Party Balloon Service business. Selling and setting up these party products may balloon into a great business. Business Overview Less than $5,000 will set you up in your own party balloon service. The demand for this service is certainly not limited to only children's birthday parties. Marketing a party balloon service is best achieved by creating a colorful presentation to be distributed to all local event planners, children's stores, catering companies, daycare centers,...

Linen Supply Service business. Sell or rent linens to a variety of clients, from hotels to event planners. Business Overview What are the basic ingredients necessary to start and operate a linen supply service? The answer is very easy. A delivery vehicle, a linen inventory, facilities to clean the linens, and good marketing skills. A linen service is simply supplying restaurants, catering services, event planners, hotels, and convention centers with tableclothes, towels, linen...

Leather Fashions business. Business Overview Selling leather fashions is another great fashion retailing business to initiate. Worldwide, there are thousands of manufacturers of leather fashions and accessories, so securing a wholesale source for products shouldn't prove to be difficult. Leather apparel stores can be found in many indoor and strip malls, but can also retailed through the Internet, catalog sales, fashion shows or fair booths. Like many clothing ventures, the...

Mediator business. Help opposing sides find common ground. Business Overview In most areas of the United States a mediator is not required to be licensed or have certificate training, making this an excellent choice for a new business venture. The duties of a mediator are to bring two opposing sides together and find common ground. A mediation service should not be confused with an arbitration service as a mediator does not rule in favor of either party, but remains neutral....

Nursery Designer business. Use your interior design talents to design fanciful and fun nurseries. Business Overview Parents are an indulgent lot, and at no other time are they more indulgent than when their children are newborns. I recently visited a designer who works from her home and exclusively designs nurseries for expecting parents. During this meeting, I gained great insight into this business and how to market your services. First lesson is to throw away everything you...

Janitorial Supplies business. You can clean up by selling janitorial supplies. Business Overview Every year companies, government agencies, organizations, educational institutions, and associations spend billions of dollars on janitorial and sanitation supplies such as cleaners, paper products, disposal bags, and janitorial equipment. Starting a janitorial supply business to secure a piece of this very big and financially lucrative pie is not difficult to do. Like many...

Nanny Placement Service business. Ease concerned parents' fears with quality childcare professionals. Business Overview Operating your own nanny placement service can be a magnificent way to build a prosperous business. Nanny services are in high demand, and busy parents often have no choice but to pay the costs associated with having a nanny care for their children. There are three major roles to be filled by a nanny service. The first is locating parents who are seeking...

Inventory Liquidation business. Every cloud has a silver lining. When other stores close shop, you can buy their products wholesale. Business Overview Every year thousands of retail merchants and corporations across North America go out of business, move, reform, and amalgamate, and often this results in billions of dollars worth of stock and inventory becoming available at bargain basement prices. Purchased right and this same inventory can sometimes be bought for as...

Vacuum Cleaner Sales business. Here's a business that sucks up profits. Business Overview A vacuum cleaner sales and repair business is a terrific small business venture to put into action, as the business and consumer demand for the product has been proven for many decades. Like any new retail business venture, store location will top the list of special considerations for this new venture, as well as local competition, potential market growth, and local labor force for the...

Newsstand business. Outdated, you say? In spite of online media convergence, classic print newspapers will never grow old. Business Overview In spite of the popularity of Internet newsgroups and news Web sites, the good old-fashioned corner newsstand is here to stay. In fact, the arrival of the Internet has only increased the public's desire for information'electronic or print. Starting a newsstand retail business requires getting in touch with one of the many distributors that...