Theme bakery

Description: This business consists of baking cookies and cakes on different themes, according to customers’ orders. The products are intended for birthdays and different types of events. The types of cakes can be ordered by broad categories, such as related to: sports, occupation / job celebrations, educational, passions / hobbies. Thus, for a cake that is celebrating a football fan, you can make cakes in the shape of football boots, footballs, football field etc., for children you can make their favorite toys, etc.. In order for this business to be successful, one requires gastronomic passion and talent, but also an artistic inclination.

Resources needed: - establishing the location for the production                             - --- Expenses related to the rental of the location / locations
                             - Creating and achieving recipes and possible lists of models for the recipes, sketches and ingredients
                            - Testing the recipes and photographing them in order to achieve a portfolio presentation
                            - Expenses related to the acquisition of ingredients, equipment and the necessary tools for the culinary process
                            - Promotion through: websites, pictures, portfolio presentations, flyers, business cards
Advantages: -this can become a very popular product
                  - The cost of ingredients is reduced
                  - It’s an easy activity to promote
                  - Cakes are products never missed on any anniversary
Disadvantages: - an expensive location to rent
                      - Culinary skills are necessary or it requires hiring people who possess such knowledge
Conclusion: It's a potentially interesting field, which can quickly appeal to the public and the business manager can gain substantial opportunities for franchising.

Ghee (clarified butter)

Description: Ghee is clarified butter of Indian origin and it is a very healthy and very efficient ingredient for cooking, with a higher burning point than simple butter. Prices range from 8-10 euro/250g for Ghee. A very high price taking into account that it is obtained through a very simple process, from natural butter. Specifically, from 1 kg natural butter, no additives or preservatives are obtained approximately 800g ghee. From a simple calculation, with an investment of 5 euro (for 1kg butter) you obtained about 30 euro (resulting from 800g ghee). Among the advantages of ghee could be mentioned that the product is easily preserved, some experts claim that a well-made ghee can withstand up to 100 years, but the biggest benefits are the health benefits and here we have:

it improves memory, rejuvenates the skin, antioxidant, used for psychiatric disorders, voice, heart diseases. It is interesting to note that ghee, although it is made from plain butter, it tastes different. For a more effective sale and promotion it is shown in great looking containers.
Ghee production process is very simple and very clear in the movie that follows:

Resources needed: - expenditure on purchase of butter
                             - Rigorous documentation regarding the production process
                             - Experimentation process until the final product  achieves the best taste and commercial aspect.
                             - expenses on containers for bottling it
Advantages: - low investment
                - Very simple process of production
                - The product comes with a number of advantages, unlike traditional butter
                - it is an activity that could be done at home, with minimal costs
Disadvantages: - as a consumer product, small complications can occur with the authorization for the production process.
Conclusions: This product has many advantages, unfortunately the market price is quite high, and so a possible deal on this niche could be a great success, especially as customers could benefit from health improvements at lower prices.

Ikebana

Description: Ikebana is a Japanese technique used in special flower arrangements for decorative purposes, but it also has relaxation effects. The raw material for these ornaments is carefully selected from vineyards in nature and the manufacturing process needs to be more artistic, asymmetrical and using natural elements. The product can be sold both online via a website and online flower shops or shops that sell the products on this niche. Sale prices will be set depending on the complexity of the work.

Resources needed: - establishing patterns that will be made
                              - Raw material acquisition or taking necessary
                              - online / offline promotion of the product
Advantages: - very small investment
                 - The whole process can take place at home
Disadvantages: -it requires some artistic orientation
Conclusion: Anyone who wants to start a small business can try such an activity, which can take place in their home and, after reaching a dexterity, it may lead to the development of models to be sold at high prices.

Santa rental

Description: Although it is present on many markets, this service does not yet exist in all areas or may be performed only by a company in crowded areas. The service is to rent persons disguised in Santa Claus during the 24^th /25^th December each year. The estimated charges for this service start from 200 EUR / 30 min, generating a pretty good income, taking into account that this is an activity for only two days. It is ideal for 3-4 friends, so that to make sure that all orders will be

honored. Promoting the service efficiently is the key in this two-day business. It also can be developped to different service categories, e.g. for kindergartens, for schools, for businesses (to some Christmas parties).

Resources needed: - a site and efficient promoting methods
                              - Acquisition costs of authentic costumes and disguise apparel
                              - Lower costs of transport from one location to another

Advantages: - this activity takes only 2 days
- Lower costs
- Substantial profits
- Development possibilities to similar niches, such parties for children.
Disadvantages: - inefficient promotion
Conclusions: A simple activity for the holidays can bring extra income with a minimal effort.

Terrarium construction

Description: This product, also called a world in miniature, is made in various transparent glass containers in which are arranged different miniature living landscapes such as small gardens, mushrooms, various types of soils, vegetation imitating marine life, etc. They are also used to create the environment for the growth of small creatures such as reptiles, rodents, monkeys, birds, etc.. Such products can be easily marketed, with special visual features. Here we present several models for your inspiration:

 

Resources needed: - to establish patterns that will be made
                              - Establishing the necessary materials
                              - Expenses related to the acquisition of the necessary materials
                              - Expenses related to the necessary containers
                         - Promoting the product through a website (you can also make small engravings or inscriptions on the terrariums you sell, with reference to your site)
Advantages: - the costs are insignificant
- It is an activity that can take place at home
- Wide range of models
- Ease of implementation, it just takes a little artistic orientation
Disadvantages: - to obtain models with a great visual effect, it takes a little artistic inclination

Conclusions: Such a business can be easily done at home, and resources necessary to achieve the product are found at very low cost or they are even free.

Craft shop

Description: The process consists of crafting various hand-made items, ornaments or a craft shop offering its visitors and fans all the tools necessary for developing their passion for crafting, such as patterns, books and sources of inspiration. Such a craft shop can work both online and offline, and a supply store will be necessary, taking into account the market requirements in the area of ​​the store. Many people want to make ornaments for special occasions, holidays or even for handmade gifts, but small amounts of resources necessary for carrying out different items and ornaments cannot be found on hand. A craft supply shop can deal with:

different types of adhesives in small containers for different materials, different types of paint in small quantities for different types of surfaces, different categories of paper, dried flowers, dried fruits, different types of containers, dried seeds, broken pieces of ceramics in different colors, pieces of colored glass in different colors, different types of stone, etc.. Besides the necessary crafting products, a craft shop can also sell the products made in their own workshop.
Resources needed: - to study the concept of crafting and its various types
                                 - Making the list of products needed
                                 - Acquisition of necessary products for selling
                                - Online promotion and / or off the site, through business cards, flyers.
Advantages: - low costs of achieving the business
                - Requires knowledge in handmade ornaments and products
                   - Allow the customer to test their imagination
            -It provides customer solutions in a cheaper and more original manner than series products
Disadvantages: - If the promotion is effective, this business does not have disadvantages
Conclusions: This activity began to take off lately, but the materials required are found only in large quantities and spread out over different types of stores.

Writing and sending cards service

Description: This activity involves procuring a wide range of cards, and after they are scanned they will be displayed on a website through which orders will be made. The process will run as follows: The client will enter the site, they will choose the desired card to send, and then will fill out a form that contains: the name and address of the sender, the text displayed on the card, name and address. After the client has sent the data and has chosen the card, the card text will
be drawn by hand and mailed to the address provided by the client.
                Submission of such cards is a method of maintaining close business contacts, but also a way to make wishes on special occasions. The customer will be able to send the desired postcards with minimum effort, written by hand, to friends or business partners. In addition to the acquisition costs of envelopes, greeting cards and stamps, the customer will pay a commission.
Resources needed: - Average calligraphic skills
                     - A site
                     - Acquisition of a wide variety of cards
                     - Promoting of the service
Advantages: - It is a very useful service
                 - The work process is ​​easy, medium calligraphic skills are required only
                 - Very low initial investment
                 - This service is increasingly sought
Disadvantages: -no disadvantages.
Conclusion: The innovative characteristic of this service brings considerable advantages to both parties, sender and receiver of the card.

USB Business Cards

Description: This revolutionary product offers additional professional business promotion, with both the effect of regular cards, and storage capabilities via the USB stick of the company presented through video presentations, PowerPoint presentations, price offers, information on the structure, history, hierarchy, etc. These cards are made of cardboard or plastic, a little thicker than regular cards, at one end with a built-in USB stick which can be slid or rotated to be
introduced in the PC.

Resources needed: - documentation regarding the most accessible and presentable format to be achieved
                          - Sliding mechanism sketches and experimentation / rotation of the part containing the cardboard and the mini-USB stick
                      - Cutting machines / cutting depending on the material selected for the process
                     - Acquisition of necessary materials and of mini-sticks
                     - Setting a sale price

Advantages: -it  is professional-looking and it has great utility
                     - It will be sold at very high price
                     - It is very effective in many ways
Disadvantages: - the process of implementation should be done after a thorough documentation process
Conclusions: An innovative product that brings such great benefits for carriers and businesses, and you can achieve substantial income if all conditions are met.

Vietnamese pigs (Pot-bellied pigs)

Description: There is a small breed of pigs that, after studies of specialists in the field, would seem to have no cholesterol. Keeping in mind that the taste of its meat is very similar to the common pork, meat makes it an ideal product for those suffering from various diseases, for those who keep diets or want to live healthier. A pig is much smaller than the common pig, grows up to 120 kg, and such meat sells for approx. 10 euro / kg of pork or a two-month pig for
80-100 euros. Vietnamese pigs are much easier to maintain and consume much less than the common pig.
Resources needed:-availability for locations outside the city
                              - Funds for purchasing the pigs
                              - Expenditure on food
                              - Availability and cost of maintenance and cleaning
Advantages: - Healthy products are increasingly sought
                 - Much smaller spaces than growing traditional pigs
                 -  The selling price is very good
                 - Businesses of this type have great potential
Disadvantages: - difficulties in the slaughter process(you can negotiate contracts with approved slaughterhouses)
Conclusions: In a market that is increasingly turning to healthy and natural products, this product can become very popular and someone who invests in it can make substantial profits.

Business plan writing service

Description: This activity can become very useful for people who want to start a business, but believe that they do not need a business plan. This service can help them by realizing all the strategies and cost structures that will be needed when creating a business. In short, whoever will start this service, will ask from the client: company name, name of the employer, city, email, web, office location, management structure, capital structure, product or service offered, and based on these data they will proceed to the execution of the business, namely the following
stages: summary of business, purpose, product presentation, product market analysis (sales strategies, customer profile, strategies to promote), competition analysis, SWOT analysis (Strength, Weaknesses, Opportunities , Threats), presentation of the required capital, achieving financial plan (sales and profit situation for 3-4 years) and Additionals (Additional product information, brochures, market research data).
Such a service can be promoted through a website and customer data can be obtained by e-mail. The delivery price plan will be established depending on the complexity of the business (for example if a product in the technical field that requires advanced presentation technology research and production, then the price will be higher than for a business plan showing a service implementation of business plans).

Resources needed: - information and willingness to travel for information purpose
- PC
- Minimum PC knowledge
Advantages: - it is an essential service for anyone who wants to start a business
                - The investment is very small
                - With time and by gaining experience, the time invested will be reduced
Disadvantages: - if it is well promoted, this activity does not have disadvantages
Conclusions: A business plan is essential for any starting entrepreneur, but many entrepreneurs start their first experience without a plan, thus leading them to an inevitable failure. Therefore, such a high quality service, if practiced at an affordable price, it can be very successful and can provide acceptable income for anyone deciding to invest in such an activity.

Soup Stand

Description: This business is very present in international markets and benefits from a great success. The business consists of producing and selling kinds of soup easily consumed in containers. You can opt for cardboard containers used by many coffee-to-go shops. All you need to do in addition to this is give customers a plastic spoon and a napkin. A portion will be sold at a price which will depend on the range and quantity of soup. This will be established by the
business manager. The sale can be achieved in the form of a fast-food and the fact that these soup-establishments are scarce in many countries leads us to thinking that it can lead to a successful franchise. From the beginning you should put great emphasis on the choice of the name (short and expressive like "hot soup", "soup stand", "soup to go," etc.).
Resources needed: - documentation regarding the desire of the target public                             

                              - Documentation in terms of recipes
                              - Renting a small high-traffic location
                              - Acquisition of the necessary tableware
                              - Achieving the desired logo
                              - Acquisition of cardboard containers imprinted with logo
                              - Procurement of ingredients and testing recipes until they reach the best possible quality.
Advantages: - non-existent in our market
                 - Though investment is quite high, a considerable advantage is that the added profit is very high
                - Low cost ingredients
                - Possibilities of franchising
Disadvantages: - renting a location in a high-traffic area may be expensive
Conclusion: A good business plan and expansion can make this business a successful franchise.

Creating and selling tea recipies

Description: With its simplicity, this business can be easily performed at home. In short, the activity is to acquire large or medium amounts of dried plants used and accepted for human consumption. Next step is to search or (if you have the original) even invent recipes for tea. These recipes will be achieved by optimizing the dosage of the purchased plants. Thus, making and packaging an interesting mixture of tea plants can be profitable, as tea consumption is increasing. Tea mixtures thus obtained can be named according to the effect that they have, e.g.
relaxing, refreshing, energetic, soothing, etc. or depending on the composition of the tea. Great attention has to be given to the selection of the plants that will be mixed, because not all existing plants are tested and fully accepted as beneficial to consumers.
Resources needed: - acquisition of dry plants in bags
                                 - Establishing a marketing plan
                                 - Establishing and packaging a design
                                 - Establishing names and recipes
                                - Small surveys can be made between friends for determining optimal marketing tastes.
                                - Creating a logo
                                - Promotion through a website and niche stores
Advantages: -it is a natural product
                - The investment is relatively small
                - Mixing and product packaging can be made in one’s own home
              - Natural products are and will become increasingly popular
                - Sale prices are quite high compared to the investment
Disadvantages: - problems can occur in incompliance with legal issues regarding the use of plants that have not yet been tested.
Conclusions: Such a business can be easily performed at home, and a growing consumer market for natural products makes this business worth trying.

Growing shiitake mushrooms

Description: Shiitake (Lentinula Edodes) mushrooms are a species of Asian origin. They are used in gastronomy and are known for their miraculous medicinal properties. In China and Japan, Shiitake mushrooms have been cultivated for over 1,000 years and are considered more than real delicacies. Among the medical properties of these mushrooms: stimulating blood circulation, respiratory diseases, liver diseases, anemia, and immune system. In food processing
and preparation, these fungi are used both raw and sun-dried, but many people prefer them sun-dried, considering that the sun improves their vitamin component.
The selling price of these mushrooms is approximately 10-15 EUR / kg.
These mushrooms can be obtained by two methods:
1. The bag-growing method:
      Here you can see this method implemented at a large scale:

2. Log-growing method:
 This consists in making holes in the logs and inoculating them with shiitake spawn. Mycelium is sold in different forms; there are even alternative forms of caps which are inserted into holes just made.
-Optimal wood to use: oak, alder, ash, chestnut, beech, walnut.
-Wood-Thickness: 10 - 25 cm
-Max. Wood: 120 cm
-Hole-depth approx: 5 cm
-Distance between holes approximately  10 cm
-Optimal storage humidity: 35-60%
-Frequency of irrigation: 1 / 2 weeks
Here you can see the method on the logs:

Resources needed: - a very rigorous documentation
                             - Choose the most convenient ways to increase your production
                             - Acquisition expenses for the mycelium (Approximate price: 10 EUR -100 bung; on specialized sites there are references to cheaper sources)
                             - Availability of space / land for cultivation

Advantages: - the selling price is very high
                  - The investment is relatively small
                  -the growth process is simple
                  - big market demand for this type of product
Disadvantages: - errors of production may occur in case of a superficial documentation
Conclusion: It is a business that does not require great physical and financial effort, but with a little patience and attention in meeting the conditions of growth, anyone who chooses to invest in this activity can make a considerable profit.

Mini-popcorn (PopSorghum)

Description:This product was discovered in Ethiopia by Andrew Zimmern on his culinary TV-show. Mini-pocorn, on short, is just like normal popcorn, only made of sorghum grain. Who has tasted this mini-popcorn, has reported that it is fluffier and tastes better than popcorn. Such a product can be produced and sold even on the street, but it can also be packaged and sold in
food stores.

Resources needed: - documentation on the entire process of production
                              - Experimentation process until the product reaches the best form possible
                              - Realization of the desired sale method
                              - Acquisition expenses for the desired quantities of sorghum
                              - Expenditure on procurement of various tools and packages necessary for the production and the marketing
Advantages: - it is an innovative product
                 - In many countries this product does not exist yet

                 - The investment is very small
                 - One could have monopoly on the market
                 - The production is very simple
Disadvantages: - if you have a good sales strategy, this product does not have drawbacks.
Conclusion: This product will soon appear in many countries, and innovation, market success and higher quality than traditional popcorn, can bring the investors significant sums.

Beer Mustard

Description:The product is tasty, easy and increasingly requested on the market. The main ingredients are mustard beans and beer. To see the entire process of production and other ingredients used for this recipe, watch the videos below, which present a success story in making and selling this product:

Resources needed: - acquisition expenses for the ingredients
                              - production space for this activity
                              - Acquiring the necessary tools and dishes
                              - Acquisition of jars for bottling
Advantages: - small investment
                 -it is a homemade recipe, easily realized
                 - it is placed on a friendly market
Disadvantages: -it can cause problems in terms of compliance with food legislation and bottling the product
Conclusion: It is very interesting and easy to do, and can bring significant profits to those who choose to invest in this business.

Natural bath sponge - growing luffa cylindrica

Description: The luffa bath sponge is a vegetable grown especially for its decorative purpose rather than for its consumption. Besides the decorative aspect, it was observed that after drying the core of the vegetable it has properties very similar to a sponge bath (absorption and appearance). Thus, this natural bath sponge has become very popular in many countries, considering unlike the synthetic bath sponge, it has beneficial qualities for the skin, such as
removing dead cells on its surface. This product can also be transformed into a bio soap, which consists of embedding into the luffa sponge an all natural soap.
               For optimal growth conditions, cylindrical loofah needs a lot of light and heat, but excess water is not indicated.
Resources needed: - availability of land for starting the culture
                                 - Acquisition  of luffa seeds
                                - Tools needed for drying, slicing and packaging the final product
Pros: - Natural products are increasingly sought
                 - Vegetable sponge is very easy to produce, Luffa is dried and then sliced ​​according to the desired size
                 - Selling price of the final product is quite high
Cons: - Impediments in the growth process of the plant

Conclusions: In a market that is moving increasingly towards more natural products, this product can prove to be a success.

Vertical gardens

Description: Vertical Gardens are made from ​​floral decorations on the walls of the houses, in some "pockets" made ​​of waterproof material. The main advantage is that it does not take up as much space as a horizontal arrangement in pots would occupy. The concept has already appeared in many countries and in some areas it has already proved to be a success. Once you
have obtained the waterproof material, holes are made on the wall, then you have to set these waterproof "nests", add soil and plant the plants you want. One such service is charged per vertical garden square meter and prices are based on size and rarity of the plants that will be planted. Here you can see an example of how to set up this garden:

Resources needed: - documentation regarding the materials
                              - Importing waterproof  "nests" or a similar insulating material

                              - Creation of a model gardens portfolio to work with
                              - Promotion of the service (on/offline)
                                                    
Pros: - Small investment
       - There seems to be a big enough interest for such arrangements
     - Customer advantages: space saving, much more aesthetic than conventional pots, waterproof material prevent water leaking on the surfaces of wall or furniture in the room.
      - A very easy making process
Cons: - if there is good and effective advertizing, this business does not have disadvantages
Conclusion: It is a business with a small investment; the profit is directly proportional to the involvement, interest and promotion of the service.