Building History Guides business. Building guides can bring the past to life for locals and tourists. Business Overview Are you seeking to start a very interesting and potentially profitable desktop publishing business that can be operated from home on a part-time basis? If so, perhaps you should consider starting a business that specializes in writing guides about local historical buildings in your community, as well as features display advertisements promoting community...

CD Racks business. Sure Mp3s have taken some of the gusto from CDs, but like vynal, people are still going to need a storage solution. Business Overview Like many of the products featured in this chapter, manufacturing CD racks is a very easy and inexpensive business venture to set in motion. The CD racks can be manufactured from wood, plastic, or iron in various shapes and sizes and CD storage capacities. Like many manufactured specialty products, the design and type of...

Jewelry Boxes business. You've got to have a love for details, artistry and functionality to make this business sparkle. Business Overview Jewelry boxes can retail for as much as 10 to 20 times of what it costs to build them, making this a potentially very profitable homebased manufacturing venture. This is the type of manufacturing business that will let you be very creative in design and in the materials selected for the construction process. Or in other words, 'think outside...

Business Form Templates business. Get businesses started on the right foot by supplying them with business form templates. Business Overview Business form templates are simply blank business documents and forms in print format or on CD-ROM or floppy disk that have been specifically designed to be used in a particular business industry, such as automotive sales, manufacturing, or home renovation. The purpose of the business forms and documents are to make it easier for business...

Personal Shopper business. Fashion forward? Keep others looking good as a personal shopper. Business Overview If you love to shop, this is the opportunity for you. Earn great money and have fun by starting a personal shopping service assisting people who are too busy to shop, who don't like to shop, or who can't get out to do their own shopping. Lots of busy and well-heeled people hire personal shoppers to select gifts for any number of special occasions, including birthdays,...

Fence Panels business. Add the finishing touch to any yard or field by offering fence panels. Business Overview Almost all new wooden fences that are being installed today are constructed from prebuilt fence panels in 4-, 5-, and 6-foot heights. Typically these prebuilt fence panels are constructed from pressure treated wood or from cedar wood, and are available in a wide range of styles. To get started building and selling fence panels you will need a homebased workshop, basic...

Home Maintenance and Repair business. Keep clients' homes in tip-top shape with a home maintenance and repair business. Business Overview If you're the type who can (and likes to) do just about anything around the house -- mend a leaky faucet, nail down those sagging shingles, paint a wall, unstick a sticking door, repair a broken cabinet or build a garbage can enclosure, then this might be just the business for you. You'll be on-call in your neighborhood for all those jobs...

Pest and Critter Control business. If you don't get grossed out by creepy crawlies, help people get rid of them. Business Overview You can cash in on the booming pest management and critter control industry by starting your own pest-control service. You'll be in good company, considering that there are an estimated 65,000 people working in the pest-control industry in the United States. Specialize in ridding homes, offices, and commercial buildings of pesky insects such as...

Independent Record Label business. Take your passion for music and start an indie record label for your favorite artists. Business Overview If you've always wanted to be in the music business, but you can't sing a note and your instrumental talents are limited, take heart. You can do the Dick Clark thing as head of your own record (or more properly nowadays, CD) label. According to the Recording Industry Association of America, music influences every culture on our planet to...

Ballroom Dancing business. Do you waltz around your home? Make money while you help others do the same in your own studio. Business Overview Big bands and ballroom dancing are back in style, and starting a business that teaches students how to ballroom dance may be just the type of business opportunity that will enable you to make money utilizing your ballroom dancing skills. The business can be established as an independent venture or in association with a community recreation...