Choosing the Business
A money making businesses in 2009 can be either product-oriented
or service-oriented. Product-oriented businesses are usually two types: a) selling products
made by you, family members and/or employees (like raw materials such as fabrics or tanned
leather, kits like yarn/pattern and knitting needles, partially finished items like unpainted
bird houses or completed articles such as jewelry and belt buckles) or b)selling products
manufactured by others and either purchased by you for resale or sold on an order basis.
Services may involve performing a service at the place of business (word processing, tutoring,
bookkeeping or child care) or at another location (house painting, carpet cleaning or
consulting). To determine or confirm your money making
opportunity idea(s), examine your interests, skills and abilities, education/training, and
experiences.
You must enjoy doing the work involved. Just because you make super apple pies or wooden toys
doesn’t mean that you would want to create them six days a week. Perhaps you would rather teach
others to make pies or toys! Teaching requires a totally different set of skills and interests
than doing the actual work yourself. See (Appendix A) for a list of business ideas.
Volunteer
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