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Best Businesses for Retirees to Start
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marketing them to attract a
steady stream of new
customers.
Consulting
Retirees often boast extensive
industry knowledge thanks to
decades on the job. If you want
to earn extra cash in retirement,
consider providing consulting
services based on your
previous career. For example,
individuals with computer
expertise might provide tech
support for a local business. like retail stores and restaurants.
Similarly, seniors who worked
in finance could advise
individuals and businesses on
their investment choices.
Whatever your area of
expertise, the possibility exists Creative Products
to earn a solid paycheck. In
fact, many companies are able
to pay consultants more than
they can full-time employees
since they don't have to
swallow the cost of their
benefits.
Franchises
Many of these popular shops
are actually owned by
franchisees, or individuals
granted licenses to do business
under the trademark of a larger
company. If you are a
relatively young “senior” and
have some money to invest,
you may want to consider
buying a franchise rather than
launching a business from
scratch. Better franchises
provide training and name
recognition that you won't
have if you start your own
business. As a result, some
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franchisees have higher success have felt what it is to
rates than independent startups
For best results, choose a
franchise in an industry with
which you're comfortable and
research your franchise choice children of my heart,
very carefully before signing a
contract.
Do you have a talent for crafting?
Maybe you're a skilled quilter or
an exceptional artist. If so, you
may be able to earn extra cash by
selling your creative wares.
While some seniors opt to do the
majority of their business in
person at flea markets and fairs,
others prefer to sell online. Sites
like Etsy provide a digital
marketplace through which “By three methods
craftspeople can sell everything
from makeshift jewelry to
homemade house decor.
Use your imagination
These are just a few of the many noblest; Second, by
types of businesses that are
suitable for seniors to start. To
find the best business for you to
start as a senior, consider you can
use what you know how to do to
solve someone else's problem for
fill a need.
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WISDOM QUOTE Businesses You Can Start for Less than 3,000 Cedis
“There is neither Contd from page 8 The list of business startup
happiness nor misery
in the world; there is ideas below represents just a
few of the many different types
only the comparison of service businesses you can
of one state with start with limited funds. If none
another, nothing
of these suits you, think of
more. He who has felt what other type of service you
the deepest grief is could provide and start using
best able to similar tactics.
experience supreme 1. Pet Care – pets are a
happiness. We must billion cedi industry in the
Ghana, and there is a
die, Morrel, that we growing demand for new
may appreciate the o you want to start a Pet Care businesses. You 4. Freelance Writer – if
enjoyments of life.
business but don't have can start small, then grow you have ever dreamed
" Live, then, and be about seeing your name in
Dmuch money to spend? and expand your services as
happy, beloved It can be done. Starting a you attract new clients. print (and getting paid at the
same time), freelance
service business is often the Some of the pet care
and never forget, that
answer. Here are some services you can offer writing might be in your
until the day God will future. Writer's Digest
business ideas that can be include: feeding and
deign to reveal the launched for less than walking, grooming, or magazine is an excellent
future to man, all GH¢3,000 in startup funds. visiting a client's home and resource; you'll find lots of
human wisdom is caring for their pet while great articles on how to
contained in these You've probably read about they are working. break into the writing
two words, 'Wait and people starting their own industry.
2. House Cleaning – it
Hope.” businesses with very little seems like everyone is too 5. Property Management
Alexandre Dumas money and making a fortune. busy to clean their own – m a n y p r o p e r t y
And it can be done -- homes these days. The management companies
particularly if you're starting a first started out as house
demand for good house
WISDOM QUOTE service business. But a word to cleaners seems to grow each sitting businesses, then
the wise: for every success story year. In this business, word evolved as the need arose.
there are dozens of failures that of mouth will be your best Note: property management
we may learn go unreported. The key to is a demanding business,
advertising. So find your
wisdom: First, by improving your chances for first client (friend, business and you need very good
reflection, which is startup success is to be smart. associate, someone from “people skills” in order to be
Be honest with yourself about church, etc.) and start small. successful.
your willingness to work hard
imitation, which is 3. Auto Detailing – this is 6. House painter – if you
and research the business you like to paint, this business
easiest; and third plan to start before you jump another business that people can be a real goldmine for
by experience, into the new business pool. In are looking for in their
hometowns. Professional you. Whether you want to
other words, get a BUSINESS
which is the auto detailers can charge as specialize in indoor or
PLAN. You may contact Dilton outdoor house painting, it is
bitterest.” Consult for your business plans. much as ¢50 to ¢250, another business where
Confucious Visit www.diltonconsultghana.com depending upon what
services they provide. “word of mouth” will help
or call 020-8131656.
you grow. Continue on pg 10