5 business ideas that don't require you to leave your job

2024 Author: Malcolm Clapton | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 03:44

Photo printing, sports equipment rental, tailoring and other business options that can be combined with the main job.

Scientists at the University of Wisconsin at Madison have come to A Hybrid Path to Entrepreneurship to the astonishing conclusion that successful entrepreneurs do not quit their jobs, but build businesses in parallel with their main work activities. More than 5,000 American entrepreneurs were studied in 12 years, and those who saved jobs were 33% less likely to go bankrupt.

This is because these entrepreneurs had an average of 4 hours a day to run the business. They more often delegated tasks and made decisions quickly, more trusting employees and their opinions.

By the way, Steve Wozniak, Bill Gates and Sergey Brin were among the entrepreneurs who built their business while keeping their jobs. Wozniak worked at Hewlett Packard until Apple's business took off, and Gates and Brin worked at universities until their IT companies began to generate income.

The life hacker has selected five types of business for you that you can do while staying in your usual workplace. The tables with calculations show the approximate costs of equipment and raw materials or materials. However, they do not include rent and wages, because these amounts will vary significantly from city to city.

coffee house

You can open a coffee shop in the same business center where you work, or in an adjacent building. To start, you need to find premises, personnel, purchase equipment and raw materials.

For the first month of work, 15 kg of coffee beans are enough. Milk, sugar and syrups are purchased as needed from nearby stores. We also need to buy about 300 cups for coffee. Cups with a lid are more expensive than without a lid.

Estimated costs for raw materials and equipment
Name	Quantity	Price, rubles	Total, rubles
Professional coffee machine	1	140 000	140 000
Professional coffee grinder	1	115 000	115 000
Additional coffee grinder	1	36 000	36 000
Whole bean coffee	15	1 200	18 000
Cup with lid	300	7	2 100
			311 100
Minimum number of employees
Barista	2 persons
Cleaner	1 person

Sports equipment rental

The fashion for physical activity and a healthy lifestyle will help in opening your first business. Organize a sports equipment rental near the city park. Bicycles and roller skates can be offered to visitors in summer and skiing in winter.

For the first time, ten bicycles are enough, 2-3 pairs of roller skates of each size and 10 pairs of skis for different heights. Then you can focus on demand and buy additional inventory as needed.

It is necessary to negotiate the lease of land near the park with the local authorities. The costs will also have to include the arrangement of the rental pavilion and the salaries of employees. By the way, you can save money if employees know how to repair sports equipment, then it is not necessary to hire a foreman for repairs. Or you can find a workshop and negotiate a discount for a regular customer.

Estimated inventory costs
Name	Quantity	Price, rubles	Total, rubles
Bike	10	13 000	130 000
Roller Skates	30	3 600	108 000
Skis	30	1 200	36 000
			274 000
Minimum number of employees
Salesman	2 persons
Serviceman	1 person

Manufacture of wearing apparel

If you have a desire to start your own brand, try designing clothes in the evenings. You can take inspiration from the example of the Russian brand Krai, the founder of which himself was engaged in the development and production of clothing for motorcyclists in his free time from the main work.

You will need an industrial sewing machine and an overlock. You can make clothes schemes on a computer using special programs Grafis or Julivi.

You also need to find a supplier of raw materials. The cost of fabric can vary significantly depending on your requirements for the material, so we do not indicate it in the table with calculations.

We'll have to find a suitable area for the atelier and take into account the wages of the seamstresses. Alternatively, you can only design clothes, and outsource the tailoring to an atelier. Then you just have to pay for the software.

Estimated equipment costs
Name	Quantity	Price, rubles	Total, rubles
Industrial sewing machine	1	32 000	32 000
Overlock	1	32 000	32 000
Grafis License	1	65 000	65 000
			129 000
Minimum number of employees
Seamstress	1 person

Dog sweater production

A new popular trend among dog lovers is sweaters with different patterns. It is enough to find out the measurements of a four-legged fashionista and use knitting needles to knit warm clothes.

Patterns can be found online, so little is required to start a business. We need several types of knitting needles, and also a skein of elastic that will keep the shape of the product.

You can not knit yourself, but hire workers, taking on only marketing and communication with clients.

Estimated costs of materials and tools
Spokes	3	500	1 500
Yarn	5	200	1 000
Elastic	1	200	200
			2 700
Minimum number of employees
Knitter	1 person

Printing on T-shirts and mugs

The Wordstat service shows Impression History for the phrase "print on t-shirts" that the number of requests for printing on t-shirts or mugs has been increasing for the second year in a row. This means that you can have time to enter this market.

To apply a picture or inscriptions on the surface, you must purchase a heat press with nozzles. At the beginning of work, you will need a flat cloth nozzle and a round one for mugs. There are separate heat presses for T-shirts, mugs, plates and baseball caps, but it's better to buy a universal one.

You can print images on objects using sublimation printers. However, it is worth choosing them with a professional in order to take into account the specifics of the work.

Additionally, you will have to purchase a color printer, as well as a cutter for cutting blanks for printing from sublimation paper, photo paper and special inks.

In addition, the mugs and T-shirts themselves, a room for work are needed. And of course, consider employee salaries and advertising budgets.

Estimated costs of materials and equipment
Name	Quantity	Price, rubles	Total, rubles
Heat press with nozzles	1	35 000	35 000
Color printer	1	15 000	15 000
Paper cutter	1	2 500	2 500
Photo paper	3	585	1 755
Special thermal ink	4	3 990	15 960
			70 215
Minimum number of employees
Printing Specialist	1 person

As you can see, you can start your own business without a huge investment of time and money. Choose an option according to your taste and possibilities. I wish you success!