Any ideas for a fun side business?
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It all depends on how you define "FUN." A Fun business for one person may be starting a DJ business on weekends or during the evenings. A fun business for another may be becoming a tour guide in the city.\n\nThe key is to determine what your interests are, what you want to do, what is suitable for your lifestyle and your overall goals, and what can fit with your resources.\n\nDan Ramsey in his book "101 Best Home Businesses" has a chapter on how to find YOUR best home business. He suggests these 10 steps:\n\n1. List 5 things you do best\n2. List how others would benefit from what you do best\n3. Find out how to give people what they want\n4. Learn the value of your services to others\n5. Find out who else offers similar services\n6. Learn from the successes of others\n7. Learn from the failures of others\n8. Plan your own success\n9. Make low cost mistakes\n10. Enjoy what you do and how you do it\n\nRamsey has another book called "101 Best Weekend Businesses," http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1564142574/powerhomebizguid which offers 101 proven businesses that you can operate in your spare time without jeopardizing your full-time job. You may want to get a copy of the book to help you get some ideas of what you can do.\n\nThe article "10 Weekend Home Businesses"  http://www.powerhomebiz.com/vol67/weekend.htm lists some of the Ramsey's suggested part time businesses.
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tolga party (everyone is dressed in sheets... and for fun you could be wearing one with sponge bob or some dumb superhero you loved as a kid) pizza is always a favorite even though it is NOT greek :)... give a prize for the best dressed (cash gets people's attention... maybe $20)\nOR....\nif some of your friends are also old enough to drive have a scavanger hunt. each car has 4 kids in it and each car has a set of riddles they must solve and drive to in order to pick up proof that they found the answer... if you do this one, you can do the whole CAR theme and serve anything you want to eat... (probably like pizza hehehe)
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Not much to go on. Depends on the kind of business.\nYou could offer something free or low cost to tourists. Give out maps of tourist areas. Offer something that they might need or want while touring. Or try turning your business into something of a tourist attraction itself. Make it into a unique/niche store or have something unusual there on the premises.\nApart from that, I'd need more info.
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Check out this website. It has tons of ideas that you can do with very little money.\n\nhttp://www.lovingyou.com
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Bake sales, car washes, spaghetti feeds, host teen dances...\n\n\n\nhttp://www.fundraisingweb.org/
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Plenty.  You could babysit schoolchildren afterschool "under the table".  Make crafts and sell them, offer to housesit for people, sit with sick or elderly people so their families can get out once in a while, do some laundry or housecleaning on the side, offer to garden for $, yard sales, flea markets . . . my aunt buys old jewellry dirt cheap, cleans it and resells at the flea market for 3 times what she paid.  My husband grew and sold flowers one summer . . . my sister babysits on the side.  Good luck!!
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You could open a shop but that could be high cost.\n\nHave you thought about offering the service TO other shops. Contact your gift shop, art shop, florists, choc shop etc and see if they would like to offer that service - you can collect and deliver. Minimal outlay until you get the clientale to justify a shop. As an artist you can create some nice looking poster or mock-ups and use these as displays for these outlets.
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well find something you like to do, shop, dine out, swimming and make up a short story about it.. ie a script and then either have friends act in it or just do it as a documentry or something like that. good luck
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Be creative! start a business for yourself. crafting is usually the best. make photo albums, handbags, ya know, stuff like that. then sell to friends and family as an initial client base. try craft shows and flea markets or even online!\n\nIf you want something really interesting, very profitable, and alot of fun........Soapmaking! My mother and I started our own soap company with very little investment, now we've expanded into spa quality products as well as all natural cosmetics. Easy to do, and there's always someone to sell to! (how about starter makeup for teens that won't put the parents in a tizzy? lip gloss is so easy to make and the cost is insanely cheap!........plus, you get to make stuff you'd like and keep any "extras" ;) )
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Check out these sites. You should get some great ideas!
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how about :\n Interior cyberspace vendue\n home sweet auction\n Bargains Just for You\n\nLL.
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lemonade stands(kinda kiddish), babysit, mow lawns, or you can get a workers permit in your town to work at certain local businesses.  Good Luck!
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I have a list... take your pick! :)\n\n1) Collectible items such as autographed posters/CDs, etc. \n2) Limited edition merchandise (no longer on sale in store)\n3) Freebies (eg. "gift with purchase" items, it's 100% profit... kinda)\n\nHave fun!
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have a board game night\ngo to a place that has like mini golf, go karts, video arcade, go out to eat\ndancing\nmovie night
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Entrepreneur Magazine has a list of Low Cost Startup Businesses that you may want to check out: http://www.entrepreneur.com/lowcostbusinesses/0,6617,,00.html\n\nSome other home business ideas:\n\nTop 10 Home Businesses with Rapid Break-Even Time http://www.powerhomebiz.com/vol33/breakeven.htm\n10 Profitable “Go-Out" Home Businesses http://www.powerhomebiz.com/vol31/goout.htm\n\nThe best home business of course will depend on what you want, how you define to be interesting. A person may consider a pet sitting business to be the most exciting work in the world, while another person would rather watch TV than take care of dogs. \n\nThe key is to determine what your interests are, what you want to do, what is suitable for your lifestyle and your overall goals, and what can fit with your resources.\n\nDan Ramsey in his book "101 Best Home Businesses" has a chapter on how to find YOUR best home business. He suggests these 10 steps:\n\n1. List 5 things you do best\n2. List how others would benefit from what you do best\n3. Find out how to give people what they want\n4. Learn the value of your services to others\n5. Find out who else offers similar services\n6. Learn from the successes of others\n7. Learn from the failures of others\n8. Plan your own success\n9. Make low cost mistakes\n10. Enjoy what you do and how you do it\n\nHe then made suggestions on the best home businesses according to type. Here are a few of them:\n\nBest Businesses Using Craft or Physical Skills\n- antique restoration\n- auto detail service\n- carpet cleaning business\n- errand/delivery service\n- housecleaning business\n\nBest Service Businesses \n- bed and breakfast operator\n- caregiver\n- catering service\n- senior day care center\n- tutoring service\n\nBest Professional Businesses\n- desktop publisher\n- magazine writer\n- import/export service\n- income tax preparation service\n- event planner\n\n\nYou can also check out the following books:\n\nTurn Your Talents into Profits: 100+ Terrific Ideas for Starting Your Own Home-Based Microbusiness \n The Best Home Businesses for the 21st Century \n 121 Internet Businesses You Can Start from Home \n The Best Internet Businesses You Can Start \n 101 Ways to Make Money at Home
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Become a bum on the street\nKnitt baby garmets and sell them \nSell Lemonade\nMow Lawns\n\n:)
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Book a big hall, invite loads of friends then book a DJ. \n\nI would suggest www.funkymonkeydisco.com for the disco.\n\n(OK shamless advertising). Or you could invite friends round and have a DVD a thon with lots of popcorn and snacks.