Editor’s note: This article was first published in July 2010; it is a 2010 roundup, and the sectors it presents as emerging or with future demand, such as solar energy and real estate after the crash, reflect that period.
Here’s a new roundup of business ideas for emerging markets and markets with a future.
If you’re planning to go into renewable energy, and especially to make money by turning solar power into your business, here are some ideas:
- Business ideas for selling solar energy
- The solar farm business for energy production
- Franchises in solar energy and other sectors
If your passion in business is tourism, we’ve also put together a roundup of business ideas aimed at the tourism sector:
Two very lucrative sectors with both current and future demand are home services and business services. More ideas:
For those who think real estate is no longer a profitable business, we show how what has changed is not the profitability but the way of doing business in this sector. Some ideas:
For art lovers. Your passion can bring you profits:
For those looking to make clothing their business, we offer some simple ideas and some larger-scale businesses:
When consumers care a great deal about something, it creates strong demand. That’s what’s happening with businesses built around fitness, body image and personal care. Ideas for new kinds of businesses in this sector:
Love is a business, so here are some ideas for new businesses focused on love and eroticism:
A few years ago, a group of students decided to make a list of 105 businesses that would make people’s lives easier. Now the list is down to just 15 businesses, because all the others have been put into practice.
Other business ideas that require little investment:
And finally, if you want to see where things are heading in the very near future, read these articles:
Featured image: Alan Cleaver, CC BY 2.0, via Flickr.
