I want to use up to $50,000 to start a business - what kind of business can I start?

[Anonymous]

Please don't tell me to save more, blah blah. I want to know what I can do with what I have right now.

[Anonymous]

What will people pay you to do? Start there.

[Anonymous]

I would not solicit ideas from an anonymous Internet forum.

[Anonymous]

Only fans

[Anonymous]

Restaurant is the traditional "can't lose" idea

[Anonymous]

Do you have any knowledge or skills?

[Anonymous]

Fortune telling

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Restaurant is the traditional "can't lose" idea

That's cute.

[Anonymous]

Give us some context - film, food, consulting, kid products, tech, ?

Invest in someone else's idea/start-up

[Anonymous]

Unlicensed massage therapy

[Anonymous]

Entrepreneur. I can think of at least 20 ideas in the service industry taht require little capital. But what do you _like_ to do? Otherwise it's just not worth it.

[Anonymous]

This is OP. I don't really like to do anything other than sleep, travel and eat.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This is OP. I don't really like to do anything other than sleep, travel and eat.

Buying vending machines or leasing parking lots or something.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This is OP. I don't really like to do anything other than sleep, travel and eat.

So use your 50k to fund your sleep-eat-travel lifestyle.

[Anonymous]

If you insist on finding a business, host a competition at your nearest MBA program and choose the proposal you like the best. A kid gets their start and up get your business!