Building History Guides business. Building guides can bring the past to life for locals and tourists. Business Overview Are you seeking to start a very interesting and potentially profitable desktop publishing business that can be operated from home on a part-time basis? If so, perhaps you should consider starting a business that specializes in writing guides about local historical buildings in your community, as well as features display advertisements promoting community...

Taxi Cab Publication business. If you've ever been stuck in traffic during a cab ride, then you can probably see the appeal of an in-taxi publication to pass the time. You'll have plenty of advertising clients who will also want to take advantage of this audience. Business Overview Starting a taxi cab publication will take some clever negotiations skills to accomplish, but like any new business venture the effort is generally rewarded financially for the determined...

Online Entertainment Listings and Reviews business. People are always in search of dining, entertainment and attraction information and reviews. Business Overview Developing an entertainment listings and reviews website is a very straightforward enterprise to start. Simply provide visitors within specific communities information about forthcoming entertainment events like concert and movie listings, theatrical play dates, special events and even restaurant listings....

Catalogs business. If you've looked at your mailbox lately, you'll know catalogs aren't dead. Get in on this industry by helping produce them. Business Overview Millions of catalogs are designed and produced each year in the U.S., and securing just a small portion of this very lucrative market can make you rich. The key to success in this industry is not to have all the skills required to produce the catalogs yourself, but to have excellent marketing skills and a good contact...

Employment and Career Publications business. Start an employment and career publication and work from home, or expand your business into a national franchise. Business Overview Starting a desktop publishing business that specializes in producing a monthly employment and career guide newspaper is a fantastic new business venture to set in motion. The business can be operated from a home based location and even has the potential to be expanded nationally on a franchise or...

Community Website business. Bring your local flavor to the web for all to see. Business Overview Not all small business owners and professionals have the time, ability or inclination to build, maintain and regularly update a website. But at the same time many would still like to have some sort of presence on the web. Therein lies the opportunity for internet-savvy entrepreneurs: Develop, maintain and market a community-based website, featuring local news and information, as...

Independent Record Label business. Take your passion for music and start an indie record label for your favorite artists. Business Overview If you've always wanted to be in the music business, but you can't sing a note and your instrumental talents are limited, take heart. You can do the Dick Clark thing as head of your own record (or more properly nowadays, CD) label. According to the Recording Industry Association of America, music influences every culture on our planet to...

Jingle Writer business. Don't let a lifetime of watching and listening to commercials go to waste -- use your knowledge to make money for yourself. Business Overview Do you have a musical talent for creating catchy little tunes and rhymes? If so, the time has never been better than now to start a jingle writing service, as advertising in all mediums are booming thanks entirely to the dot.com sensation. Potential clients for a jingle writing service can include radio producers,...

Home Office Resource Guide business. Working from home can be isolating. Help home workers thrive with a specialized guide. Business Overview Are you looking to start a business that can be set in motion with a minimal capital investment, operated from a home office and has the potential to be expanded across North America over a very short period of time with unlimited income potential? If so, perhaps starting a community resource guide for home based business owners and home...

Event Programs business. From school plays to weddings, plenty of events depend on programs. Business Overview Seminars, auctions, plays, trade shows and business conventions generally have one thing in common: They require event programs to be distributed to the people in attendance to let them know what's going on, what's for sale and what's coming up next. Starting a desktop publishing business that designs and produces event programs is a very easy new business enterprise...