/entg/ - Entrepreneurship General

[Anonymous No.13710666]

Office girl Edition - Let's try to make this Weekly general.

In this thread, I'm going to compile the best passive income streams ordered by investment required, including both online and offline options
Little to no Investment($100-$1k)
>Dropshipping
>Social Media Marketing
>Digital Media or Marketing of any kind
>Web Development
>Freelance software development
>Affiliate Marketing
>Making Online Courses
>Self publishing Ebook(comprehensive guide:https://kindlepreneur.com/book-marketing-101/))
>product arbitrage

Some Investment Required($1k-10k)
>ATMs
>POS Systems
>Slumlording
>Daytrading
>P2P Lending
>Authoring or Online publishing
>Vending Machines
>Automated News sites or any kind of automated blog
>Automated online Arbitrage with the help of a buybot

Large Investment Required, but still very passive(10k+)
>Parking Garages or lots
>Laundromats
>Batting Cages
>Rental Properties
>Buying Royalty rights on music, media, etc

The Dirty Job Hustle: AKA providing a service
>Inspired by https://sweatystartup.com/businesses-i-love/
Investment($100-$200+)
>Home services
>Vehicle Services
>Event/Seasonal services
>Entertainment
>Personal care
>Training / Coaching / Consulting
>Trades/construction
>Business Services
>Real estate transactions
>Retail / Hospitality

[Anonymous No.13710679]

poo poo pee pee.
buy bitcoin

[Anonymous No.13710702]

>>13710679
Thanks for the bump fren

[Anonymous No.13710729]

>>13710702
I saged it and op posts don't bump threads
sage

[Anonymous No.13710882]

>>13710729
It's ok, people love these threads, and it's the weekend edition. I'll see you in three days.

[Anonymous No.13710902]

>>13710729
Go bump yourself off a cliff and kys

[Anonymous No.13711075]

What have we been up to recently? Any new projects?

[Anonymous No.13711120]

Just signed up to for the National Academy of Sports Medicine personal trainer certification self study/test so when I open my gym I can know what I'm talking about and have some topical experience (it looks good to the bank if nothing else I'd have to imagine). Anyone have any good ideas for some indoor houseplants that will help alleviate the smells of fitness equipment and body odor?

[Anonymous No.13711189]

how make money sell tshirt design?

[Anonymous No.13711654]

>>13711189
What's your niche?

>>13711120
Air purifier?

>>13711075
Built my website. WordPress has come a long way. The things you can do now are incredible. I have a b+ tier website with little effort.

Now the next step is to find customers...

[Anonymous No.13711694]

>>13711120
Hello fellow fitness anon who plans on owning his own gym.

What is your plan how you run the gym and what is your target group?

[Anonymous No.13711722]

>>13710666
my gf looks like this

but chubbier

feels good man

[Anonymous No.13712249]

living the dream.

Read lots of investment books lately, richest man of babylon, warren buffet, elon musk biography, poor dad rich dead.

0 expenses since i am living with my parents and working on my furry smut while saving for my first house. They do not know about my furry smut and of my crypto gains. They will be surprised when i got my house.

[Anonymous No.13712316]

>>13712249
nice

[Anonymous No.13712384]

>>13710666
Appreciate a thread other than stinky linkies

[Anonymous No.13712506]

>>13711722
so you have a fat plain looking girlfriend?Congrats.

[Anonymous No.13712531]

>>13710666
This is a good thread with many realisitic business ideas. And congratulations on your demon trips. Demons are very fussy about sticking to the terms of their contracts.

Anyone have experience hiring staff? I guess I am looking for home help so I don't have to do boring tasks and can focus on interesting engineering and sales instead.
I am thinking about hiring someone to come over, clean up the house, do my laundry and ironing, then leave. And not get butt-hurt that someone is richer than them.
Also hiring someone to manage my messages and social calendar. Would it be better to have someone I know irl, or could I hire a Filipino online?

[Anonymous No.13712744]

>>13712531
Be careful with hiring.
I do not recommend hiring any staff when you are just some random people working on projects. Especially software projects. 3D assets for example are owned by the artists. So this can seriously screw your project over. Put all in a NDA and contract. And yeah i mean everything related to work and asset/code ownership.

Hiring is much better, if you own a ltd or company.

[Anonymous No.13713185]

Anybody has experience with building automated news sites? I'm thinking about creating a news aggregator (like Drudge Report for example), but I don't want to put too much effort in it.

Also: does anyone has experience managing a forum? I'd like to create my own anonymous chan, but the legal risks (in case of CP/hateful content/racism etc) seem like too much of a threat.

[Anonymous No.13713240]

Started a cleaning company a month ago and is doing ok but now i want to make like an uber/app service, any links to help me achieve this?
>>13710666
thanks for the thread satan

[Anonymous No.13713246]

I run a repair shop like Meme Rossmann, and quickbooks saves me from going completely gray at 26. That's about all the advice I have.

[Anonymous No.13713311]

>>13711120
I have to hit the bed now.
Maybe we see each other in the next /entg/ or on the discord.
Would love to hear how other bizraelis are doing their gym thing.

[Anonymous No.13713319]

bump

[nonymouse No.13713379]

>>13711654
same question. i would do game shirts, other x inspired designs.

[Anonymous No.13713797]

>>13713185
There are some scripts for that build by SEO guys to quickly set up hundreds of sites, just google "automated news site SEO script" alternatively you can use reddit clone scripts. If you have more effort to spend there were couple articles around about building systems that automatically pick up news stories from twitter/reddit/etc and group similar stories from different sources to show user different perspectives or track which sites add new info to the story. But even just presenting news stream from reddit with meme garbage and American politics removed and some usable layout could be interesting,

Anyways, wouldn't the real challenge here be getting traffic?

[Anonymous No.13713801]

>>13713311
Nighty night anon. My idea is to start this thread each weekend. Either Friday or Saturday. We can all update our progress and share information.

[Anonymous No.13713836]

>>13713246
A roto rite to print lablels off and trial for the tempretures saves a lot of time as a chef on that note.

[Anonymous No.13714020]

>>13713797
Getting the traffic would indeed be the real challenge, but my main concern is to do it for cheap. If i can set up a decent website for a few hundred bucks, then there's no reason not to do it. I mean, who would have thought drudge report or 4chan would one day get so much traffic?

[Anonymous No.13714522]

Which has a better chance of getting into home ownership with $5k?
>literally anything here
>hodling ETH
>finishing community college.

[Anonymous No.13714749]

Anoyone know good resources to learn about ICO creation processes and similar topics to coin creation that are geared towards the business/financial side and not coding stuff?

Also, lets say I got a company to create an ICO for me in return for a percentage of the funds raised, and we started the crowdsale. Lets say I get my goal of 20mil, and the coins sell out. What happens then? Since coins arent equity do they just continue to exist as a trade-able entity like how stocks are traded in secondary markets compared to when they are first offered as an IPO. That would mean after raising funds for my company, I wouldnt have to worry about the coins anymore right?

[Anonymous No.13714796]

>>13714020
Yeah, other example in this category is craigslist - originally a weekend project that was making tens of millions of dollars and the developers were afraid to change anything in it's simple design to not break it.

Although it's hard to exactly point out what is cause and what is effect here, I would argue that the real world market need comes first here, As such it's not that any simple site would one day make it big - it's just that some simple sites by chance happened to answer the need of the market. Thinking about it that way is IMHO better that "why not to try if it's cheap" because it gives you a way to massively increase you chances. Too many entrepreneurs are stuck in their own heads, talking about faith, optimism, never giving up, hard work, just-do-it and not realizing it will be actually the other people and the world outside their head that will decide about the success of the venture, so why not take a peek on what the market needs? Why go after 1% chance maybes when there are 30+% chance opportunities out there? And starting with understanding the market is how you find them.

Oh, I remember some cloud providers were giving free quotas to people who just start with their website. It's not actually free, but at least it doesn't cost money up front.

Have you heard about news.ycombinator.com? It's similar to reddit, but with higher signal to noise ratio, they are semi-anonymous and quality is achieved by aggressive moderation and bans. The site is quite spartan, but there are couple alternative interfaces that could be an inspiration for you, for example http://hckrnews.com/ very simple and to the point.

[Anonymous No.13714962]

Wanna rank my new project(s)?
>find bullshit marketing job
>tell owner his website has no seo, he becomes instantly frustrated
>eventually mumbles hes spent 10s of thousands on web service
>its literally pajeet tier lmao
Long story short one of the builders and i got together on the side and now im building and hosting a site for free and hes giving me 20% of each signed contract. Then i met another who already has a website but hes giving 25% for every sale. Drafting paperwork tomorrow, this could be extremely lucrative ad i only have to pay for one domain and hosting.

[Anonymous No.13714974]

>>13714962
>construction/roofing

[Anonymous No.13715288]

Trying to escape wage slavery but I don't know where to start. I have $1000 saved up for investing and I can't decide (and am too ignorant) what to do. I'm currently researching the basics of investing and Amazon FBA. Are these things worth pursuing at this stage or should I explore other ventures? My ultimate goal is to save enough for a couple of business ideas that I believe have the potential to set me for life, however that is a long ways down the road. My situation is that I live at home at age 24 with a $14/hr job. I have a degree in basket weaving (visual communications in journalism) but I am optimistic. I may be late in the game but I'm not dumb enough to stay at this stage for long. Any tips/tricks/advice is welcomed thanks anons.

[Anonymous No.13715307]

>>13714962
>>13714974
Sounds like a pretty good gig.

[Anonymous No.13715358]

>>13715288
>Trying to escape wage slavery but I don't know where to start. I have $1000 saved up for investing and I can't decide (and am too ignorant) what to do. I'm currently researching the basics of investing and Amazon FBA. Are these things worth pursuing at this stage or should I explore other ventures? My ultimate goal is to save enough for a couple of business ideas that I believe have the potential to set me for life, however that is a long ways down the road. My situation is that I live at home at age 24 with a $14/hr job. I have a degree in basket weaving (visual communications in journalism) but I am optimistic. I may be late in the game but I'm not dumb enough to stay at this stage for long. Any tips/tricks/advice is welcomed thanks anons.

Start to invest your Money. Try to solve Problems. Everything can be a Problem. People will Start to pay you for solving These problems. Dont be afraid to loose your 1k. Trust yourself in overthinking your decisions. Every Failure is a lesson.

[Anonymous No.13715517]

>>13715358
What should I invest it in? stocks? A small Amazon business?

[Anonymous No.13715777]

>>13715517
>>>13715358 (You)
>What should I invest it in? stocks? A small Amazon business?

I can tell you what I did.
I bought some beer and Sold it ICE cold on Hot days. I made bout 500$ a Day. Much work much Money. Had to buy a shit 500$ car to fill it up with Ice for one Day.

That money i used to open a cleaning biz. I cleaned floors Windows and all that ugly dirty shit. Later Sold it.

That Money i used to build an anodize machine in my basement.

That Money i used to buy parking Lots and vending machines, atm,

And that Money im going to use to buy buildings that are designed for old people.

I am a Person who needs to push the Money to the top. Gambling in Stocks and btc is no safe call for me. But if you are cool with Real work you can make Real Money pretty fast. Safe call Hard work pays of but make Sure you always Look out for the next level

[Anonymous No.13715802]

>>13710666
How do I profit from e-thots?

[Anonymous No.13715863]

Have around $5,000, looking for advice for secure investment opportunity
Also thinking about designing T-shirts and doing web design, would appreciate some idea of what to expect from any one who has experience

[Anonymous No.13715897]

>>13715777
out of curiosity, how do you sell a cleaning business? who would buy it?

I am working on one, though I don't have the soul of an entrepreneur. Truth be told, I just want to make some money, and I see an opportunity here.

[Anonymous No.13715955]

OFFICE LADY THREAD YES YES YES

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[Anonymous No.13716014]

>>13715897
>>>13715777 (You)
>out of curiosity, how do you sell a cleaning business? who would buy it?
>I am working on one, though I don't have the soul of an entrepreneur. Truth be told, I just want to make some money, and I see an opportunity here.

Its okay to just want to make Money. Focus on what you want and dont give a fuck what u have to Do for it. The prices for cleaning Service are going up and up because no one wants to Do that dirty work.
Ppl will want to buy it when u have a nice Logo with a good car and happy customers. When i Sold it i had 78 customers, Two Company vans and a Ton of cleaning stuff. In my country you have to Put at least 25k into a Real biz, so its worth 25k at least. it was Sold in an "all in one Box" to someone who wanted to invest in cleaning biz. He Later just hired some guys who Do the work.

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[Anonymous No.13716183]

>>13710666
>face: 10 minutes
>thighs: 18 hours

[Anonymous No.13716197]

>>13716014
Oh! Ok that makes a hell of a lot of sense. Thank you anon. I knew I read about people selling their business. But all I could think is why anyone would ever want some small time biz I made after fapping to some softcare anime thots. But that makes a ton of sense. Actually I feel confident in building a good brand now.

I'm in the US. I feel like I've squandered my blessing in living here. I'm just now learning how to get a piece of the pie. And to admire people like you. I hear about kids who sell lemonade and candy, or flip baseball cards. You flipped beer, you make more money in a day than I do in 2 weeks at my job. Arnold Schwarzenegger flipped ice cream at a beach then built a gym. I have NEVER done anything like that. I've just been content with existing, even as I begin to lose everything. But also I'm just learning how much power one can have with a little creativity.

[Anonymous No.13716211]

>>13716183
well the name of the show is literally Miru Tights

[Anonymous No.13716289]

read that site. he lists wood delivery. i worked that 5 years. hard work and a demand but expect only about 20 an hour when you shake it all out.

anyone with experience doing house cleaning? maybe like organic and spin it that way

[Anonymous No.13716415]

>>13716197
>>>13716014 (You)
>Actually I feel confident in building a good brand now.

Thats it anon. Just fkn Do it Go and solve problems. If you Focus on one project every fucking Day you are already ahead of 99.999999% brainlets.

Buy biz books just for Inspiration and Go your own way and maybe in 5 years you will cheer up another anon with your Story. Btw thats what I love about American ppl. I think they Look up to rich guys instead of being jealous.

[Anonymous No.13716450]

>Automated online Arbitrage with the help of a buybot

what bots?

[Anonymous No.13717730]

>>13716014
>Ppl will want to buy it when u have a nice Logo with a good car and happy customers
But how do you actually start it? Is there some legal action I need to take? I have the skills to make a presentable company (my logo design won a regional competition this year) so that already cuts costs.

[Anonymous No.13717758]

>>13715777
>That money i used to open a cleaning biz
Also how did you know what industry to get into? I get the feeling that there's not much left to small competitors anymore but that may be due to my overall cautious nature and lack of knowledge
>>13715802
e-thot pimping is probably extremely lucrative :P

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[Anonymous No.13717893]

>>13710666
Family owns auto body shop. Ask away

[Anonymous No.13717907]

>>13713240

[Anonymous No.13717985]

>>13717893
might aswell walk up to some boomers pot shop, this isnt reddit

[Anonymous No.13718164]

>>13717730
>>>13716014 (You)
>But how do you actually start it? Is there some legal action I need to take?

Well, I dont know which legal actions you have to take in the US. Google will surely help you.
Small Business have Big Chance but most of them fail bc they are not willing to work their ass Off bc its an easy life as a worker in a first World country.
I just check Jobsites. Looking out what is rare at the moment bc thats a problem. Then i google how i can solve this problems and which legal actions i have to take.
Other option is to post Fake Jobs on craigslist and See what people want to Charge you for the job. Then you get a clue on what is worthy. So its a lot about learning.
Other Option is when i have a Problem myself, i solve it and Show it to the World.

As I know by know you only want Money. It helps when you dont Focus on a specific Job like cleaning biz but just on solving problems. It takes time to understand that. But people pay for solving Problems - nothing Else.

A Lamborghini dealer is a problem solver
A dentist is a problem solver
A cleaning guy is a problem solver
They just solve different problems.

[Anonymous No.13718304]

>>13717758
Not that anon. But I'm starting a cleaning service and this is the perfect time to jump in. Think about it. Assuming you're in a first world country. Amazon, Google, Netflix, YouTube, Uber, etc have spoiled people and conditioned them to expect on demand service. The demand is high and the supply is low, and may never be met. There's probably more people out there that need a service than there are service businesses available out there(embellishing a bit, but I'm not far off.) More and more people are hiring a service. And this could be the bridge between being a wantrepreneur and bootstrapping enough cash to fund your dream businesses, just like the other anons. (And I'm the process, learning so much about everything, that you actually become competent enough for a job, should you settle for one)

Also from a go-getter perspective. Only 5% of people find success, everyone else just settles for mediocrity. Even if there was competition, you could crush them. For example, with customer service or really great work.

[Anonymous No.13719294]

>>13718304
I was just about to ask a question here and saw your post.
I have $5k that I don’t mind putting into running a side gig company while I go back to school. I was thinking mobile car detailing and that made me realize I can use that pressure washer to clean houses and driveways as well. The average cost of a pressure washing gig is $150/hr estimates 2 hours per job. Do you think I could bet 5 appointments a week, or even that I have the funds?

[Anonymous No.13719322]

I want to start a soda company and sell bottled beverages. I don't have much disposable income, and I also have no prior business experience.

What are my options?

[Anonymous No.13719338]

>>13719322
That one I know of. Virtually nil unless you start selling online, and you would still need disposable income to purchase bottling equipment. You aren’t going to get shelf space on any major store unless you can provide solid numbers without them or you get bought out.

[Anonymous No.13719360]

>>13719338
What about going the local route? I've considered setting booths at local festivals and selling there. My goal for marketing is to use design elements and advertising to create a cult following, especially at the regional level.

[Anonymous No.13719385]

>>13719360
Research the festivals. A lot of fairgrounds are brutal and will not allow you to bring your own supplies. You’ll have to order food through their supplier to make your soda and sell it there, and they will control the cost of supplies and take 10+% of all sales.

[Anonymous No.13720289]

bump

[Anonymous No.13721203]

is pro blogging still a thing? how do you monetize programmers, pc gamers and other tech savvy groups with ad blockers?

[DRC !!wwHMYEPSSvE No.13721238]

>>13721203
No. It died a long while ago.

[Anonymous No.13721291]

Finished my website and getting flyers/business cards printed next week.

Not gonna escape wagism, but I might be able to cut down on it.

Wish me luck, bros.

[Anonymous No.13721310]

>>13713185
>Also: does anyone has experience managing a forum? I'd like to create my own anonymous chan, but the legal risks (in case of CP/hateful content/racism etc) seem like too much of a threat.

Yeah a bit. The only issue with what you described (in the US anyway) is that it'll tough to make money because most advertisers won't wanna be involved with you, so you'll have to come up with some interesting ways to monetize, or advertise porn site subscriptions. Or take donations.

>>13714796

Great post!

[Anonymous No.13721341]

>>13715288

You may find some direction from a book like "Start Small, Stay Small". It's aimed mostly at programmers, but there are mini case studies that don't involve programming at all, like the one where a guy started a jerky subscription business in 24 hours by making his friends and coworkers, who he knew liked jerky already, his first customers.

[Anonymous No.13721405]

The best thread on biz, welcome back!

>>13718164

Absolute VIP poster, reading this guy's posts is like reading cliff notes of a dozen business books.

[Anonymous No.13721495]

>>13715777
1 box of styrofoam
filled with dry ice

The beer can be sitting at the side warm and can be chilled to sub zero °C in a short time.
You even can fully freeze 40% alcohol with this method.
Box+ice can be bought for 20-30€ here. The problem might be to have an dry ice supplier near you.

You can even let people chill their own drinks for cheap if you can't get a selling licence.
You just provide a pretty good chiller.

Fuck I might do that this year in a big park with a lot of people.


>>13710666
This idea can be added to the "Little to no Investment($100-$1k)" tier.

[Anonymous No.13721505]

>>13721495
maybe some gloves (a few € cost) might be needed too since you are having your hands in the ice pretty often.

[Anonymous No.13721666]

>>13721495

You can also allow people to freeze their fruits or whatever for a little bit of money. Perhaps fun for kids ?

[Anonymous No.13721713]

>>13721666
>>13710666
2 satan trips in one thread, blessed


You can cool down anything.
If it is in an open glass you can throw in the dry ice to cool it too.
Cool down towels and t-shirts.
The idea is pretty neat.

You have to do it perfectly from the start since people can copy that idea the very next day.

[Anonymous No.13721737]

>>13712506
haha got him

[Anonymous No.13722677]

bump!

[Anonymous No.13722736]

>be me
>live with my parents despite making gross six figure salary
>I lie and tell them I actually make half of my true salary

Ha get fucked boomers

[Anonymous No.13722747]

State your country right now.

Me: Poland

[Anonymous No.13722760]

>>13711654
how do you find customers?

[Anonymous No.13722779]

>>13712249
you have got to be fucking kidding me

[Anonymous No.13722798]

I don’t have a marketing budget and I need help marketing my Shopify store. If anyone’s interested in marketing my store for me and keeping half of the profits let me know. Please actually know what you’re doing with FB/Instagram Ads before you message me. The niche is women’s fashion.

[e-mail]

[Anonymous No.13722833]

Anyone experience with marketing an app?
Strategies to reach users and installs

Its an social media app so i will buy ads on fb, instagram and stuff but i have no experience until now with ads business

[Anonymous No.13722860]

Anyone findom?

[DRC !!wwHMYEPSSvE No.13722871]

>>13722747
Samesies.

>>13722798
Happy to help out, albeit I am reluctant to take on commission-only work without knowing the traffic, price-points, etc.

Also
>half the profits
Commissions are normally a percentage of revenue, not profits. I normally do between 10-15%.

Anyway. Feel free to email me over at [e-mail] if you want to shoot the shit.

>>13722860
Disgusting.

[Anonymous No.13722981]

>>13721203
Anything related to making money from gamers is YouTube content or gaining a stream following. I've never streamed but two of the pitfalls of streaming is being super lazy or ignoring the audience. And don't stream top games. Stream your favorite game, or a hobby you have, or stream IRL or GTA RP. Build an audience, build a brand, this is the new "blogging"

>>13719294
Yes you have the funds. My funds are less than 600. I bought a residential pressure washer, it fits in my Corolla. I built my site by myself for less than $20. Just watch YouTube videos and buy used equipment. Get a used van or truck. Ford or Toyota. With 5k, you're way ahead.

[Anonymous No.13723169]

>>13721291
Patience. You will escape!
https://youtu.be/PO7DduwHV5Q

>>13722736
That's the dream. I will be expected to pay the old boomers 200-500 a month while I'm here. Once I hit 6 figures. I'm gone.

>>13722760
Since my industry is cleaning. I will serve customers homes, and eventually businesses. It will be door to door sales, with flyers and business cards.

[Anonymous No.13723298]

Oh. One observation I had. Do any of you deliver food? I saw something really smart, imo. Girl delivered some food and she left her business card in between the bags. Since her business was a cleaning service, it made a lot of sense. Really enterprising. I saved the card.

[Anonymous No.13723402]

>>13710666
how do I open a laundromat with 10k?

[Anonymous No.13724037]

>>13712506
Lmao seething incel detected

My gf is 10/10 patrician tier. I haven't fapped once in the 2 years we've gone out. She's that good

[Anonymous No.13724413]

>>13710666
You forgot the easiest and most common profession on biz which is sucking lots of dicks.

[Anonymous No.13724627]

>>13724413
not scalable. unless you mean pimping, then yes.