Do you want to start your own business, but have no money or ideas? Well, today it's not a problem.

On the Internet, you will find many hundreds or even several thousand ideas for small businesses, and as for money, thanks to social networks and online advertising, it is possible to enter any market around the world in a couple of days, if you had a computer and basic skills to use it.

However, a list of business ideas, even with an approximate list of equipment and materials, is not really the answer to your question. Although here's to you. And still useful.

And in this article, let's figure out how you can open your own business with minimum investment and succeed. Like Andersen in snow queen, I hope that at the end of this article you will know a little more than you knew or knew at the beginning.

And at the end of the article I will answer on how to start your own business.

Starting a small business with the question “Why do I need my own business?”

First, let's figure out why you need to open your own business.

If you want to start your own business, to earn a lot you are more likely to be disappointed or disappointed. Many studies prove that small business owners earn less than employees with similar qualifications.

Small business is a lot of risk, a lot of work, a lot of bad decisions and a few right decisions, a constant struggle to make ends meet, pay taxes, payroll (payroll taxes) and finally leave some money for the owner. There are a lot of businesses (the same advertised beauty salons or yoga studios) where the owners actually receive LESS than top employees (a good master or a yoga trainer popular in the city).

Do you want to start a small business not to work for uncle? No one to report to?

Again, not that. First, clients are much more demanding and capricious bosses than 99% of the bosses at work. Secondly, do not forget that there are also officials, various supervisors, tax authorities - with all of them, believe me, doing business is no easier than with management at work.

Want be free to manage your schedule?

Well, here I’ll just answer with a joke: “Tired of working 5 days a week? Open your business and work 7 days a week!”

If you are not ready or not ready for the fact that you will have to work more than in a hired job, and you will earn less, it is better not to open your own business. It is better to find yourself a good job, understand it, constantly improve yourself and systematically make a career. And if you live in small town and you simply do not have worthy employers - move to a big one and make a career there.

Let's look at when it's still worth starting your own small business or choosing self-employment, which is essentially the same thing (I'll say right away, I'm omitting the situation when you want to create a new business, already having an existing one).

The first situation if you have a lot of money. Let's say you got a big inheritance, a couple of million dollars. It's somehow stupid to go to work with two lyamas even for 100 - 150 thousand rubles a month. Then yes, open your own small business, with small investments, so as not to take much risk in case of bankruptcy.

The second situation if you have absolutely no opportunity to work for hire. For example, you are caring for a sick relative, you can only work from home, and you have to work much less than a standard working day. Or you yourself / yourself are in the situation of a patient who needs to be looked after.

Finally, the third option. The most correct. When do you think that own business- This yours, this is your mission, your way to change the world for the better. You just can't imagine how you can waste your energy in other people's interests, to do something that you don't believe in. You don't even have to weigh anything, all these pros and cons. You don't care what the risks are. You are just one of those 2-3% of people who move our civilization forward (of course, not all of these people work in business).

Is it worth starting a business?

Watch the following video and think carefully.

So, if the third option is about you, then it is useless to dissuade you. Yes, and you don’t need it, you have everything to become not just one of the many small entrepreneurs who can hardly make ends meet, but to become a really successful and rich person (although there is still no guarantee, the only guarantee is you, how much once you're ready or ready to get up and start again when things go against you again).

And if the first or second option is about you? Well, then you still need to find the strength, energy and motivation to become the third option.

How can you open your business from scratch. Where to begin

There are two answers. One answer - you have to start with yourself as you might already guess.

You need to be ready or ready physically and mentally for the challenges that you have to overcome in order to start your own business, reach self-sufficiency, get the first significant profit and build a truly successful business. profitable business.

The second answer is start with what you have.

You will never have the perfect situation to start your own business. Money will never be enough. Time will always be insufficient, you will be convinced of this very soon, since you can work on your own business at least 20 hours a day, because every minute of yours used properly is the result in your business. Knowledge will always be insufficient, everything you still do not know and cannot know. Moment? No one knows when a new crisis will begin, a new panic in the market, a new war with neighbors.

By the way, the best time to start a business is in the past. You need to start a business, make a bunch of mistakes, start getting results, and then go back in time and repeat the whole process again, taking into account the experience gained. If such a gift is not inherited in your family, you do not have to choose.

So, if you have made up your mind or have made up your mind, just use Mark Twain's universal guide for beginners: "Get started."

How to start a small business? Start with yourself!

Before you start. Take care of your health

Health is now your asset, and not just something that can be okay or uncomfortable.

Read either Men's Health Russia or Woman's Health Russia.

There will be little time for sports (even if you decide to go into a business in the field of sports and fitness), and two hours a week to visit the fitness center may become a luxury.

But some you need to figure out a way to keep yourself in shape. If only because people think better when they are engaged in physical activity. There are a lot of studies that prove that pumping muscles, you also pump your brain (there are many factors here, starting from the fact that with each of your workouts, the capillary network grows simultaneously in both brains and muscles).

Besides, watch your diet. The resources of the Sect School will help you.

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Start and succeed. Boost your personal effectiveness

Perhaps the two main tips in this article are meditation and morning pages (there are other similar practices - a personal diary, freewriting, evening pages). Yes, few take the time to meditate or keep a personal diary. But few show outstanding results.

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And for freewriting and morning pages, there is the bomb service Writelight.

There is a timer and a leading question to start the practice. You set a timer for 5 minutes (I bet you will eventually want to set yourself 10 or 15 minutes), you get one of hundreds of leading questions, then a quote that will help you structure your thoughts and understand if there is something useful in what you wrote or wrote. Very often, new business ideas and solutions to painful problems in work and life will come out of the morning pages.

Have you started your own business? Feed your motivation!

Watch good trainings on Youtube, if possible, even go to some (if you live in a large city, there are free trainings from time to time).

On Youtube, at least follow Tony Robbins , Radislav Gandapas , Business Youth and guys from Business Relations.

Internal energy sources will die out if they are not developed.

So try to meditate today. Download Writelight today and try freewriting. And do not just try, but continue to do this every day for at least a month, there you will decide how to use these practices.

Let's say someone meditates once a day according to a schedule, someone - in moments of need. Someone like a bayonet writes three morning pages every day, someone uses several writing practices on a schedule or mood.

First business? Learn!

It is best to learn by doing, but without theoretical knowledge you will not go far either.

What should an aspiring entrepreneur learn? First of all, marketing. The MIF publishing house and everything that Igor Mann writes and says is a good start in this matter.

Secondly, everything related to the Internet and promotion on the Internet. Here you can start with the Yagla service blog.

The rest will tell you directly your work. Are you hiring people? Learn to manage them. Need to come up with a lot of ideas? Learn creative thinking. Do you have your own shop or cafe? Learn merchandising, retail management, follow food trends, etc.

Ideally, create your own business education program based on open sources and shuruy.

The main thing is that studying and watching motivational videos do not replace real work.

Of course, you need some period when you just need to “boil” in your ideas, in knowledge, in new information about the industry or about business in general (look at case studies, franchise descriptions, tips for aspiring entrepreneurs and various other materials). However, for many, this period drags on for years, if not for life. How to be here?

The ideal way out is to sign up for a hundred days with Armen Petrosyan. This is such a collective sprint, when a group of starters from various cities and countries simultaneously achieve their goals within a hundred days with the methodical help of an experienced mentor (however, there is only one mentor for all). Your goal will be to figure out what kind of business to do in a hundred days, sketch out a business plan, study the market and all that, in short, take the first steps towards your business.

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Don't have $100 to pay for a full course? Download the book and arrange a hundred days on your own.

How to start your business from scratch. Start with what is

A new entrepreneur has a lot of questions. What business to open? Take a loan or open on your own? original idea or a franchise? Quit your job, burn bridges, or start with a part-time job in the evenings and gradually increase your income? Which business idea to choose? Or maybe not one idea, but several at once? Do business with friends? Do business with relatives?

You will not find cheat sheets with the correct answers and a ready-made algorithm anywhere. Start, try, make decisions, make mistakes. You are bound to be wrong. You will definitely regret something. This is fine. Business is a lot of wrong decisions and a few right ones.

However, we will consider several misconceptions at once in order to sweep them away completely and irrevocably.

You can't start a business without money. A business can be opened even with the most minimal investment or no money at all. How to open your own business if there is no money? Thanks to word of mouth marketing, guerrilla marketing and SMM (if you don’t know what all this means - you have the first topics in the personal business education program), you will be able to attract customers at absolutely no financial cost. The main thing is that you have something to offer them.

Do not do business with friends or relatives. Do business with whom you see fit. I know many examples of successful businesses run by best friends or close relatives (two sisters, father and son). There are no rules and nothing is predetermined.

You can not open a business while working somewhere. It is quite possible to open a business, while having a permanent job, I will say more - this is a great option. You have the opportunity to do something of your own, experiment, make mistakes, but at the same time your head does not hurt whether there will be money to buy something to eat.

You should not "burn bridges", quit your job and rush headlong into your business. Being left without a guaranteed source of income and betting everything on your business idea is also a great option. Motivation goes off scale, you can devote maximum time to your work. You know what it's like, money always comes to you when you need it most.

You can not take on several business ideas at the same time. As I said, there are no rules. It is quite possible to try yourself in two areas at the same time, and then see what goes better.

The right way to start a business. What to start with

Now let's look at what you need to have when starting your own business. Note that all these things can and will change as your business expands, but at the start they should still be there.

In addition, my list does not meet the MECE principle, but I did not set a clear structuring as my goal. I just listed all the important things to consider as an aspiring entrepreneur.

Business idea

How to choose the best business idea to start your own business? For starters, you can look, in addition to our list of current ideas, we offer several links to high-quality sites with a huge number of ideas and cases.

There are a lot of options and strategies for finding a small business idea, but they can be reduced to two strategies. Or you are looking for some niche in which you see an opportunity to earn a lot. Or you choose a business to which the soul lies.

And of course, one more great way to start your own business should be mentioned - to open a franchise business. There's nothing wrong with franchises, though. best franchises, of course, cost not small money. So it's not the best affordable way business start.

So, naturally, there is always an option to start a business in a topic that you understand as a client or as an employee. For example, you use the services of some industry and you know for sure that companies in it do not improve in this or that. Sometimes you see an opportunity to make a cheaper or better product than is already on the market. Or you may notice that you personally or clients, partners of your employer lack a certain product.

Do you have a good idea? Believe in yourself. At least test it. Perhaps the market will immediately tell you that your idea is what you need. It is more likely that the response will be mixed or negative. In any case, you will start something and you will have material to think about.

Another great option is to monetize what you know how to do and love to do, whether it's a job, a calling, or a hobby. Do you love to sew? Try to offer sewing to order, for starters, relatives and friends. Can you work with your hands? So, you can make furniture to order or provide simple repair services. Is the head good? See what services you could offer to friends who already have their own business. Everyone needs marketing, everyone needs work with websites and social networks, everyone needs a service for computers and office equipment, and you never know what else.

Many people are specifically looking for an idea, read success stories, see what is interesting in other cities or in other countries. Franchise directories are another good way find a popular idea, see what people are doing, and then reproduce, copy, improve.

Business ideas are lying around underfoot, so look, sort through, think, we have.

But a business idea is far from being a business. Remember that very often the initial product is very different from what the entrepreneurial team wanted to bring to market in the first place. So test, see what happens, think about how you can make money in this industry.

Testing is again convenient to carry out in the format of a hundred days. I will tell you more about testing at the very end.

Business plan

The main thing in a business plan is its presence. It doesn't matter what is written there. It doesn't matter if it can be implemented. It is important that when you write a business plan, you analyze the market, your opportunities, potential, prospects, as well as competitors.

Writing a business plan is a great exercise in itself. But it shouldn't be dogma. an example of a business plan for a company in your industry or a related industry.

The only moment if you are counting on a start with a quick payback in your business plan is to think at least for yourself and less optimistic options.

Competitive strategy

Competitive strategy is often neglected. Indeed, in practice the classical competitive strategy according to Michael Porter, it is difficult to develop and implement, and for a start-up business it is simply unrealistic, since you don’t know which of the ideas will eventually work and which won’t.

Positioning

Positioning is neglected as often as competitive strategy, but in vain! is a clearly defined position in the mind of the consumer that your product will occupy. The position should justify the value of your product for the client and the difference between your product and analogues or competitors. Even the most small business should be clear about the desired positioning.

In the event that you offer something unique that has never been before, positioning should link your idea with the already existing consumer experience.

Command

Work alone, hire employees, freelancers, or call friends and family for help?

The decision is yours, but we can say for sure that it is best to start with some kind of “support group”, at least.

Ideally, in my opinion, it is worth attracting a partner or several partners. It’s not bad if they are friends or fairly good acquaintances, in this case you don’t need a “grinding in” period, you initially know who is capable of what, it is likely that a certain hierarchy has already been established between you.

If there are no partners, find someone with whom you can at least discuss your ideas, your business.

Just don’t listen to the “critics” who throw mud at you, look for weaknesses in your ideas, or simply moan that nothing can be done in our country. Communicate with those who support you and give good advice.

If a person does not believe in you and says that you will not succeed, contact him at a minimum.

Is it possible to start a business right now?

Resources

First, evaluate what you have. Money, time, knowledge, premises, equipment, materials - it goes without saying. Evaluate more connections, skills, competencies, experience, reputation, personal characteristics. See what you need, what you want. What is missing?

Next, evaluate how to make the most of what you have. How to get what is missing (for example, you need to take an advance payment for orders if you need some materials). How and with what to replace the resources that are not enough.

Remember that even the smallest resources can be used effectively. Let's say 100 rubles a month is not enough. But for 100 rubles you can already register a domain, for example. But 1200 rubles is already enough money to start an advertising campaign in Yandex.Direct.

Successful business start

Starting strategy

So, the choice of a business idea has been made, you understand how your product is better than competitors, analogues and substitutes, you soberly assess the size of the market, then?

And then think about how you will start the first two or three months. Sit down and write down everything you need to do. Try to structure and plan it somehow. As a planning method, a simple to-do list is sufficient, with an approximate breakdown by weeks or months.

Perhaps it is a well-thought-out promotion strategy that is the most important thing in the successful start of a small business with a minimal budget.

Marketing strategy

Marketing strategy includes positioning, promotion, and competitive strategy. So, we can say that we have already discussed this.

However, I will talk separately about the marketing strategy, because I want to draw your attention to the term marketing mix. Ask what 4P, 5P, 7P are, these are all theories, but they can help you formulate positioning or even come up with "chips" for promotion.

Well, I'll just leave here another useful video with ideas.

Test strategy

Everything thought out or thought out, but you continue to doubt? Test! There are several ways to test a business idea on a budget.

For starters, you can try to "sell" through cold calls a product that does not yet exist. Just call your potential customers and try to offer them your product, product, service.

You can also test online. Put your product on Avito, make a landing page and buy some traffic, promote the group on social networks (as an option, make a profile on behalf of the company and like the posts of people who can be potential customers, so you will draw their attention to yourself and see if they are interested their product is basically yours).

So try it and it is possible that instead of a test you will get a quick business start.

Finally. Time to start a business!

Many people have made their successful business, you are no worse, and you will succeed. Many people tried once, twice, three times - they failed. But then they succeeded. I know a man who made eleven unsuccessful businesses but succeeded with the twelfth! I know a team that has done about 600 projects on the brink of payback, but made millions of dollars on about 601st. Ever tried. Ever failed. no matter. try again. fail again. Fail better."

You will succeed. Everything will be cool.

P.S.

I will answer in one paragraph some of the questions that concern aspiring entrepreneurs.

There are two trends that determine the relevance of small business today. Firstly, a business that will help people save money in a crisis is relevant. For example, a service for renting things, an atelier, a workshop for repairing equipment, or even furniture restoration services. Secondly, business is relevant, which will allow people to solve conscious, but not yet resolved problems. For example, in many small towns and in some remote areas of large cities there are very few cafes, not a single allergen and healthy food store, not a single high-quality restaurant, not a single private kindergarten, although such needs have already been formed. See the list and our list.

What is the most profitable business in the countryside?

The most profitable option rural business is an intermediary business. You buy products from farmers and peasants, and sell them in a large city. If you think this sounds a bit like from the 90s - you think. Today, such a business is not easy to do, but the prospects, including in terms of profit, are colossal. You just need to become not the middleman who buys cheap and sells wholesale to shops and vegetable stores, but the middleman who buys raw materials and prepares branded products and high-quality semi-finished products from it (homemade dumplings, etc.). You can sell directly to consumers (via the Internet), as well as through small stores focused on healthy food.

Which business has little competition?

There is little competition in many small towns, and demand in many small towns will be quite decent. Just think, where in a large city is there an area with a population of 10-20 thousand people without a single cafe or gym? Another area in which there is very little competition today is allergenic and healthy food products. It just seems that this is a very narrow niche, in fact, there are a lot of allergy sufferers and people with special nutritional needs today, and with our ecology, there are only more of them every year. If you want a nationwide scale, pay attention to the production of environmentally friendly and healthy food products, as well as eco-friendly household chemicals. Russian and Belarusian manufacturers have already begun to appear here, but there are still enough product categories in which only very expensive European brands are represented.

How to start your business on the Internet?

I am assuming that you have already chosen a niche for creating an Internet business. In this case, start with traffic analysis, use the Yandex.Wordstat service. Is there traffic in the niche? Then make a website. Read the material about how even a full teapot will figure it out. If the business is informational, that is, a blog or article site, start with articles and posts that people will link to. That is, it should be useful information that cannot be found on other sites. If you want to create an online store, make a good landing for a specific product and give a test advertising campaign (read how to do this in the article about creating a site from scratch).

Where to get money for business?

by the most the best way 3F formula is considered to raise money for a startup: Friends (friends), Fools (fools) and Family (family).

1. Friends. A very common source of initial capital, it can be friends with whom you create a business (their role may be limited to investments).
2. Fools. Unqualified investors who are easily lured into financing even dubious undertakings.
3. Family. An ideal source of seed capital, many successful millionaires started businesses with money borrowed from their aunts, uncles, grandparents or parents (a great example is Richard Branson, his aunt once took out a loan against her home, which allowed Branson to open a record label ).

How much money do you need to start a business?

You can start a business with no money at all. Choose the area where you can get prepayment from customers, or do a business that, in principle, does not require any investments.

How to start your own business without money?

Provide domestic services, look for customers through Avito and through acquaintances. You can immediately receive cash flow, but for serious success, each client must be treated with maximum attention. Promise a lot and create more value. Or take a 50% advance payment from customers, which will allow you to finance the work necessary to complete the order.

What business to open with minimal investment?

Ten the best options for a business with minimal investment (anyone can open it, almost no skills are required, you can open it within 1-2 months, they will give you revenue immediately):

1. Resale of goods from the Internet. Goods can be collected from trade aggregators (AliExpress), as well as online auctions (eBay) and other sites (Etsy, Amazon, Ikea). The delivery time of goods on these sites can be more than a month, bulk purchases often give discounts, there is a risk of running into defective goods. As for Ikea, there are simply no stores in most Russian cities. So the intermediary business in this niche is in demand. You can resell both offline and online.
2. Sale of imported goods. Any person has an acquaintance or acquaintance of acquaintances who lives abroad. You can organize a direct supply chain for scarce goods from abroad here using this kind of personal connection. Today, food products banned in the country (but tasty) are in great demand, foreign medicines are always expensive (it is known that even drugs with the same name or active ingredient in Europe and the USA are much better than in the CIS, for many patients this is critical). There will always be a demand for exotic goods from Asia - shoes, clothing, spices and incense. You can sell both online and offline.
3. Local Express delivery, representation of an online store. Any large online store strives to create a large network of pickup points, you can easily open a pickup point that cooperates with several online stores at once. A good overview of the conditions for opening points of various online stores.
4. Food from the village. IN countryside you can find a lot of quality food - good chicken eggs, quality meat, greens, vegetables. All this, as a rule, comes to urban residents with great difficulty. You can find good suppliers in the countryside and then find consumers in the city. How to find consumers? Call relatives and friends, create and promote an account on social networks, contact quality restaurants and private kindergartens (they try to cook from quality products, but it is difficult to find them, so you will be welcome). Produce food and healthy semi-finished products from purchased raw materials, or order them from the same farmers (dumplings, meatballs, canned vegetables, jam). Build your brand from the very beginning.
5. Aerial photography with a quadcopter. A good quadcopter can be found at a price of $ 200, you will have to learn how to fly and work with hardware and some software for a quadcopter, you can search for clients through Avito, wedding agencies and event agencies.
6. Healthy homemade food. There are many foods that can be easily prepared in a regular home kitchen with minimal cooking skills: peanut butter, urbech (nut butter), nut-honey mixes, dumplings and homemade preserves, in principle, even chocolate can be prepared at home.
7. vending business. A used vending machine will cost from $ 100, but if funds allow, it is better to take the machine under a franchise (in this case, you will be prompted both for filling the machine and for maintenance), in addition, franchisors sometimes allow you to rent the machine, and not buy immediately.
8. Cleaning service. A small cleaning agency can be created with an investment of around 10 thousand rubles, however, do not skimp on the highest quality household chemicals, for example, from Amway, this will not only show you as a professional, but also make your work much easier. Look for the first clients on ad sites, and also call real estate agencies (they prefer to show buyers a clean apartment) and people who rent apartments by the day.
9. Web design. Website development today is the kind of activity that can be mastered very quickly with minimal computer literacy skills (if you are not reading this article on printouts, you probably have them). Read our article about that, and you will make great websites for customers.
10. Growing microgreens and herbs. Microgreens (sprouts and small plants) are a very healthy food product, but you can hardly find them in Russian stores. Microgreens (sunflower, radish, mint) grow very fast, so you can make your first shipment within a week of finding a retail outlet. In addition, growing herbs in the kitchen is very common abroad (both for cooking and for entourage). Where is the business opportunity here? The client buys, for example, a bush of rosemary and a bush of mint. They stand in the kitchen and benefit for about a month. Then, as a rule, new order, and, perhaps, the client will want other greens - oregano, basil, oregano, lemon balm. You can offer customers up to several dozen types of herbs and even garden berries.

What kind of business to franchise?

Here is a list of ten ideal (well, almost) franchises. All these companies are distinguished by a thoughtful and understandable business model, active assistance from the franchisor, a strong brand, huge prospects for franchisees, as well as a relatively low entry threshold (franchises above 5 million were not considered).

1. orange elephant . Stores for goods children's creativity from the international network, the minimum entry threshold is only 295 thousand rubles. You can only open a store, but it is better to combine a store and a children's art studio. The cheapest option on our list, but as a business for every day, perhaps the most difficult in a crisis.
2. Tea Funny. The simplest format of a cafe with various interesting drinks and desserts can be opened with 323 thousand rubles. A great option for a large city, keep in mind that consumers are mainly schoolchildren and students. So in a small town with a predominantly older population, it may not go. Read also a good interview of the creator of the brand with Forbes magazine.
3. SDEC. A representative office of the logistics operator CDEK can be opened with 350 thousand rubles, and 200 thousand rubles will be a lump-sum contribution.
4. Tele2 . You can open your own mobile phone salon under the Tele2 brand from 500 thousand rubles. The uniqueness of the project is that mobile operator franchisees help a lot, especially where there are few salons under their brand. They will help you find a place, make repairs, even compensate for a significant part of the rent (the specific conditions of support vary depending on the region). Firstly, so that there are more Tele2 stores on the streets, and secondly, so that you invest the maximum amount of money in the purchase of goods, because a good choice of both smartphones and additional accessories is important for a client.
Bonape are also good) - this is an ideal option for a small town where bakeries are not yet so common. You can open a bakery under the Dobropek brand with 2.7 million rubles(Bonape will cost less).
5. Beans. Grocery Store Franchise. Relatively new project from famous company Metro Cash & Carry, in Moscow, the first franchisee stores were opened in 2015, in other regions - later. You will have to invest in the store from 3.5 million rubles, if you open from scratch, but many franchisees will re-equip existing stores, fitting into amounts up to a million. There are royalties and fees, but they are purely symbolic, basically, Metro Cash & Carry is interested in the stable sale of their goods through franchisee stores.
6. subway. The world famous fast food chain, the largest, by the way, in the world today. You will have to invest in the first point from 4 million rubles(but better - about 5 million), you will need to learn how to cook sandwiches and pass the exam (however, nothing complicated). The starting room is quite large - from 40 sq.m. Many franchisees open 10 outlets or more, which confirms the quality of the franchise.
7. Dodo Pizza . Russian network a pizzeria that opens its establishments in the US, what else can I say? A franchise thought out to the smallest detail, investments are high - from 4.5 million rubles according to the simplest option (pizza to order, without seats). Franchisees will have to work for some time at the chain's flagship pizzeria in Syktyvkar in order to immerse themselves in the corporate culture and learn all the intricacies of the business.

How to get a loan to start a small business?

No bank issues a loan to start a business, you will have to take a regular consumer loan, but in no case tell the loan manager that you are taking a loan to open a business, you may be refused.

How to promote a start-up business?

Start with three things.

1. Make a good website. And also start an advertising campaign in contextual advertising, you will meet 1,500 rubles a month for everything, we have material about.
2. Make direct sales. It is very important to try to sell to some customers face to face. Make them your offer, listen to their objections (why they don't buy) and think about how to work with these objections. Subscribe to the channel of Nastasya Belochkina, an excellent sales professional.
3. Incorporate word-of-mouth marketing mechanisms. Exceed the client's expectations and do unexpected, useful things for the client that he wants to talk about. Give paired discounts, a 10% discount to a new client and a 10% discount to an old client, on whose recommendation a new client came.

On the Internet you will find several thousand small business ideas. However, a list of business ideas and business plans is not really what you need.

Hello, dear readers of the “site”! In this article, we will look at business ideas with minimal investment, what small business ideas are relevant in 2019, and what business in a small town can be opened from scratch.

Many people who want to start their own business are held back by a lack of start-up capital. But in fact there are business ideas with little investment just not everyone knows about them. We wrote this article for those who are thinking about starting their own business, but are looking for ideas for their small business or money. We hope that this article will help many aspiring entrepreneurs get closer to their goal.

The article discusses promising business ideas with minimal investment, what business ideas exist in a small town, and what kind of home business can be opened from scratch for a novice entrepreneur

Your idea does not have to be so brilliant that it can change the world, although this is possible. No, first of all the idea must be relevant and profitable. But it is equally important that you like it yourself.

Even now, when many firms are failing or liquidating, there are profitable niches in the market. And you can take one of them.

A collection of such ideas, in fact, is this article. In it you will find small business ideas with minimal investment suitable for men and women, pensioners and students, residents of small towns and large cities.

We will also consider projects that can be started at home, without any start-up capital, production, or a car. Everything is possible if you set the right goal at the very beginning!

2. What kind of business can be opened with minimal investment in 2019 - 5 relevant business niches

There are areas of business where you can start your own business and earn income even in our time of crisis.

Profitable business niches include:

1. Services sector;
2. infobusiness;
3. Resale of goods;
4. Handmade;
5. Internet business.

In all these areas, you can start with minimal investment, usually the amount of expenses less than 15 000 rubles, and may be even less. Such an amount, if desired, can be accumulated by any citizen of Russia and the CIS, regardless of income level.

For example To start earning online, a small amount of investment is enough. As an option - trading in the financial market. The main thing here is to choose the right brokerage company. Many successful traders work through this broker.

Tip 1. The thought up idea of ​​business should be pleasant to you

According to experts, with all my heart, you can only do what you really love. The same was said by the great Steve Jobs.

Tip 2. The business idea must also be well-sold

In addition to personal interests and preferences, there are market trends . Consider them when choosing an idea, because you open your business not only for the soul, but also for the sake of earning. You may be very fond of making models or knitting hats for hamsters, but it is impossible to earn a lot in these niches.

Tip 3. The idea of ​​​​creating a business must be unique

Yes, in 21 century it is difficult to invent something fundamentally new. But you must clearly understand how your offer will differ from the activities of competitors.

Worth considering! If you are not unique, you will merge with others in your niche. In this case, customers will not care who they buy from.

Your task is to interest customers, make them remember you and come back to you. This is the only way you can earn big money. Uniqueness may be for example, in the price or properties of the goods. We also recommend that you read our detailed review of earnings without investments in the article - "".

Tip 4. Use personal experience and skills when creating a business

Already acquired competencies can help you in business, even if you do not like them.

For example, if you worked as a waiter, consider opening your own cafe.

Tip 5 Consider using the Internet to earn money

Nowadays almost every business is somehow connected with it. This quite often helps to save time and money for novice entrepreneurs.

The following situations can serve as an example:

• If you love and know how to communicate, consider whether you should do online learning;
• And if you are an introvert, you can do activities that do not require you to talk a lot with people, for example, website development or sale of hand-made in the social network.

Well, if your mood to create your own business is not knocked down, then we move from theory to specific proposals.

Starting a business from scratch - 5 business ideas with minimal investment

4. Which small business is better to open - TOP-5 business ideas from scratch for start-up entrepreneurs

Business idea number 1. Earnings on Avito

Every Internet user knows that Avito is the largest free classifieds site in our country.

Millions of users visit it every day, some of which want something buy, while others are sell. And you can make good money acting as an intermediary between the first and second.

Many people who have unnecessary things are too busy to post ads on the Internet and answer calls, much less travel somewhere for a meeting. You can help them by taking on the hassle of selling and get your percentage of the item's value.

You can also earn income by posting goods from China on this site. If your resale business goes well, in time you will be able to open your own online store.

Business idea number 2. Holiday agency

Despite the crisis, people continue to celebrate weddings, birthdays, corporate parties and graduations.

IN 2019 profitability in this area fell↓ due to cuts in event budgets. However, for a beginner, this will in any case be a good alternative to regular work. This business requires almost no investment.

A good option is to spend only children holidays . Children know how to have fun and are less demanding on the quality of organization. And for parents, the main thing is that the child is happy.

The most important thing in this business is to recruit a team professional artists and advertise themselves. For starters, you can hold several holidays for friends and acquaintances so that they start talking about you, and you collect your portfolio.

Business idea number 3. Advertising agency

If you have a rich imagination and minimal leadership skills, this option will suit you. team advertising agency may consist of all 2 -3 people who can draw creative designs and come up with stories for advertising. Profitability in this area is quite high.

But while your business is still small, don't quit your day job. Fulfill orders in the evenings or in your free time. Experts recommend quit only when you have a steady flow of profitable orders.

As you already understood, you will work in this area from home via the Internet. It is desirable to have start-up capital , which can be spent on advertising to get the first orders.

Invest the first profit in the technical furnishing of the home office - buy the most modern computer, laptop, phone, tablet etc. This will greatly simplify your life in the future.

You can also find information about PR techniques and creating a stable flow of orders on the worldwide web. Measure the effectiveness of your activities by the number of completed projects and regular customers. Compare data across months and quarters to see where you're headed.

Business idea number 4. Husband for an hour

Contrary to stereotypes, not only women, but also men use such services. At the very beginning of the activity, you will not need any expenses other than advertising your own services.

There are 2 ways to use this business idea:

Method 1. If friends and acquaintances call you "handyman", then you can independently search for orders and fulfill them . When the number of orders is consistently high, it is worth thinking about purchasing car if you don't already have it. Being on wheels, you will be able to quickly go to the call, as well as serve more customers living in different areas of the city;

Method 2. if you have leadership skills, you may not provide services personally, but hire a team of craftsmen piecework payment for the number of completed orders. In this case, your tasks will be the reception and distribution of calls, quality control of the services provided.

Of course, with the second method, you will earn more. However, if you are not yet confident in your abilities, start from the first. Many service owners "Husband for an hour" started as simple craftsmen.

Business idea number 5. Photo and video studio

Creation and discovery photo and video studios a very profitable business, since the scope can be very diverse.

Photo and video filming is often used during various celebrations (from private birthdays and weddings to large corporate parties).

What kind of business can be opened in a small town from scratch - 8 profitable and promising business ideas for a small town with minimal investment

5. Business ideas with minimal investment in a small town - TOP 8 business ideas in a small town with little investment

Next business ideas for a small town with minimal investment can be successfully implemented in settlements where the number of inhabitants is from 10 000 before 100 000 human.

Please note that the above ideas can be profitable and promising not only in small towns and villages, but also in large metropolitan areas.

Business Idea #1. Cargo transportation

Due to the increase in the number of online stores in recent years, the demand for cargo transportation services has risen. This idea fits to open your own business in a village or a small town, as residents of any locality that has the Internet make purchases there.

Contrary to the delusion you don't need your own car to get started.

You can earn more money by acting as intermediary, connecting transportation customers and auto couriers with each other and receiving a percentage from each transaction.

If you decide to buy a car for this business on credit, keep in mind that until the loan is fully repaid, your profit will be almost zero.

Opportunities for income growth are unlimited, over time you can invest profits in opening a branch in another city.

Business Idea #2. Breeding farm animals

In small towns, many people live on private plots. If you are not a staunch vegetarian, consider raising livestock and poultry.

As a rule, even in small villages, products Agriculture, such as meat, milk, eggs is in demand among summer residents and motorists passing through the village.

However, before starting such a business, you must:

• make sure there is a demand and understand how big it is;
• learn as much as possible about the business in order to further use it for your own purposes;
• be sure to consult with a veterinarian or zootechnologist about the features of keeping, feeding and possible treatment of the type of animal you have chosen.

For instance: Very profitable to breed rabbits . Their fertility has become the subject of many jokes. Rabbit fur, meat, and the animals themselves sell fairly well. Rabbit has a high biological value, as well as hypoallergenic. Therefore, families with children or just people who adhere to a healthy diet will be happy to purchase a farm product from you.

The price for a live rabbit starts from 800 rubles and can reach 4 500 rubles, the exact amount depends on its breed, size, weight and health status.

Business Idea #3. Small household services

In whatever city you live, you have definitely seen the tiny rooms in which they provide shoe repair and key making services . Surely, many of them more than once rescued in an unforeseen situation. Meanwhile, opening such an item is quite simple.

To open such a business, you will need:

• room rental from 5 sq. m.;
• shoe racks;
• tool for shoemaking and metal work.

If you have golden hands, you can provide services yourself. However, it is better to hire 2 -x foremen to work in shifts while you develop the business.

Over time, you will be able to open several similar points in different places or even districts. While there is a crisis in the country, you will have a stable flow of orders - people with limited funds repair shoes instead of buying new ones .

Business Idea #4. Cosmetic services

Here is a good home business idea for women. Many of them can do haircuts, manicure, henna painting and other procedures to their girlfriends. Some consider it as a hobby, others as friendly help, and still others begin to advertise themselves and eventually find their regular customers.

List of rendered cosmetic services as follows:

• Coloring;
• styling;
• Braiding;
• Weaving dreadlocks;
• Solemn make-up;
• Temporary henna tattoos;
• Manicure;
• Pedicure;
• Massage, etc.

At the same time, you do not need expensive rent for a beauty salon. Most cosmetologists provide their services at the customer's home, which is additionally appreciated by clients.

In the field of cosmetology, it is easiest to build a cooperation between the master and the client, which lasts for years. At the same time, your business will not lose its relevance.- women take care of themselves even in the most difficult times.

In the future, you will be able to sell personal care products, open beauty saloon or lead master classes for women on the topic of cosmetology.

Business idea number 5. Tutoring

This idea repels many because of the apparent high competition. In fact, a good tutor is worth its weight in gold, his contacts are passed on to each other by the mothers of schoolchildren and students.

Even if you live in a small town, you can teach students from all over the country using Skype.

IMPORTANT! Easiest way to find a job during the period of preparation of schoolchildren for admission to universities.

At this time, the demand for such services increases sharply and even a tutor without experience can find students.

You can teach any subject that you know well yourself. Universities have a large selection of faculties and specialties, and there will definitely be a demand for your services. Having established himself as a specialist, for an hour of a lesson you can get several thousand rubles.

It is worth considering that it is possible to teach not only sciences, but also practical skills, for example , playing the guitar or roller skating. Every person who has a hobby can earn money by teaching others his craft.

Business Idea #6. Dining room

A business based on the sale of food will never lose its relevance. . In small towns there is often a problem with establishments Catering. Large restaurant chains do not pay for such settlements attention, and the quality of food and service in local canteens leaves much to be desired.

If you open a cozy place where delicious food and polite communication, then soon you will not end up with visitors. It is better to start with a small cafe, just 5 -10 tables. When you get a stable high profit, you can expand or open an additional branch.

It's important to understand that the opening of even a small institution requires the presence of start-up capital. However, catering is one of the most profitable business sectors.

Therefore, if you keep the brand, monitor the quality of the prepared dishes and the level of communication with customers, then your establishment will become famous over time and all investments will pay off.

IN 21 century everything more people prefer to earn without leaving home. This applies not only to professionals providing services via the Internet, but also to businessmen.

Business idea number 7. Handmade

Every person who knows how to make beautiful things with his hands, can earn by selling their products.

The income of famous masters reaches several thousand dollars a month, people line up with them to buy an exclusive handmade item.

To start earning, you need the following:

• exhibit your products Avito or Fair of Masters ;
• place ads on social media. In contact with And Instagram best suited for this purpose;
• participate in offline fairs that are held in each city;
• print business cards and distribute them to customers and friends.

Invest part of the profits in yourself, in learning new techniques, buying materials and tools.

In addition to selling your products, you can also teach needlework to everyone by holding paid master classes .

Business idea number 8. Studio

In fact, this can be called hand-made, which we talked about above. So what's the difference?

• Firstly, in the atelier not only sew clothes, but also repair finished ones.
• Secondly, there is less creativity here, the seamstress often mechanically fulfills the client's order or works with him in collaboration.

To open a home studio, you only need sewing machine related skills and advertising. It is not necessary to purchase materials in advance, seamstresses buy them from an advance payment taken for the order.

The clothing business is also making good money in times of crisis, with people fixing clothes instead of buying new ones and ordering replicas of designer items they can't afford.

Best Ideas business at home - 9 attractive business ideas

6. Home Business Ideas - 9 Promising Home Business Ideas

Starting a home business is an attractive line of income generation. Such activities are perfect for those who, for whatever reason, cannot work traditionally in the office.

There are many options for such activity. Described below 9 most promising business ideas at home.

Idea 1. Services for animals

The niche of services for animals is quite wide. At the same time, the required investments are minimal. Usually enough to start a business 20 000 rubles.

Funds will be needed for the following needs:

• purchase of various goods and materials;
• organization of the workspace;
• advertising their services on the Internet and in print media.

Among the services for animals provided at home, the most common are:

• Beauty Salons;
• tailoring;
• organization of hotels for animals.

It is important to take into account that the provision of most services requires special knowledge and skills.

Idea 2. Atelier for repair and tailoring

Such services at home can be provided by anyone who has the appropriate skills. It is important to purchase quality equipment . This will require about 50 000 rubles.

As an option, clothes for repair can be picked up from customers directly at home, after which they can be delivered there. To reduce transport costs at first, you can take orders exclusively in nearby areas.

The important thing is to do your job. as quickly and efficiently as possible. Then, in the near future, the fame of the services provided will spread throughout the district. This will lead to an increase in demand.

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Idea 3. Cooking courses

Today, many people attend various culinary courses to learn how to cook well. This can bring quite a serious income to those who conduct such classes.

To provide training services in the art of cooking it is not necessary to organize a studio, you can learn how to cook in your own kitchen. At the same time, if the area allows, classes can be held at once for several people.

On average, the initial investment in the organization of culinary courses is about 10 000 rubles.

Note! To organize such a business, you may not have a specialized education. It is enough to know how to cook well.

To conduct a cooking course, you will need:

• purchase kitchen utensils designed for all participants of the courses. If your courses are popular, you might consider partnering with a kitchenware company. Thus, you will advertise their products and receive additional income from this;
• monitor the availability of necessary products, replenish them in a timely manner. You should think in advance where you can buy products High Quality at the lowest prices;
• organize the workplaces of students so that everyone can comfortably and clearly see the cooking process. You either have to take courses to 2 -3 person, or get additional cooking surfaces.

Idea 4. Growing various vegetables and fruits

The business of growing various vegetables and fruits is seasonal. Therefore, it is best used to generate additional income.

Such an activity would be most suitable for homeowners who like to spend time in gardens. Most of these jobs are done by pensioners.. Growing flowers, as well as seedlings, can be attributed to the same area of ​​\u200b\u200bhome business.

Experts recommend start a business with a small amateur cultivation. Only after the development of a quality client base, as well as the acquisition of serious experience, you can begin to expand production.

This kind of business has 2 main expense items:

1. purchase and development of land. The acquired land must be suitable for growing plants and receive sufficient insolation. No less important is the territorial location, on which transport costs depend;
2. purchase of necessary equipment : pitchforks, rakes, greenhouses, plant watering systems, as well as seeds and soil.

If you plan a large-scale production of vegetables and fruits, you should additionally purchase special equipment . To facilitate the work, you will need a tractor with various attachments, as well as a combine. Naturally, in this case costs will increase many times over.

IMPORTANT! In order to sell products to retail outlets, it is necessary to pass state registration, as well as apply to Rospotrebnadzor for the preparation of documentation for manufactured products.

You will have to obtain certificates, declarations and other papers required by law.

Compared to products offered in the store, vegetables and fruits from the dacha have advantage , because grown with minimal fertilizer without the use of nitrates. And as you know, now many people tend to use environmentally friendly products.

Idea 5. Livestock

Animal breeding can also prove to be a lucrative business. However, for this activity large areas required. Therefore, it is best to engage in such a business in a village (rural area).

This business requires the entrepreneur to invest in:

• The bulk of the funds will go to acquisition of young to be used for breeding. Its cost is largely determined by what animals it is decided to breed, as well as from the breed;
• In addition, funds will be needed for associated costs (purchase of feed, as well as payment for veterinary services).

As a start-up capital, you will need at least 50 000 rubles. The upper bar is not limited by anything.

If you decide to breed cats or dogs , you will have to take into account the cost of participation in exhibitions, as a type of necessary expenses. To sell animals more expensive, you should provide for the paperwork for the pedigree.

Breeding rabbits is also popular. They require specially built cages, feeders and drinkers. However, such a business can bring considerable income, because you can get both meat and fur from rabbits.

It should be borne in mind that animal husbandry can bring good profit, but such an activity is quite complicated. It will require not only special knowledge, but also a large amount of physical strength.

Idea 6. Making fish food

The fish food business has a very high profitability level. There is no need to keep fish. You just have to find a reservoir in which live food lives: pipe makers, cyclops and others.

To increase the shelf life of the finished feed, you will have to purchase freezer . It is on it that the main funds of the initial investment will go. Besides , it will take a lot of time to carefully study the information provided on the Internet and understand how to harvest food.

Equally important is finding enough clients . But do not be afraid, because aquarists often trust private manufacturers much more than industrial ones.

Idea 7. Breeding fish at home

Today there is a demand on the market for fish products, both large fish-breeding enterprises and private firms.

Breeding does not require a lot of time. Every day you have to spend no more 5 hours. If you have enough knowledge, you can not only quickly recoup your investment, but also receive regular high profits.

Take note! To avoid the problem of business seasonality, it is worth organizing breeding fish in artificial reservoirs.

Can be used at home pool growing method . This option is suitable for breeding pike, salmon, bream, perch and carp.

Sometimes businessmen organize mini-reservoirs directly in the basement of their own house, using barrels and small bathtubs for this purpose.

Idea 8. Breeding worms at home

Breeding worms is far from the most popular type of business. However, the possibility of organizing vermifarms at low costs and minimal labor efforts allow us to consider this business as quite promising.

There are several ways to earn income from breeding worms at home:

1. Sales to fishermen. Many fishing enthusiasts do not want to spend time looking for worms. It is much easier to purchase them in specially created outlets. For quality fishing, about 50 worms, while the cost of each can reach 3 -x rubles. Accordingly, from each fisherman you can get up to 150 rubles .
2. Sale of grown worms to bird and fish breeders, as well as pet stores for food. Some species of birds and fish are required to introduce live food into the diet. With their breeders, you can arrange regular supplies of earthworms.
3. Sale to summer residents, farmers, as well as large farmers of vermicompost, which is the result of the vital activity of worms. It is an organic fertilizer with high nutritional properties. Collection of vermicompost is carried out 1 times every 1 -1,5 month.
4. Supply of worms to pharmaceutical companies. Some of them acquire earthworms for the manufacture of medicines.

Idea 9. Breeding crayfish at home

How to breed crayfish home-based business in Russia has not yet gained serious popularity. However, the high efficiency of such activities has already been proven.

Crayfish breeding attracts entrepreneurs with the following advantages:

• minimum initial investment;
• low competition;
• quite high demand;
• minimum labor costs for breeding and care.

Among the shortcomings of the business, many call:

• long payback period;
• seasonality.

The last problem is solved by breeding crayfish at home. For this, they are used artificial reservoirs And special aquariums .

Moreover, with home breeding, it is much easier to control the crayfish population. The only condition- you will have to fully control the quality of water, as well as its circulation.

Practice confirms that even in the presence of shortcomings, such a business can generate significant income.

TOP 10 home business ideas for men and women

7. What home business to open - TOP 10 home business ideas for men and women with minimal investment

You can work at home to generate income various activities. However, it should be borne in mind that some types of work are primarily suitable for men or women. Therefore, below are various business ideas for each gender separately.

7.1. Home business ideas for men

Home business ideas for men

In most cases, men are invited to engage in production and repair. Described below 5 ideas for men to start your business from scratch. As a rule, these are business ideas in the field of production.

1. Production of furniture without a frame

Today bean bags are used everywhere. They can be found in offices, apartments (in living rooms, children's and bedrooms), in summer cottages.

Such a business is attractive because the production of such chairs is not difficult. There is no need to make a special frame. To make a chair, it is enough to sew case and stuff it filler.

In addition to bean bags, you can offer your customers special granules, which allow you to independently adjust the stiffness in accordance with your desires. To increase demand, you can expand the range by producing various chairs - traditional, leather, in the form of toys.

Starting a bean bag chair business requires a small investment. The experts claim that you can start such an activity by investing about 5 000 rubles.

Most of the funds will be spent on the purchase of materials for the manufacture of chairs. However, for effective activity, you will also need a good sewing machine and overlocker.

2. Production of educational toys

The educational toy business is also capable of generating good income. Interest in such products on the part of parents is explained as environmental friendliness products received, and lower ↓ compared to stores at the price.

Particularly popular are bodyboards . It is not difficult to make them at home, while the price reaches several thousand rubles.

There is no need to create your own original design, because there are many examples of bodyboards on the Internet. At the same time, you won’t have to spend money on acquiring an idea, since all photographs are for demonstration purposes only.

The educational toy business is attractive due to the low amount of investment required. The experts claim that you can start an activity with just 3 000 -4 000 rubles. This is enough to create the first few toys, then you can expand the range, as well as work exclusively to order.

3. Manufacture of leather goods

Leather products are in high demand. They are purchased by people of all ages. If at the same time the thing is made by hand, it becomes exclusive. This leads to a significant increase in demand for such leather products, because it is not easy to find an exclusive item in stores today.

It's important to understand that the organization of the production of leather goods will require considerable investment. They will be much higher than when implementing other previously announced business ideas and will amount to about 25,000 rubles.

Most of these funds will be required to purchase raw materials. To save money, you should try to organize cooperation with local farmers. In this case, you can use to make pig skin. However, if there is a desire to work with more exclusive materials, additional investments will be required.

Production leather goods can generate good income. Profit in this business can reach 300 %-500 % . For maximum income, it is better to engage in the manufacture of accessories (bags, key holders, belts, bracelets, wallets).

Of course, you can try to organize production of leather shoes , however, certain skills are required here. If you take up manufacturing without experience, a considerable amount of material will be spoiled, which will inevitably lead to a significant increase in costs.

4. Production of metal structures

Today, the construction of residential buildings is underway. Their owners often use to create and decorate the interior, as well as the territory. metal structures . Therefore, the demand for them has been at a fairly high level for a long time.

As a result, the production of metal structures becomes a business that is able to regularly bring good income. This business idea is perfect those involved in construction. This will allow you to quickly find buyers and establish distribution channels.

The main buyers of metal structures can be construction companies , but do not ignore the opportunity to sell products consumers directly.

It is important to consider what the product range will be. You can engage in the production of a single type, or you can choose several directions at once.

The following metal structures are most popular:

• Gates;
• gates;
• bars on the windows;
• canopies for houses.

5. Engraving

The idea of ​​making engraving on glass as well as cutlery attracts a huge number of people. At the same time, wealthy people make not only commemorative inscriptions, but also entire drawings.

To organize a business in the manufacture of engravings, you will have to purchase special equipment . Need compressor, as well as stencils.

Often there is not enough space in the apartment for making engravings. However, you can engage in such production in almost any room, including in the garage or in the country.

Experts recommend start doing engraving as a way additional income. When the business develops and begins to bring sufficient profit, you can do it all the time.

7.2. Home business ideas for women

Home Business Ideas for Women

Women at home can easily engage in the provision of various services, for example sewing clothes or selling the results of their own creativity. Below are 5 business ideas most suitable for the fair sex.

1. Tutoring and additional education

Women with a psychological and pedagogical education can organize their own business at home with little or no investment. Classes in your profile can be carried out not only at home, but also on Skype .

Particularly in demand today are various extra activities for children . Therefore, if you have your own author's methodology, or using modern teaching techniques, you can open home school of music and vocals, foreign languages, creative workshop and others training centers.

2. Home studio

If you have the appropriate skills, do not be afraid to start sewing clothes yourself. It is important to decide on a niche. Then, even if there are a huge number of dressmakers in the city, you will be able to find your own customers.

The most popular and profitable niches are:

• sewing dresses for graduation balls and weddings;
• tailoring of costumes for dance and other groups;
• production of theatrical scenery.

3. Workshop for making gifts and souvenirs

People often wonder what to give a person. It is especially difficult to make a choice when a person already has everything. Therefore, the business of making original gifts can be quite profitable.

It is worth considering congratulation ideas for various categories, for example, for a wedding, boss, children. There can be a lot of options here: designer dolls, bags, interior items, postcards.

It is important to find an individual direction and use various creative techniques familiar to the craftswoman to create gifts.

4. Workshop for the manufacture of designer jewelry

One of the areas of creativity that generates income is jewelry making . Designer products are always in high demand, women are constantly purchasing new accessories for their outfits.

Before starting business development, it is important to decide what material will be used to make jewelry. Of great importance is the development of manufacturing techniques, as well as the development of one's own artistic taste.

5. Photo studio at home

Women can also set up a photo studio at home.

This will require:

• beautifully decorate the room;
• learn how to take pictures correctly;
• master the skills of original photo processing.

An important success factor is the ability of the photographer to find an individual approach to each client in order to help him open up in photography.

It should be borne in mind what is required for such a business considerable investment. You will have to purchase the necessary equipment, as well as decorative elements.

Actual ideas for business with minimal investment (from scratch) and quick payback

8. What business is relevant now - 3 ideas for a business from scratch (minimum investment) and a quick payback

Everyone knows that business in the IT industry is now relevant. You can open your own business with little investment, especially since such a business pays off very quickly. Therefore, we present in this section a few ideas for online business.

Business idea 1. Web studio

If you love and know how to work on the Internet, this business is for you. Anyone can learn how to create websites from scratch and it's a very lucrative business.

At first you can take orders as private master and then open your web studio , entrusting orders to freelancers or permanent employees.

Business idea 2. Skype consultations

About the benefits of working through Skype we have already discussed in this article. But now we will not talk about lessons, but about virtual consultations.

If you are a practicing specialist, you can receive clients not in person, but remotely.

The main professions whose specialists can give consultations via Skype:

• Business coaches;
• Lawyers;
• Psychologists;
• Therapists;
• Stylists;
• Nutritionists;
• Fortune tellers, etc.

Skype consultations are beneficial for both the client and the specialist, since both do not need to waste time on the road.

Business idea 3. Profitable website

Creating profitable information sites can be called one of the most promising ideas for business in 2019 year.

It will take a lot of time to create a successful and profitable site. Investments will be minimal if all the costs of writing content and promoting the project are taken over.

The main indicators of creating an information project:

If you don't like the idea of ​​making money from it and you see yourself as an expert in another industry, start anyway. business card site or blog . This will help you:

• Increase customer confidence, create a personal brand;
• Advertise your services on the Internet;
• Motivate you to develop and learn new things so that there is something to write about in the blog.

New business ideas - 5 the latest ideas for small business

9. Business ideas 2019 with minimal investment that are not in Russia - 5 newest ideas with a perspective

In the West, small businesses are treated fairly loyally. Even seemingly unrealistic ideas, if there is a bit of common sense in them, are quite favorably perceived by the population.

In our country, buyers are more conservative. They consider many useful things to be superfluous and are in no hurry to acquire them.

Therefore, when implementing business ideas that are still not in Russia, it is important to take into account the mentality of the inhabitants.

Below are a few little-known activities that deserve your attention.

[Idea 1]. Storage cells

IN United States gain popularity organization of personal storage However, in Russia this type of activity is not yet developed. This service allows anyone who wants to rent a small box with an area of from 5 before 15 sq.m.

Most often, such cells are used as follows:

• unnecessary things are brought here, using the room as a storage room;
• in order to free the apartment as much as possible during the repair;
• motorists store spare parts and a set of replacement tires here;
• entrepreneurs rent cells as temporary warehouses.

The low popularity of such storage services in Russia is explained by the fact that many previously owned garages and basements. However, in modern conditions, the number of new buildings is growing, and garages are often demolished. .

New apartments rarely have large balconies or closets. Therefore, it is worth paying attention to such a business idea.

[Idea 2]. Dating agency on quests

Today, it is difficult for many people to approach the person they like on the street, it is easier for them to do it on the Internet. However, it is not always possible to translate such relationships into real life. Can help solve the problem dating on quests .

The essence of the idea is to search through the Internet for those who want to meet and invite them to the game. By participating in the quest, people interact more closely. The result can be a real acquaintance.

When starting such a business, it is important to find the right premises, as well as decide what type of game to use. If people manage to create a couple using the service, they will definitely tell their friends about it. The result will be an increase in demand.

[Idea 3]. Attraction drunk bike

The amusement ride business can be very profitable. However, it is important to understand that it requires total control. If you hire a person who will look after the attraction, he can take part of the profits for himself.

Attraction drunk bike perfect for holding at various festive events and fairs associated with a large crowd of people.

Its essence is that:

1. In a conventional bicycle, the design is changed; when the steering wheel is turned, the wheel turns in the other direction.
2. The participant of the competition must ride such a bike on a small short track with several turns, never once touching the ground. For each attempt, the participant pays money.
3. If he manages to reach the finish line, the organizers give him a prize. It could be soft toy, case of beer or champagne.

As practice shows, There are plenty of people who want to ride a drunk bike. At the same time, almost no one manages to reach the finish line.

[Idea 4]. Making toys according to children's drawings

IN Canada a new unique business idea was developed - sewing toys based on children's drawings . The creator of such a project opened a special studio. Children can come here, draw their own sketch and get a toy sewn on its basis.

In Russia, there are no more 3 -x studios offering such a service.

• On the one side implementation of the idea is quite difficult, after all, for each product you will need to develop your own sketch so that it is individual. In addition, you will need a considerable supply of fabrics, accessories, as well as a multifunctional sewing machine.
• On the other hand parents usually spare no expense for their children. They are willing to pay a lot of money for such a toy. Therefore, when priced at 100 % and total production 1 products on the day of investment can be returned after a month.

[Idea 5]. three dimensional sweets

Recently, overseas popularity is gaining printing sweets on 3D printers . For this, special food equipment is used, with the help of which figurines are made from chocolate or sugar thread.

Suitable for start-up entrepreneurs basic equipment, which allows you to create one-color products. Its value is within 50,000 -140,000 rubles.

professional equipment will cost significantly more from 850 000 rubles. It allows you to make multi-color figurines.

With the help of special 3D printers, you can produce:

• chocolates, as well as lollipops;
• pasta and spaghetti;
• various design elements for decorating cakes;
• cookies of exclusive designs.

First of all, such products should be offered to cafes and restaurants, to confectionery production, as well as to those who make cakes to order.

Additional investments will be needed to purchase raw materials. A spool of food thread will cost about 3 000 rubles per kilogram. However, finished products can be sold at a markup of up to 100 %.

[Idea 6]. Clothing that changes color

A British design studio has come up with a new business idea that is not yet available in Russia. It consists in tailoring clothes that change color under the influence of various factors – moisture, temperature, lighting.

The basis of this fabric is common materials. Color change occurs due to the use of specialized dyes.

In production technologies there is nothing difficult, any suitable equipment can be used for this, for example sublimation printers.

In addition to equipment, you will need dyes . When ordering in China, their cost is about 15 000 -25 000 rubles per kilogram. This weight is enough for a huge number of products.

The cost of even an ordinary color-changing T-shirt reaches 2 500 rubles. With this in mind, you can achieve income from such a business. at least 50,000 -70,000 rubles per month.

Coming up with your own business idea can be difficult. Therefore, the introduction of options that are successfully developed abroad can be an excellent alternative.

But it is important to take into account the difference in the mentality of citizens, which can have a significant impact on demand.

What kind of business can you start from scratch and without investments

10. How to start a business in 2019 with minimal investment - 4 business ideas without investment from scratch

Not everyone has funds that can be used as initial capital to start a business. If even in such a situation there is a desire to develop your own business, you can use 4 ideas for starting a business without investments from scratch below.

Idea 1. Tutoring services

This way to organize a business from scratch and without investments can be called one of the most popular. The principle here is quite simple: You need to teach others what you can do yourself. By the way, we wrote about that in a separate article.

In most cases, tutors offer to master the following skills:

• vocals;
• playing music;
• drawing;
• foreign languages.

Also, tutors often provide assistance in mastering the school curriculum, as well as in higher education subjects. In fact, the list of what can be taught is much wider. The main thing is to decide what services will be in demand.

Without the need to invest money, tutoring usually requires a significant amount of time.

However, there is a way to turn this business into passive source of income.

It is enough to record video tutorials and sell them. You can also create own channel on YouTube and earn from it.

Idea 2. Trucking and taxi services

If you have your own car, which is roomy and clean enough, you can do passenger and cargo transportation.

Such services are most popular in small towns, where there are not so many taxi companies, and public transport is underdeveloped.

To attract the first customers you will need:

• place a large number of ads in social networks or on the free boards in the Internet;
• you can also create own site. True, if there is no relevant knowledge, this will have to be spent;
• register for various taxi service providers. To work, you just need to install special programs to your phone.

Idea 3. Taking photos and videos, making money on YouTube

Many believe that today it is unrealistic to earn income in this area, because the competition is huge. However, with the necessary skills and equipment, it is enough to be smart to find your customers.

Experts recommend at the beginning of your activity, concentrate on some specialized type of shooting, for example can organize photo shoots in schools and kindergartens or engage exclusively weddings. So you can quickly become an ace in your business and win the interest of consumers.

To earn on YouTube just decide what skills you can demonstrate in your videos.

Important to remember, that you won’t be able to quickly start making money on YouTube. You have to start your own channel first. Subsequently, by periodically adding new videos, you can earn income from each view.

Idea 4. Selling at online auctions

Another business option that does not require initial investment is sale of goods on online auctions .

• Initially can be used as lots only lpersonal things, which are no longer needed;
• Another great option is to sell own creations.

If you have certain knowledge, you can create your own online store that will help everyone who wants to sell something.

Thus, it is far from always that serious initial investments are required to create your own business.

You can try to organize a business, without spending a dime. But do not forget that you will have to invest other resources - time, energy and knowledge .

You can also learn about some business ideas from scratch for aspiring entrepreneurs from the video:

11. Ingenious business ideas

Read these examples to understand that ideas that can make you millions and change the world can lie on the surface.

1) Amazon.com

Everyone knows this resource. Meanwhile, this is one of the first online stores in the world, which thanks to a successful marketing strategy has now become one of the most famous, and its author Jeffrey Bezos now a multimillionaire.

Amazon's design and features are copied by thousands of copycat sites around the world, although this project, like many great brands, was created in a garage.

2) Atari

This company produces popular computer games , such as Warcraft, Counter Strike, Heroes, tanks etc.

Not even a gamer has heard at least one of these names. Meanwhile, if 1972 company founder Atari Nolan Bushnell would not have realized that video games are not children's fun, but a promising area for earning money, none of the above would have happened.

3) Pampers

This brand belongs to the company Procter & Gamble . Diapers were invented in 1956 year as an employee of this company Victor Mills.

Their name comes from the English verb "to pamper" , which translates as "pamper, indulge" . The brand name has become a household name, and diapers have made life easier for millions of mothers around the world.

Many more such examples could be listed. At all times there have been enough people, the fruits of imagination and labor of which made our world the way we are used to seeing it now.

8. How to Avoid Failure

Most of the mistakes of novice entrepreneurs are not related to external factors but with their own incompetence.

Therefore, to avoid failure, you need to:

1. Create a clear business plan. No other action should start before this step. If you have free money, order a business plan from experts.
2. Be customer oriented. Remember, your profit depends on your customers. Fulfill the desires of customers, take into account their needs, be friends with them. And soon you will notice that new customers come to you on the recommendation of friends and acquaintances.
3. Offer what they will definitely buy. If you open a branded bag store in a village with a population of 50 man - they will not appreciate. But the arrival of a mobile shop with the necessary household goods once a week will be as relevant as possible.
4. Don't take loans. If you don't have business experience, get it using your own funds. By borrowing from banks, you risk losing much more than you planned to earn. About that, read our article right now.
5. Set goals. Having determined what level of income you want to receive, you are more likely to achieve it in reality. This is pure psychology. At the same time, consider how you plan to spend the money you earn. Perfect option - reinvestment for business development.
6. Set up a hierarchy. If you started a business in partnership with someone, decide who is responsible for what. Write it down in Charter.
7. Don't put things off until later. You want your business to start generating good income as soon as possible, right?
8. Do not risk in vain, but do not be afraid. Follow the golden mean in decisions.
9. Do not give up. If your first attempt fails, Try again. But be sure to take into account the experience gained and draw conclusions so as not to step on the same rake twice.
10. Don't expect instant results. Business develops slowly and gradually, just like children grow up.

9. Conclusion + video

We hope this article has helped you come up with an idea for starting your own profitable business with little investment.

And a video about business ideas with minimal investment that are gaining popularity in our country:

* Calculations use average data for Russia

Starting a business does not always require staff, premises and capital with a lot of zeros. In this collection you will find types of businesses with minimal investment and guides on how to start them.

The idea behind the business of preparing and delivering lunches to offices is to prepare delicious lunches at home and deliver them directly to the workplace of customers. This service becomes an alternative for customers to fast food and containers from home. To open a business for the delivery of ready meals, you need a minimum start-up capital - you can meet 20 thousand rubles, which will not be difficult to recoup. The advantage of a business lunch delivery business is that it is practically unlimited in scope, because you can work with as many organizations as you like.

If you are interested in the history of your native places, know urban legends and know how to communicate well with people, consider organizing city tours. The least expensive option is walking tours. Unlike bus tours, they also allow sightseers to immerse themselves in the history of the streets, explore objects and imagine themselves as participants in past events. Your main contribution will be the creation of a unique scenario and routes. An interesting creative direction in this area is the guided tours with thematic mini-performances.

An interesting direction for working at home with minimal investment is the production and sale of non-standard bow ties. A bow tie is a fashionable accessory that can be made from wood, fur, feathers, and even shells, and cost more than 2,000 rubles. a piece. Efforts in this business should be focused not only on the performance of the product, but also on its presentation and promotion on the Internet and social networks.

Busyboards are such entertaining and educational toys for children from 1 to 5 years old, which are boards, stands or modules on which various objects are fixed with which the child can interact (twist, knock, open, tie / untie, turn on / off etc). This thing today is very popular with all kinds of children's centers and clubs. The cost of such products is quite ridiculous (you can make bodyboards yourself from improvised materials), so you can set a high markup of 300% or more on the finished product.

You can start a business with China even with a zero balance: it is enough to have a computer, Internet access and a desire to learn the nuances of business in order to start earning. There may be several options for work. This can be dropshipping, when an entrepreneur orders the necessary goods on his own behalf and delivers them to the buyer's address, dealing with organizational issues. You can complement the idea by creating a one-pager and selling some niche product. The third most popular option is to sell Chinese equipment for business, which today is not inferior to European counterparts, but several times cheaper.

No excessive investment will be required from you and such a business as the delivery of flowers and fruit baskets. The main thing you need is the talent of a designer or florist, as well as a competent presentation of services and advertising. Your main customers will be men aged 25-45 who want to please their other half. The most interesting thing about this idea is that you can make a huge virtual assortment in an online store or social networks, but you don’t need to have every position in stock, because the purchase can be made even after the order has been received. Gifts can be supplemented with soft toys (you can make them as whole plush bouquets or add 1-2 toys as a gift), alcohol, sweets and other pleasant little things.

An essentially similar idea is to create men's gifts, the so-called beer bouquets. Inside the basket are no longer flowers and fruits, but beer and snacks for it: sausages, fish, crayfish, squid, pigtail cheese, chips, etc. The whole thing is decorated with chili peppers, garlic, cherry tomatoes. There are a million possibilities here - you just have to look at ready-made ideas.

If you have a presentable white premium car or a retro style car, this is a great opportunity to earn money by renting your car for weddings and other celebrations. You can earn 1-2 thousand rubles on rent. per hour, and extract additional profit from the rental of decorations for the car. All that is required is to find a good and advertising platform or classifieds site so that the client can find you.

Science shows are a popular format for children's parties today, which has both entertaining and educational functions. The main character of such shows is usually a mad scientist who shows children magical chemical and physical experiments. To organize scientific shows, it will take a little - about 150 thousand rubles. The main difficulty lies in the development of event scenarios.

Ready-made ideas for your business

If you are looking for a business with a high markup and minimal investment, then pay attention to popcorn. Just two tablespoons of “raw materials” can give you a liter volume of the finished product. The margin for popcorn averages about 600-700% and reaches 1500%. At the same time, investments are low - you can start selling from a small tray with a popcorn machine worth 10-20 thousand rubles.

Street food is considered one of the best destinations in terms of the “low investment / high return” ratio. For example, to open your own business selling shawarma, 270 thousand rubles and two employees are enough. When choosing a good place, a small outlet can bring 100 thousand rubles. net profit.

If you have your own car, a promising line of business in large cities will be the service of accompanying children to schools, kindergartens and circles. A driver and a nanny in one person drive up for the child and take him to classes and back. The demand for services is caused by our crazy time - parents have no time, they need to work and earn money. The advantages of such a business over a taxi are regular customers, the rapid formation of a loyal base, the possibility of additional earnings on babysitting services and corporate transportation of children of those parents who work in large companies.

A popular topic today that sells well on Instagram is felted rugs, which are used as props for photo shoots with young children and newborns. You can learn this type of needlework by open information on the Internet or by attending a master class. Finished products can be sold through social networks or sites like the “Fair of Masters” at prices up to 2,500 rubles. The main task will be to offer customers something unique. Otherwise, the matter does not make sense, since ordinary rugs can be bought on AliExpress for only 400-500 rubles.

Ready-made ideas for your business

Selling cotton candy is an activity that does not require any excessive efforts or skills from you. Besides, cotton candy has an extremely immodest margin, which exceeds 4000%. If you sell cotton wool in a set with freshly squeezed juices and snacks, or the same popcorn, you can significantly increase the profitability of the outlet.

With a good sense of humor, you can always and should earn. A great option for this is the sale of creative wipers for the rear windows of cars. These can be presidents waving their hands, cats wagging their tails, traffic cops with batons, grandmothers with brooms and other funny images. To start, it is quite possible to start selling from groups on social networks.

Today it has become possible to open a planetarium for anyone who has at least 250 thousand rubles. Mobile planetariums are spherical domes, inside which spherical films with a 3D effect are shown using a projector and a special coating as a screen. As a rule, the work of planetariums is aimed at school-age children. Such a business can pay off in 2-3 months, and its profitability can reach 150%.

Let's start with the most interesting - all in 5 minutes of a fire show you can earn 10-15 thousand rubles. Fire show is an opportunity to receive orders for holidays, weddings, celebrations and get good money for it. Large investments are not required: to buy basic equipment (poi, staffs, fans and other devices for “spinning” fire) 5-10 thousand rubles will be enough. You will also need to purchase or tailor-made stage costumes. The main thing in this business is mastering the skill of fire, as well as working on promotion in social networks. Another hurdle is competition. In large cities, it is becoming increasingly difficult to surprise people, which forces the organizers to look for new directions, combine fire shows with light shows, Tesla shows, and so on.

A husband for an hour is a part-time business that is suitable for one. It is attractive because with good advertising and the development of a constant clientele, a man will be able to earn up to 150 thousand rubles a month and work according to a free schedule. As representatives of this business say, the main thing is to know your own worth and set minimum price thresholds for home visits.

The Psychological Salon is a new and exciting training business format that has parallels with the salon culture of the 18th-19th centuries. The hostess of the psychological salon is usually a woman who conducts psychological workshops, trainings and games for her guests-clients. It is interesting that you can start such a business even without a psychological education and with investments from 60 thousand rubles.

The carpet cleaning business is one of those activities that require minimal investment. Its essence is simple - you organize cleaning of carpets for customers on-site or provide services for the removal / delivery of carpets to own workshop where you clean up. The second option is more suitable for serious business, as you can significantly increase the number of orders and productivity. When working at home, you can get by with a minimum amount of equipment, household chemicals and small cleaning appliances (you can even meet 100 thousand rubles). With 4-5 orders per day net profit can reach 90-120 thousand rubles.

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Unique business model, Unique equipment, Unique product! Payback - 6-12 months.

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Total in the category: 17 types, investment sizes: from 1,000 to 50,000 rubles. Business without investments: ideas, instructions, business plans. It only requires the presence of intellectual or physical resources and this makes it possible to start a business from scratch.

The category presents business ideas for implementation, which a novice entrepreneur can do without investments. To start, you only need your desire and the availability of intellectual or physical resources - this makes it possible to start your own business without investment.

What is a business without investments

Among the barriers to building their own business, most entrepreneurs confidently name the lack of start-up capital. Indeed, how to make a successful start-up if you don’t have your own money, and taking a loan from a bank is not only very problematic, but also scary?

Here, to the rescue of those who no longer want to work "for their uncle", but want to become completely independent, business ideas come without investment. This is an opportunity to open your own business, either without any initial investments, or with small (within a couple of thousand US dollars) investments. And also with minimal risk of completely losing the invested funds.

The situation in the Russian economy today is not the most cloudless, and therefore many believe that the opening of their business should be postponed until better times. We are sure that the crisis is not a reason to give up the dream of your own business. Because the perfect moment will never come.

If such philosophical theses do not convince you very much, it is worth thinking in more mundane categories. A crisis is the time when weak players leave the market, which means that competition for newcomers is reduced. And if you can offer something that people really need, then success will accompany you with a high probability. It is not for nothing that eminent businessmen say that great companies are born precisely in a crisis.

You may not become a multibillionaire, but you can still start a working and quite profitable business, even when the economy is not experiencing a phase of rapid growth. Moreover, you can start with a relatively small amount for investment. You just need to navigate the market correctly and choose the right business idea. We offer you some relevant business ideas today with minimal investment.

Professional consulting

Those who are looking for business ideas suitable for 2016 should remember that, as a rule, small investments requires a service business. But not all services in a crisis are equally in demand. To choose a business niche, you should take a closer look at what is happening around.

For example, due to the difficult economic situation, many companies are trying to improve their own efficiency and are actively looking for suitable ways to do this. If you know how you can help them with this, try starting a professional consulting business.

Natalia Rosenblum

Managing Partner Top Hotel Experts

It is this segment that focuses mainly on professional knowledge, contacts and intangible resources, so you can start a business with the smallest budget in the field of professional consulting.

It should be noted that the demand for such services is highly dependent on the specific niche. Currently, professional consulting is in great demand among those who work in hotel business. The fact is that today in many regions projects are underway to expand the hotel infrastructure or create new hotels. In addition, cases of change of ownership have become more frequent in the market. In both of these situations, the opinion of a specialized expert regarding the real situation in the project is important to the players.

But, choosing such a business is still worth it for those who already have experience in consulting, in the b2b field, or, in extreme cases, at least some experience in working with clients. After all, professional consulting has its own “pitfalls”.

According to Natalia Rosenblum, the most important issue is related to the client and his requests. It is often difficult for a client to understand why he should involve one or another specialized specialist. Or he has a negative experience with consultants, and he may completely refuse their services. When starting a consulting business, it is important to keep these situations in mind and be prepared to resolve them.

Business on children

If you have always been able to find a common language with children, you should pay attention to the "children's" business. As a rule, businesses related to children are win-win at any time. After all, parents strive to give their kids all the best, despite the crisis.

True, it is worth noting that not all businesses that make money on children feel equally good. For example, clothes and toys began to sell slightly worse, as parents approach their acquisition more rationally. And it is impossible to open a store of such goods with a small amount of money.

For those who want to spend a minimum of money on starting their own business and are looking for business ideas, 2016 presents an excellent solution - services for children. Centers for children's creativity, and even more so private kindergartens, will require tangible investments, especially because of the need to rent a room. Therefore, it is worth considering classes that can be organized without being tied to a specific place, for example, visiting workshops or sports classes.

Aksana Meshkova

champion

Children's sports activities are at the intersection of two interesting areas - sports and child development. This topic is just emerging in our country, and interest in it is very high.

Online trading

Those who are looking for business ideas with minimal investment and want to try their hand at trading should pay attention not to the usual stores, the opening of which requires considerable investment, but to the online segment. Sales of goods via the Internet over the past year not only did not decrease, but also showed an increase of 12%.

There is an opinion that e-commerce is a rather complicated matter and requires large investments. After all, in addition to creating a website and an order processing system, you also need to purchase goods and rebuild logistics. All this requires money and certain competencies.

To be the owner of an online store, no special knowledge is required

Sure Pavel Gorbov, Executive Director Re: Sales Expert. The company is selling ready-made businesses. According to him, trading via the Internet does not require large investments: when creating a business from scratch, you can meet 50-100 thousand rubles in the region.

Such a low investment can be ensured by working on the drop shipping system, that is, acting as a link between the manufacturer and the client, purchasing goods for sale and receiving a percentage of its sales. A complex and expensive logistics system is also not required: the delivery of goods to customers can be entrusted to intermediary companies.

At first glance, it may seem that the online trading segment is overloaded with players, but Pavel Gorbov insists that this is not so:

The e-commerce market in Russia is in a deplorable, vegetative-infancy state. This is especially true for small businesses

Catering

If you want to try your hand at catering without spending fabulous sums to start a business, take a closer look at catering - the provision of catering services at remote locations.

It cannot be said that this niche thrives even in times of crisis. In the past year, it, like public catering in general, experienced a certain decline, because people began to save. As a result, the private segment suffered the most - weddings, birthdays, parties. To celebrate informal events, people began to choose restaurants that allow you to buy your own alcohol. But when holding business events, few people managed to refuse catering.

In general, catering services will continue to be popular, believes Danil Konovalov, creator of a portal for event professionals EventHeads. According to him, entry into this market is very inexpensive for start-up entrepreneurs. Investments for residents of Moscow or St. Petersburg will amount to about 150-200 thousand rubles, and for the regions the figure may be even less.

At the same time, most of the expenses will be spent on marketing. It is desirable to advance through the Internet, having previously decided on your target audience(individuals or companies). You won’t need to rent a room, nor will you need permanent staff, because catering is an event business. Cooks and waiters can be hired one-time, necessary equipment- rent.

In essence, all you need to run this business is a banquet manager. You can hire such a specialist or look for clients and sell your services to them yourself. In this case, it is desirable to have some experience in sales. Experience in catering will be a plus, but you can learn the basic rules of working in this area from scratch in a few months.

Help for credit debtors

Some types of business only benefit from the crisis. Among these - services to assist credit debtors. Of course, the idea is entrepreneurial activity not new. “The relevance of the business of helping debtors did not arise now, but two years earlier,” explains Sergey Krylov, founder and CEO law firm "Delta Consulting" and companies "Debt Defense League".

As the crisis deepens, business in this area becomes more and more relevant. This process is connected primarily with the fact that the number of people in debt in Russia is growing year by year.

As for the business itself, the cost of creating it is minimal. To start, you will need an office of 15 sq.m., two computers and two lawyers. In Moscow, 50-60 thousand rubles is enough for all this. The office will cost 20-30 thousand rubles, one computer - 5-6 thousand rubles, plus the future salary of a specialist for the first month of work.

It is worth noting that the anti-collection business is not regulated in any way and does not require obtaining licenses. This leads to the fact that competition in this field of activity is quite serious. The idea of ​​a business to help credit debtors is especially popular in the regions. “But the level, unfortunately, often does not correspond to the declared status,” complains Sergey Krylov.

This business niche is not for everyone. To open an anti-collection agency, you need to have specific knowledge in the field financial activities banks, the banking sector as such and legal skills. Experience is needed, not just understanding of the situation. Only a suitable level of competencies will make it possible to provide debtor assistance services at a high level and win in tough competition.

If you are planning to start your own business, you can take a closer look at one of the areas suggested above or continue to look for other business ideas: 2016 opens up a lot of opportunities for you. After all, a crisis is not a hindrance to a real entrepreneur.