Mobile Auto Detailing business. Take your auto detailing business to your clients -- they'll love you for it. Business Overview America is a commuter country. Everybody has a car, and most people consider theirs an extension of their family or indeed of their own personality. The problem is that in our hectic, workaholic society, nobody has the time -- or the inclination -- to keep ol' Bess looking her best. But if you love cars and keeping them beautiful, you can provide...

Neighborhood Bar business. Start a local hangout where everybody knows your name. Business Overview If you own this kind of place you can expect to know many of your regular customers. As on the TV show "Cheers," you may find yourself taking phone messages for customers or cashing their paychecks. It's because of the friendly "home away from home" atmosphere that neighborhood bars are successful. Some of these pubs open as early as 6 a.m., and they sometimes close earlier than...

Community Directory Boards business. Find business in creating helpful community forums. Business Overview Do you live in a busy tourist area of the country? If so, perhaps you should consider starting a business that installs, markets and maintains community directory boards. Community directory boards are simply an outdoor board, covered in protective glass or plastic, featuring information about the local community that they serve. Information featured can include a map of...

Restaurant Washroom Cleaning Service business. Restaurants need to keep their washrooms clean and will likely clamor for this service. Business Overview Next to bad food, the number-one reason people will not return to a restaurant is dirty washrooms. This fact alone can be used as your greatest sales and marketing tool for convincing restaurant owners and managers that they need your washroom sanitation services. Offer the service for free for the first time as it only takes...

Conveyor Car Wash business. Start a simple car wash business that requires few employees. Business Overview When most people think of a car wash, they tend to think of an exterior-conveyor wash. These are the washes that put cars on a motorized track and drag them through a tunnel where they are rinsed, soaped up, washed, rinsed again and possibly waxed. The cars them emerge clean (and perhaps relatively dry) at the other end. Also fitting into this conveyor wash category is...

Resume Service business. Help people polish up their professional background with a resume service. Business Overview In spite of the fact that more than 50 percent of American and Canadian households have a computer system, starting a résumé service is still a fantastic new business to set in motion, as many people still require a professional touch in terms of the structure and format of their résumé. Once established, repeat business and word-of-mouth referrals will keep the...

Mobile Disc Jockey business. Bring tunes to the party as a mobile DJ. Business Overview If you've always wanted to be a radio personality, spinning records (or CDs) and entertaining your audience with your own patented brand of patter, then this could be just the business for you. As a mobile disc jockey, you'll roll to party locations, set up your equipment on-site and fill the night (or day) with music. You'll provide entertainment at all sorts of events, from weddings to...

Bed and Breakfast business. Create a cozy spot for travelers to rest with a B&B. Business Overview While a bed and breakfast is by definition a lodging that serves breakfast as part of the room rate, there are several different types of B&B properties ranging from intimate family homes with less than a handful of guest rooms to full-fledged country inns with a dozen or more rooms. Part of the charm of B&Bs is that each is a bit different, but they all fall somewhere within five...

Wallpapering Service business. Business Overview The demand for residential wallpapering has been on a steady decline for the past decade, with the exception of wallpaper decorative ceiling and wall borders. However, the demand for commercial wallpaper applications is on the rise, due to the fact that a wallpaper finish as opposed to a paint finish, lasts longer, is easier to maintain and, calculated over a usable life span, is half the cost of painting. Specializing in...

Online Business Directories business. An online collection of contact information for members of an industry can direct profits your way. Business Overview Like the printed counterparts, online business directories come in many forms and are very popular. This is a very competitive segment of the online advertising industry. However, with more than 1,000 businesses going online every day, the demand for this type of advertising service continues to grow. In a nutshell, an...