Editor’s note: This article was first published in May 2010, and is framed around the economic crisis of the time. Its references to the past month and to recent events refer to then.
Here’s a roundup of the most profitable business ideas we’ve suggested on the blog over the past month.
With the internet booming, we recently put forward 10 internet business ideas that are working in other parts of the world.
Selling second-hand goods has grown during the crisis, and these days it isn’t hard to compete with the big players in the sector. See: Business ideas with second-hand products.
The safe bets are the “refuge” businesses, the businesses that are still working through the crisis. They won’t make us rich, but they’ll get us by. They are really a way of creating a job for ourselves, only with our own business.
And for people whose situation doesn’t allow them to make any investment, however small, we suggested 10 business ideas with no investment where we can put our knowledge to use.
Businesses we can start from home, with no investment and no commercial premises, are covered in 9 home-based business ideas.
For innovation and originality, there’s Innovative and profitable businesses around the world, where we gathered 5 business ideas that are working in other parts of the world.
For young entrepreneurs, we have 6 simple ideas that can be started with very little money.
And for homemakers, students and people who have lost their jobs and don’t know where to start, we have 11 profitable micro-business ideas that can be run from home with nothing more than an internet connection.
Further reading
- From idea to business in 11 steps
- How to start a business with no money
- Got a business idea? 10 steps to follow
- Why new businesses fail
Featured image: Hans Dinkelberg, CC BY 2.0, via Flickr.
