Ever try to identify small town business ideas when your town only has 4,356 inhabitants? I was surprised to find some great business ideas for small towns.
I lived in just such a town. Two friends and I decided we wanted to start a new venture. But, we had no clue what to start.
So, we did the following.
We determined there was a need to start a route with a large van visiting our small town area (and other small towns). We would carry popular car and farm implement parts visiting repair garages and sell those parts directly to them.
We also would take special orders for parts. Our hope was to set up a system where parts could be expressed shipped right to the repair garage or individual needing the parts. Faster delivery of needed parts would give us a competitive edge.
We interested another entrepreneur two towns over to implement this small town business idea. She is still operating her firm and doing fine.There was an existing bakery in town but people complained about it. It seemed the product was not always fresh and the store left an unclean impression (paint would have done wonders plus keeping the windows clean).
Although the three of us did not know how to bake, my friend’s wife did. We spent $4,826 to lease a larger spot down the street, buy the minimally needed used equipment, fixed the place up very nicely and opened a bakery combined with a café. Our hours were 6 AM to 3 PM. We later stayed open until 5:30 PM. (The other bakery is long gone.)
One of the small town needs that we discovered was a vapor steam cleaning company.
We identified a number of uses/customers that wanted us to start this company.
Portable new or used steam vapor equipment is inexpensive.
Here is a source to learn about vapor steam cleaning.
Anyone, anywhere who knows how to send an email or type a Word document can create a business website. Really, no website building knowledge is needed.
This was exactly my skill level when I wanted to have an Internet based company.
In exploring this online opportunity, I discovered three facts.
After
searching for about 5 weeks, I came across a firm called Solo Build It (SBI).
They did all of the above and more. In fact, they guided me on how to select
the most profitable niche to match my passion.
Here is how to build a website yourself or have one built for you...one that works!
My life was changed forever!
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