sportsmen travel far and wide in search of the perfect spot. The vnture can be water-based and operated from a marina or rented dock facility. Or, the business can be anyplace and the boats can be rented with a trailer. To get started, design colorful brochures and distribute them to airports hotels, motels and tourist attractions. The brochures should contain information about your skiff rentals
Chaga Health Drink
Chaga is a new health drink and business opportunity to make you wealthy in your spare time
Glass Tinting Service
home based or warehouse or mobil business is the fact that it can be operated on a year-round basis, rainor shine, right from a mobile installation vehicle. The market for window tinting is endless in terms of residential, commercial and auto applications, including cars, boats, house windows and skylights. The ultimate marketing method to get rolling in this business is to build alliances with used care dealers, boat brokers and commercial property managers
Courier Service
Yourleast expensive way to get started in the courier industry is to subcontract your services to an established courier company, meaning that you supply the transportation and yourself to pickup and deliver parcels. But this option also leaves you with the lowest profit potential and ability to grow the business. A better option is to start your own courier service outright, and hire other owner/operators on a revenue-sharing basis to make deliveries, while you concentrate on marketing, managing and building the business. In addition to suitable transportation, depending on the types of parcels you will be delivering, you will also need to invest in a courier’s license, a two-way radio system and moving dollies. Every municipality has its own regulations for issuing courier’s licenses primary customers will be people who are stuck in emergency vehicle situations, or businesses seeking to tow illegally parked vehicles. A strong marketing program--via advertising and word of mouth--will help potential customers remember your business in a jam. A catchy name and easy phone number will greatly help your business.
Auto Towing
North America, obtaining a license to start or operate an automotive towing business can be a frustrating task since auto-towing licenses are heavily regulated. Some operators of towing companies forego the license entirely and don't provide towing services to the general public; instead they only subcontract their services on an exclusive basis to car dealers and property managers. However, this can still be a risky venture given that it may be difficult to secure proper liability insurance
House Preparation Service
Creating part time income by educating yourself about leases and rental purchase lease to own contracts can really pay off, especially if you apply this newfound knowledge and become a commercial leasing agent. service can be set in motion for less than $20,000, and can return as much as $200,000 per year in income. The main focus of this enterprise is to include buildings, stores, and offices to list for lease, and find able tenants to occupy these rentals . In exchange for your services you charge the landlord of the building one,2,3,4 month’s rent as your fee, or leasing commission.
Luscious Lingerie
At the time, she knew nothing about lingerie. But that job was the beginning of what would become a multimillion-dollar career as a designer with licensees including Ralph Lauren, Lilly Pulitzer, Oscar de la Renta, Jockey and Betsy Johnson. Now, almost 40 years later, Crain's New York Business recognizes Carole Hochman Design Group as New York's seventh largest woman-owned company, based on $160 million in revenue. That places Hochman between Eileen Fisher Inc. and Daffy's on the list.
While at Bergdorf, Hochman met Betty Hughes, a buyer with Bonwit Teller. Hughes became a lifetime mentor and encouraged Hochman to become a designer. The hard-working Hochman soon earned the opportunity to design sleepwear for Bonwit Teller. She knew little about garment construction or the fabrics used to produce them. Nevertheless, Hochman scored on her first try, launching her career in the world of intimate apparel. The following year, 1968, she went to work as lead designer for the Christian Dior intimates license, then owned by parent company Chevette.
While at Bergdorf, Hochman met Betty Hughes, a buyer with Bonwit Teller. Hughes became a lifetime mentor and encouraged Hochman to become a designer. The hard-working Hochman soon earned the opportunity to design sleepwear for Bonwit Teller. She knew little about garment construction or the fabrics used to produce them. Nevertheless, Hochman scored on her first try, launching her career in the world of intimate apparel. The following year, 1968, she went to work as lead designer for the Christian Dior intimates license, then owned by parent company Chevette.
Allison O'Kelly helps working moms
Allison O'Kelly, a CPA with a Harvard MBA, was on the fast track at Toys "R" Us when she had her first child in 2003. She always expected to keep working. "I'd always been able to do it all," she says, "so I thought, why wouldn't I still be able to do it all?" O'Kelly returned from maternity leave in September 2003 but ended up calling in sick whenever her son was sick. "I knew it wasn't going to work for me--I needed to figure something out," she says. In January 2004, she left her job and started doing contract work as a CPA.
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