Starting a Bead Accessories Business at Home
Beads and accessories making often starts as a hobby, but people with talent and a flair for salesmanship often switch from hobbyist to home-based business owner. However, because you make and sell accessories from your home, doesn’t mean that you made the crossover from hobbyist to businessperson.
Whether you’re a weekend dabbler or a full-time accessories designer, there’s money to be made from your skills. The secret to your success? Believe in your product, have a professional attitude toward your work, and learn to organize every business aspect of your craft. Read more
The Business of Making Bamboo Furnitures
Resort owners prize bamboo furniture for giving their establishments a natural touch and pleasantly rustic look. This attribute of bamboo furniture also makes it a highly viable and sellable product in export fairs and trade fairs.
According to Elvin-Dimasu-ay, technical education specialist and in charge of the bamboo section of the Department of Trade and Industry’s Cottage of Industry Technology Center (CITC-DTI), you can go into the making of Japanese bamboo armchairs with an investment of P20,000 to P40,000 for tools and equipment and another P1,900 for materials. For startups, though, it is best to first test the waters by just buying alternative tools and equipment. This can bring the startup costs down to about P21,000. You also have the option of just renting all the equipment you need form the CITC-DTI office in Marikina City. Read full entry
Starting a Pest Control Business
No matter what industry you’re considering, starting a business is not easy for anyone. Starting a pest control business takes this statement one step further, though, because it requires a medium-level investment and a lot of thought, not just to handle the business itself, but also to purchase the equipment and create a strong marketing presence. This brief guide, though, may help.
Because infestation is so common a problem, the number of pest control business opportunities open for investigation is virtually endless.
Starting a pest control service does require some careful planning and a license in most areas of the country. Read more
Guide to Starting a Cell Phone Repair Business
With roughly 30 percent of the entire population living on less than $1 a day, according to a July 2007 United Nations report, most Filipinos don’t have the disposable income to buy new cell phones when they break. So just as they do with broken air conditioners or clunky cars, they fix them. There is an entire section at the Greenhills Shopping Center in Manila dedicated to cell phone repair.
There is a growing demand for cellular phone repair. There are already millions of cellphones in the Philippines. The cellular industry is one of the fastest-growing industries in the world and in the Philippines, the repair industry grew over the past few years. There’s an increasing number of opportunities in the repair industry for people who have good understanding and know-how on cellphone repair. Read more
Recycle Plastic Bags Into a Rug
Plastic is one of the most widely used products in the world. We use it to package consumer products, to charge our purchases with credit cards, to carry our food and drink, to build our toys and to even make our clothing. There are over 10,000 different kinds of plastic in the world, and it is so versatile and can be mixed with so many other elements that its uses are limitless.
But plastic takes up about 10% of our total waste stream, and it is composed mainly of the non-renewable resource petroleum. So the more petroleum we burn to make new plastic products, the more greenhouse gases we release into the air. Only 5% of all plastic is recycled, so we need to push for more plastic recycling practices in our daily lives. Read more
Home Based Catering Business
Do you like cooking? Do you like preparing food for groups? If you answered yes to these questions, catering might be the business for you. Caterers normally direct a few events per month. Catering can be a home based business. Caterers provide food for special events such as weddings, parties and corporate events. What’s more, some caterers provide a unique service in which they cook private meals for families and individuals. This business is ideal because the start-up cost is low, and most caterers work from home.
In order to be successful, caterers must plan menus, develop recipes, create promotional events and design programs for clients. Therefore, problem solving skills are beneficial in this business.
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