Computer Training Camp business. Teach kids to be computer experts with your tech knowledge. Business Overview Starting a computer training camp for children is a terrific new business venture to set in motion. In spite of the fact that many children now receive computer training in school, attending computer camps ensures parents and children a better and more complete understanding of the course material. The computer camps can be operated on a year-round basis or in the...

Charity Events business. Business Overview Do you want to start an advertising business that helps local charities raise much needed funding, while building a profitable business for yourself? If so, perhaps you should consider starting a business that organizes community charity events like golf tournaments and craft sales. The charities would receive all event admission fees while you would retain advertising revenues generated by selling advertising spaces in the event's...

Personal Chef business. Business Overview The dream of many an American these days is to throw open the door after a long day at the office and be greeted by the homey aroma of dinner in the oven. With more and more two-income families, bread-winning single parents and hardworking young singles, however, supper is more often than not of the TV-dinner variety. But if you like cooking and the warm, fuzzy feeling of nourishing hungry bodies and weary spirits, you can save the day...

Pool-Cleaning Service business. Help keep pools sparkling clean with a pool-cleaning service. Business Overview Swimming pools can be a haven on a hot day, a source of pride for homeowners, and a necessity for apartment and condominium complexes and hotels and motels. But keeping them pristine is not a job for the uninitiated or those with no time, and besides being unsightly, a dirty pool can be costly. Business owners whose pools don't meet local health department standards...

Waterbeds business. When a good set of springs aren't enough, offer nature's mattress. Business Overview Waterbeds helped form the social culture of the 1970s and though they are not as popular as they once were, if history has taught us anything, it is that it will always repeat itself. Starting a business now that manufactures and sells waterbeds may just put you ahead of the competition when waterbeds once again become all the rage. Parts for waterbeds, such as liners and...

Personal Concierge business. Help your client with tasks they're too busy to do on their own. Business Overview According to a recent report by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, there are nearly 16 million two-income families in this country. And when everybody's out in the workplace, no one's left at home to take care of all those little things that take up so much of a day -- things like finding a dinosaur birthday cake for a kid's party, tracking down a service to reweave...

Used Furniture Retailer business. Help others out of their financial hardships by picking out classic furniture to sell. Business Overview Purchasing secondhand furniture at auction sales, garage sales, from classified advertisements, and estate sales is the starting point for opening a used furniture store, or reselling secondhand furniture right from your home. There are a great number of benefits to starting a business that sells secondhand furniture: *. No special...

Packing/Unpacking Service business. Do the packing and unpacking work that clients don't have time to do themselves. Business Overview We live in a mobile society. The average American moves about once every two years -- but nobody likes the nitty-gritty of it. Even worse, in today's two-income families, nobody has the time to do all this work. But if you've got a penchant for boxing things up and you're organized and efficient, you can ease the process with a...

Personal Organizer business. Not everyone is as organized as your are -- and they want your help. Business Overview If you're a neat-a-holic, then this could be the business for you. As a personal organizer, you'll bust clutter in your clients' homes, neatly arranging kitchens, closets, file drawers, garages and attics, and teaching them to keep things tidy for easier, less stressful lives. Most personal organizers take on tasks in the corporate world as well, straightening...

Private Investigator business. Get paid to use your nosy nature as a private investigator. Business Overview As a private investigator, you'll delve into the secrets of people's lives and solve mysteries, but you'll spend far more time on the phone and at your computer than any fictional private eye ever does, and odds are you'll never be involved in high-speed chases or shootouts with bad guys. Instead, you'll perform background checks on prospective employees, tenants,...