Some small (can expand) business ideas you can explore and launch in 2021 or whenever you are ready:

Food delivery service

Innovative notary signing service

Virtual Bookkeeping

Flea Market Flipping

Home & Office Cleaning Service

Photography

Laundry Services

Sewing and Alterations Business

Landscaping Business

Car Detailing Service/Specialist

Courier Business

Massage Therapy

Contractor (Plumbing, Electric, Handyman)

Start an In-Home Day Care

Mechanic Business

Baking

Interior Designing

Consultants (for branding, business strategy & development, legal, telemedicine, design, marketing – whatever!)

Web Design

Social Media Marketing & Management

Market Research & Data Intelligence services

Writing, editing & proofreading services

Tutor (online - set up your own service and platform to teach a skill, craft, etc. The knowledge economy is growing)

Fitness Instructor & Yoga Teacher (people make money from Facebook closed group)

Hairdstyling

Fashion & Textile Designing/Textile Fabric Colorist

Housesitting - Many people will pay you to look after their houses while away on holiday.

Translation, Scoping & Transcription services

Food processing

Financial Accounting & Auditing services

Event Planning

Storage shed business

Inventory Planning

Pressure washing business

Painting contractor business

Scrap metal recycling

Shoe making business (Think of Bata how it started in Czechoslovakia and became a global brand)

Open a laundromat offering home-based laundry services

Quality Assurance Management

Moving business (You need a van or truck, moving equipment, insurance)

Data-entry

Sell online courses. You can self-host your courses or use sites like Lynda, Skillshare, Teachable, Thinkific, Udemy to host and sell them.

SEO Expert service

Catering business

Barbershop including mobile barber shop so people can book appointments and you can delive your mobile barber shop to give clients a fresh haircut for a price. Go to university campuses and boarding schools too.

Travel Agency (Travel consultant, tour guard, travel experience Designer, tourism business consultant with govts etc.).

Chatbot making service

Mobile app design services

Roofing and tiling services

Pool cleaning services

Daycare

Design and sell products (greeting cards, clothes, shoes, purses, jewelries, cooking appliances, office products, art, food, household items, etc.)

Tatto artistry

Errand service (help do groceries, clean their homes, do their lawn, cook, type office doc etc.)

Presentation Design Consultant (monetize your PowerPoint design skills)

Property Management

College Admissions Essay Tutor and Editor, Resume Writer

Online Dating Consultant, Relationship Coach

Erotic Fiction Writing

WordPress Website Consulting

Art Collection & Exhibition

Online News Correspondent service

Start a popup shop

Brew your own beer (for beer lovers)

Medical Imaging & you can start importing medical equipment to sell to hospitals & clinics (including dispensaries in colleges & boarding school)

Buy used electronics and refurbish them

Data Analysis service

Program Design, Implementation Support

Workshop Facilitation & Corporate Training service

Licensed Product Distribution

Ghostwriting services & book publishing

Online subcontracting

DJ-ing

Security services for events and for estates

Investing your money (ETF, Stock, Mutual Fund, Real Estate, etc).

Start a learning centre or MakerSpace

Build a niche website or membership platform to connect with your audience

Caregiving service

Computer and TV Repair services

Computer Training & Lessons services to company workers, Govt workers, high school students, hospital workers, and different clients

Contract Customer Services (Customer Service is broad)

Real Estate Consulting

Bedding Designer

Making Custom Furniture (this is common in my country not big companies like IKEA)

Junk Removal service

Wedding & Party Planner

Personal Chef services

Private Labeling services

Sport & Recreation services e.g open your gym or something recreational for clients

Public Speaking
College Counselling service
Dance Instructor service
3D printing, 3D animation services
Home-based Make-up services
voice-over talent services
Buying and selling cars, bicycles, motorcycles, boats, etc.
Boat riding service at waterfronts, beaches

Small Business Marketing Consultant services

Text Book, story books, novels, Brochoure, Training guides, manuals printing service

Professional Home & Office Organizing service

Build a chrome extension

Floral Design service

Gardening service

Recycling business

Funeral service including having people who will cry and dance at a funeral

Email marketing specialist service

Insurance billing specialist service

Online store owner where you can sell items

Audiobook Narrator service

Quilting & Knitting service

Extras:

Podcasting
Amazon Reselling
eBook Writing
Online Coaching
Tax Preparation
Google Paid Ad Specialist
Music production
Film production
Scriptwriting
Landing Page Specialist service
Buy & Sell Domain names
Purchasing an existing website
Antique refurbishing.

If you go this route, pick an idea that fits your schedule, talents, and has significant earning potential. Hone your idea. Before you start offering services, you need to determine what you’ll sell. You can do that by evaluating your skills.

Make a list of what you can do, what you’re not willing to do, how much time you have to build and grow your business, and any upfront costs or certifications you need to start.

Ask yourself why you want to start a small business and what you’re hoping to accomplish.

Define your business goals. Is it to work and make money from home? Is it to quit your full-time job and spend more time with your family? You also might set goals for quarterly income, how many employees you’d like to hire, or the kinds of clients you’d like to have.

Establish your prices. You determine how much you’ll charge your customers. You may choose to bill hourly for services delivered, or on a per-product basis. Research what other business owners are charging for similar products to help you set your price.

Set up your business finances. You’ll need a business bank account and invoicing system. You can start with a simple Excel or Google spreadsheet and PayPal or Stripe, but you might consider moving to a system like FreshBooks as your business grows.

You’ll need a strategy to promote your business online and offline. You can use a site like Moo, Canva, Adobe Spark, Illustrators, InDesign, and even Google Docs to create professional business cards for in-person marketing.

Work on both your personal and corporate branding.

Online marketing strategies might include creating a website, setting up a Google Business page, or leveraging social media like Facebook, LinkedIn, and Twitter. They’re all easy and inexpensive ways to spread the word about your business.

You'll also want to set your business up as a registered business entity to make it easy to use legal structures for tax purposes, tracking expenses separately, & reducing personal liability. Consult with a business coach or attorney to determine which is best for your business.

Depending on the type of business you start, you might need permits, licenses, certifications, or insurance to operate legally (THINK BIG. Start s business with the mindset to grow, expand, make an impact or profit. Not just for the fun of having titles like Founder, owner, etc.)

Research the rules and regulations in your community, state, city or country before you start working with serious clients. Additionally, you should verify that you’re not using a trademarked name, and you’re properly registered as a business with your state/province/country.

FYI:

Learn more about the following so you can transit from the COMPLAINING to CREATION mindset.

Invest in personal capacity building and development through skills acquisition and knowledge mobilization.

Network with the right people both within and outside your industry

Mindset is very critical in starting & sustaining any business whether small or big.

Learn about:

Financial Psychology
Financial mindset & habits
Financial discipline
Building a healthy financial future
Financial freedom vs financial security
Strategic wealth management.

Learn about Product-led growth

Choose a GTM strategy that will acquire, retain, & grow your customer base in the most capital-efficient way.

Agile & continuous iterations.

Use your product as the main vehicle to acquire, activate, & retain customers. https://openviewpartners.com/product-led-growth/#.X8_zrzNyadO

Learn about customer relationship management, sales, branding and marketing, business market research, data intelligence and leadership that will provide insight for your business/company's decision-making for services expansion, investment and future undertakings.

Customer relationship management includes the principles, practices, and guidelines an organization follows when interacting with its customers. Great customer service is a mindset. It is a way of thinking, prioritizing & planning about customers/clients in your business.

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