A reader asks:

Can you suggest any business ideas that would suit one man working alone?

Quite a few of the business ideas that I’ve written about could be started and run by one man (or woman) on their own. For example, consider the following ideas:

• Become A Driving Instructor
• Starting A Taxi Cab Business
• Starting A Bouncy Castle Business
• Developing iPhone Applications
• Starting A Computer Repair Business
• Newspaper Delivery
• The Fruit Van Man
• Start A Handyman Business

and there are many more, check out the lists of Small Business Ideas, Home Business Ideas and Internet Business Ideas in particular.

However a word of warning. Starting and running a business on your own can be lonely. It’s much better to have someone to talk things through with, to bounce ideas off or just to pick you up when things aren’t going well. They don’t have to be a business partner as such, a husband/wife, girlfriend/boyfriend, sibling or parent will do too. Failing that find (network with) other small local businesses and share ideas with them.

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