Starting a business is often a pricey ordeal, but no- to low-cost ideas exist for aspiring entrepreneurs with unique and marketable talent.
Take inventory of the skills you already possess, recommends Holly Reisem Hanna, founder of career blog The Work at Home Woman . List your past jobs, education, training, passions, skills and talents to help identify vocational patterns and interests that can guide you toward your new business venture.
“In this exercise, you want to go deep,” she says, “so include what you liked and didn’t like about past jobs, training and schooling.”
Need more small business ideas to get the wheels turning? Consider these classic business ideas you can start with no immediate costs.
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Your best assets are the knowledge and skills you already have. So whether you’re a math whiz, grammar guru or musical wunderkind, consider selling your well-honed expertise. While you may eventually want to spend …
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