7 Business Ideas You Can Start with Ten Dollars and Become a Millionaire
You have a burning desire to start a business, but you are waiting to gather enough capital. The more you keep your business idea on hold, the more opportunities you lose. What you need is not a lot of capital for a start-up, but a business idea.
Some businesses indeed require loads of capital. But with $10, you can start a millionaire business. Consider these 7 business ideas and choose one that best fits you. You only need a computer or phone and an internet connection.
1. Affiliate Marketing:
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Affiliate marketing takes different forms and can include any of the following and many more.
- Invite subscribers to a website or blog
- Promote goods or services online
- Sell coupons online
- Send marketing emails
- Promote blogs and many more
If you choose a good niche wisely, you can make a lot of money every month.
2. Sell creations
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If you are talented in arts, create spectacular arts like
- Painting
- Drawing
- Sculpture
- Do some graphic arts
- Write irresistible poems, stories, drama and so on
Post them online and sell through platforms like social media, blogs and YouTube.
3. Write for Clients
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People need content, but they don’t know how to create impressive content. Avail yourself and write for them –
- Articles
- Blogs
- Product reviews
- Email marketing content
- Video scrips
- Newsletters and so on
4. Serve people
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People are busy with all manner of issues like jobs, businesses, school, parenting, politics, touring and so on. They need someone to help them do chores in their homes.
Avail yourself and help with chores like –
- Cleaning
- Laundry
- Trimming the lawn
- Babysitting
- Dropping and picking kids at school
- Shopping for groceries
5. Watch videos and get paid
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Some companies like YouTube and Netflix are willing to pay you to watch and comment on their movies, trailers and advertising videos. Signup, watch and claim your payment.
6. Test apps
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Every day, apps developers create new apps and improve on old ones. Before they release them into the market, they pay people to test their strengths and shortcomings. You can be one of them.
7. Create apps
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Mobiles apps have become useful tools for personal and corporate use. They can run on smartphones and tablets. If you have some knowledge of software development, you can start creating mobile apps and sell them to corporates.
Some of the most marketable mobile apps are –
Lifestyle apps – useful for lifestyle needs like dieting, music, gym, travel and dating
Social media apps – for everyday social interactions
Utility apps - They help add to the phone and tablet features – Think of mobile apps like calculators, weather apps, calendar, and so on.
Entertainment apps - These are the loved gaming apps mostly used by generation Z.
Productivity apps -These apps make the user’s experience better. They help users perform tasks with ease. They are apps like – Evernote, Docs and sheets
Information apps - They give users information according to need. They are apps like weather apps, news apps.
Conclusion
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It might be impossible to venture into all fields, but with the above 7 ideas, you can choose one that best fits you. Take your laptop, smartphone or tablet and resolve to start the soonest. You could be the next millionaire in 6 months. A business idea cannot be called business unless you start.
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About the author - Peter Mwangi Mugwe is a freelance article writer based in Nairobi-Kenya. He spends his time writing, marketing and reading. He has written two religious books – The Book of Angels and The Book of Numbers for Kingdom Business. They are available on Amazon.com. For more information on article writing and content creation, kindly contact him at [email protected]