Neurons@Work

If you have the love for motorbikes, why not consider running a motorbike-saddle customization workshop?

With the amount of motorbikes on the road, the market is huge. Consider Top Saddlery, a company that provides a complete choice of saddles for motorbike or scooter. They have many different types of seat covers. The customer can choose from various colours and materials with or without your personalized embroidery motifs. Top Saddlery’s caters to a good range of motorbikes as well as scooters.

Website: www.topsaddlery.com

Selling books online has been quite a lucrative business. You can sell practically any type of books for example Amazon books.

There is one company in Malaysia that focuses primarily on children’s books.  Valuebookshop.com offers books that help build character, instill good skills and values and many others. They have books for babies, toddlers, preschoolers and even books on parenting.  New books are not cheap so Valuebookshop offers closeouts and used books that are of good quality to their buyers.

With the rising cost of fuel, online shopping can be your winning solution to providing added value services.

Website: www.valuebookshop.com 

If you a travel agent or aspire to be one, why not consider becoming a cruise entreprener? Selling cruises is a wonderful way to make a living and more now than ever. However, if you are worries about high initial outlay, fear not as cruise entrepreneurs are going home-based.

Operating from home has its many advantages such as having low overheads. This means you can be highly competitive. You can consider becoming specialized in a certain type of cruise product or become expert in a certain aspect of cruising e.g. honeymoon cruises, family reunions, caribbean cruises, incentive cruises, bachelor cruises, and etc. This can even be done as a part-time job. Something worth considering.

Website: www.cruiseconnections.com

With the growth of the world-wide-web, more and more companies will be capitalizing on this to showcase their products an services to the world. There is also a growing trend of bookings made online for hotels (e.g. laughlin hotels), air tickets, concert tickets, and etc.

As such, there will be a strong need for services to help companies go online. Take for example AFOOFA Solutions, a leading provider of technology, infrastructure and distribution channels for the global travel industry offering a spectrum of comprehensive and revolutionary travel technology for airlines, hotels, travel agents, corporations, travel enterprises and applications. AFOOFA Solutions brings automation and efficiency to every corner of the travel industry.

There are many more companies that may require the same service so if you are tech savvy, this could be your jackpot.

Website: www.i4laughlin.com

Packaging business has been one area where many individuals has made it big. But as the world progresses and competition is on the rise, there is a need to be different and anyone who wants to venture into this business must come up with unique selling proposition. 

At The Custom Box Company, they specialize in manufacturing small quantity, made to order corrugated shipping boxes. With the use of their technology, set up time is brought down to a minimal to produce the custom boxes and this is crucial to remain competitive in the market. The order they take can range from small to very huge and caters to a wide range of customers.

There will be many individuals and businesses that requires corrugated boxes. Why not start this business today.

Website: www.customcardboardboxes.com

At the mere mention of weddings, we know that there will be money flying everywhere. This also means that there is opportunity to make money. From flower arrangement services to photography services, entrepreneurs are trying to make as much profit as possible from the soon wedded couple.

One of the biggest investment a couple can make during the time of wedding is on their wedding bands. But there are already hundreds of shops offering wedding bands already. However, if you can offer something different to your potential clients, you might just carve yourself a niche. How about getting the couples to make their own wedding bands from scratch in silver, white gold or yellow gold in a single five hour workshop?

This company actually offers workshops to assist their clients to measure, cut, shape and polish their own rings. You can even get stones set into their ring after it is finished. A jeweler will be around to assist them. 

Think about this, your clients will walk away with a special keep sake that may be passed down their generation line. There are many weddings that take place every year. If this is something that interests you, why not consider this business idea?

Website: www.thedevilsworkshop.ca/home.shtml

If you have the passion to train and coach others, does the idea of becoming a business coach ever cross your mind?

Sports coaching is a very common practise but when comes to business coaching, it is relatively quite unknown. Basically business coaches teach business owners how to grow their sales and marketing results. Business owners are provided with effective yet relatively simple and affordable sales, marketing and team building strategies that brings dramatic improvements in their revenues and profits. In other words, your role is quite similar to a business consultant.

Visit this website below for more information if you are interested.

Website: www.action-seasia.com

If you have a thing for helping people to move stuff, why not consider running a junk removal service business.

Take for example 1-800-GOT-JUNK a canadian company. It started back in the late nineteen eighties by two university students. They help people to remove things they don’t need. That means they take away almost anything – from old furniture, appliances and electronics to yard waste and renovation debris. Service will be charged based on volume of junk being removed.

Look at this way, another opportunity here is the possibility of selling some of this junks away either through a garage sale or a second-hand item dealer. In other words, you have two potential source of income. Not bad at all for a garbage collector.

Website: www.1800gotjunk.com/us_en

Speaking about luxury hotels, how about hotels for pets? The Pet Hotel operating in Singapore is the biggest kennel service provider in Singapore. They claim to be the only boarding kennel in Singapore to be accredited by the American Boarding Kennel Association and also esteem member of the Independent Pets & Animal Transport Association International.

Pet Hotel provides a wide and flexible array of services ranging from basic boarding to a full spa get-away. They even offer import and export services, grooming services, pet taxi and ambulance services and not missing out also cremation services.

There is huge potential in pet business. Definitely something worth exploring.

Website: www.pethotel.com.sg

Bathrooms and toilets is definitely one important area in a house. Because of this, many remodeling companies has offered services to make your bathrooms and toilets more comfortable. 

An innovative company has redefined the meaning of bathroom remodeling. Instead of tearing up old bath tubs and shower bases, Re-Bath system fits over your existing tubs and bases giving it a new look. Re-Bath system is made of hardy material that will not fade, chip, rust or peel making it long lasting.

Maybe this concept will give you a spark of innovation for your next business idea.

Website: www.rebath.com