I hate slide shows.

From the "Welcome Screen: Quote of the day:" A man's best friends are his ten fingers."

I prefer to think of my left as "Old Lady Thumb and her four daughters," and my right as "That gay guy and his four adopted sons."

knbber2: "Den of Prostitution and Crack House" didn't make the list???

3 seconds to read the paragraph.
The web master should be shot

The riskiest business of all.

Fark.ru has to right up there.

I'm gonna bet 'gig promoter' didn't make the list. Easily make or break $15,000 a night.. heh. That's pretty risky.

/I guess I'm a gambler

I only came in here to post Risky Business images ... Bastards beat me to it.

Well that just about summed up most any new business.

My thoughts exactly.

What's the least risky business? They seem to have covered nearly everything.

I have an idea for a business and I've been exploring the feasability of all. I took a class at the Women's Business Center and I have to say the majority of the people in the class were complete and utter morans. The instructor had everyone state their name and business idea. One woman said her idea was a restaurant. The instructor asked her what kind of restaurant. She giggled, twisted her hair around her finger, said in a little girl voice "I don't want to tell you the idea. You might steal it" and giggled some more.

Yeah, you're going to be a huge success. There were about 20 peole in the class, and only 2-3 others seemed like they had the brains and attitude to run a business. You need more than a good idea.

Trucido,

Haliburton stateside sub-contractor.

For those who don't want to go through the whole crappy "slideshow":

Transportation
Apparel Stores
Restaurants And Bars
Communications
Travel Agencies And Tour Operators
Food Stores
Personal Services
Auto Repair
Trucking
Money Services Businesses

Strip club?

/not for me of course.

Phins... was she hot?

Selling screen doors for submarines?

Retail, auto repair, transportation of both people and goods, communication, food, services, uh.... I guess begging on the streets is still a pretty good option. Not much overhead.

Trucido

Just going to say that.


What kind of business is good to start, according to them then?

Are we all supposed to be office calling centers filled with bored techinicians?

If you want to start a business that makes you money these days it benefits you to have a proprietary edge over the competition. I have started a few businesses and managed to survive because I owned the patents on the product.
Another business that I have had some success with is in computer repair and maintenance, and also web development and site building. Ninety percent of the population don't know RAM from hard drive, browser from mail program or how you get a domain. Most small businesses aren't on the web because of the intimidation factor.
So knowledge in these areas will grant success.
The Forbes list is just a list of competitive industries with no distinct advantage in knowledge or technology. They all rely on surviving the first five years and knowing how to market. Most people can do neither and must drive a cubicle for a living.

/always written my own check.

Article should have just said "everything".

Home remodeling didn't make the list.

Remodelers can expect a 15-25% profit on a kitchen or bath remodel. Kitchens and baths are where the $$ is. Not unheard of for a kitchen remodel to cost the homeowner $15-25K.
This is a tough one to start, due to the knowledge you need and the tools.
Forbes seems to have concentrated on the businesses that don't fare well and have low profit margins.


/In the biz.

rucido

What's the least risky business? They seem to have covered nearly everything.

I'm guessing drug smuggling. I mean heck, have you seen the profits? That is one job were you really can make thousands of $$$ per week week by being your own boss. Depending were you are, smuggling cigs can make you some good coin.

Home remodeling didn't make the list.


With home prices going down in most of the US, that isn't likely to make a profit for quite some time unless you're in some niche neighborhood that is immune from the credit bubble. Not saying that isn't possible, but seriously, Remodeling? Home remodels historically lose 20% in value the moment they are installed. The last few years are an anomaly.

Seatown75

That reduction in value is in the value of what was remodeled, not what the remodeler makes as a profit on doing the work.

People are remodeling even more because the cost of a new home is prohibitive.

Last few years? I've been in business since 1991.

The surest way to make a small fortune is to take a large fortune and use it to start an airline.

#11 business that has low margins and high risk: dirty deeds.

Are you sure a cigar store w/smoking would be illegal in WA under the new law?

I was at a hookah bar here in CA once, and pondering how they managed to keep the air so clear.. and it hit me, I've been here 5 times and it never occurred to me that it's supposed to be illegal to smoke indoors here. I am assuming there must be an exception for businesses where that is the whole point of the establishment, and people would therefore be expecting to be exposed to second-hand smoke..

jizz mopper?

/DRTFL

thanks morbo ;)

jizz mopper?

the local porn store in my town is always hiring for that position. they keep changing the title to throw people off, but you learn the ugly truth sooner or later.

/pays $12 an hour
//but even that's not worth it to scrape dried jizz off tv screens and walls.

I didn't see "mine sweeper" in that list.

Professional Russian Roulette Player

/id think that should be #1
//right behind Jersey Hooker QC

I'd like to second the suckage of Washington state.

#0: Internet Slide Shows.

What about Monkey Management?

Restaurants?!? Apparently the author has never been to Omaha.

My business - casino parties for hire - isn't on the list thank God. Glad to see that none of the entertainment-based businesses are on the list, actually.

/been hacking it for 2.5 years
//not quite ramen noodles, but not quite a baller either

i didn't see mine in there, so i must be playing it conservative.

I'm glad 'songwriter' was nowhere in the list because I would have been really worried. I can now with more confidence pursue my dream and open the first and last place to shop for words to songs yet written: the Empire of Lyrics Emporium.

how about catahoula breeder?



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///gotta pay for my TF somehow

smoothsix: I was at a hookah bar here in CA once, and pondering how they managed to keep the air so clear.. and it hit me, I've been here 5 times and it never occurred to me that it's supposed to be illegal to smoke indoors here. I am assuming there must be an exception for businesses where that is the whole point of the establishment, and people would therefore be expecting to be exposed to second-hand smoke..

There is a hookah bar in the U district of seattle. The only reason it is allowed to stay open is because in the smoking ban fine print, it said that the state cant close a business where smoking is the only income. This place doesnt even sell soda. Kind of a cool spot, but I bought a 2 hose hookah and a container of shisha for the same price as it cost to use theirs for an hour. My 5% jewish blood boiled.

I bet a lot of us entreprefarkeurs are checking the list for our chosen line of work. *Whew*

/freelance graphic designer
//haven't starved to death yet
///hire me!
////there's a link in my profile...

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Wasn't that like in the 80's you know? Really?

/Start bussiness 3 months before kissmyass.
//Get name in phone book before opening.
///Suck in the customers then go to sleep for 2 months after kissmyass.

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