Small Scale Ice Cream Shop; a Profitable Business Ideas for Villages with Hot Climate

If you live in a small town, rural setup or a village where most of the year or at least 6 months are hot enough to enjoy cold refreshment, starting up your own ice cream shop can be one profitable business idea.

You might have explored tons of small business ideas for small towns in various lists and now you are undecided about which one to start. Starting up an ice cream shop is low investment idea, plus it cannot be unsuccessful, if your ice cream tastes good enough to attract people!

Though the business requires low investment and not a bigger space, but does need handsome amount of training and skills to set up and manage the business. 

Focus on making of delicious flavor of ice cream and how to serve it well to maximum people. Don’t worry about the space, it can be a mobile ice cream shop too!

Here are some resources that can help you start and run your ice cream shop more effectively:

Ice cream shop; a profitable business idea.

How to start an ice cream truck.

Ice cream shop business plan.

How to start ice cream business from home.

Mobile Food Truck; Is It a Good Business for Cities Like Chicago?

Chicago is without a doubt, one of the most fertile grounds in the US for small businesses. If you are a fresh grad living or planning to move Chicago, or an executive looking to quit job and start own business, Chicago has a number of opportunities!

I am sure, you are not lacking business ideas, as you might have explored a big list of small business ideas for Chicago already, but you are just undecided.

So, if you are confused with the idea of “food trucks” and think of it as something ugly that sells unhealthy greasy food, you need to wake up! Time has changed and now almost every good food outlet, i.e. restaurant, café, chefs etc. are taking it serious!

Yes, it requires and investment, but not as much as a full-fledged restaurant requires… so yes, it’s a low budget business idea for cities like Chicago and has a huge potential!

While you move on roads with your mobile restaurant, it’s not just the food that will speak about it, but you will get ongoing media attention and social media fans!

So, it’s a big yes…. Go for it, and all you need to focus is delivering the best taste and healthy food!

Here are some links to help you get started:

Mobile Food Truck Licensing in Chicago

Mobile food truck business plan

While I am a big supporter of mobile food truck business in Chicago, my friend Sam insists on starting a recruitment agency in Chicago. Do check his view point too!

Pick & Deliver Car Washing Service Can be a Highly Profitable Business in New York City

Did you know thousands of people, drop the idea of car wash on regular basis just because they cannot afford all the time to take the car there, wait for it to get washed and then drive back.

So, if you have lately been exploring lists of small business ideas for New York City, and you feel you have nothing to invest in, go for this one.... All you need to spend is a few hundred dollars on marketing your service online.

Get the order, go and pick the car, get it washed and drive it back to the customer and charge your commission. You even don't need to invest in a service center initially. As you will be bringing so many orders, you can get discounted rates from any car washer!

Now, this guide will help you in marketing your car washing service online!

One of my friends also discussed photography as a low cost business in New York. Do check that too, as it also doesn't need any investment, except in marketing!

3 Small Business Ideas that are high in Demand in Mumbai & Pune

As a fact of the matter, when the economy of a city grows, there are more opportunities for people to start small and micro businesses. This is exactly how you may find hundreds and thousands of small business opportunities in Mumbai and Pune.

At StartupGuys.net we developed big lists of small business ideas for Mumbai and small business ideas for Pune. The lists include almost just any good business idea that can prove to be success, however, here I’d like to list the top 3 that are always in high demand. Here goes my list:

1- Restaurant: People cannot live without food, so either you start a food cart, a food van or a proper restaurant, it should pay off the reward.

 2- Recruitment Firm: Hundreds and thousands of companies out there. Employers want to hire and candidate want jobs. And it’s evergreen!

3- Groceries Delivery Service: People in big cities need things to get done faster, so rather than going out and spending time in a nonproductive concern they want it to be delivered. It’s going to be a big hit in future!

That’s my choice; and yes do check my other post on 3 Easy to Setup Small Business Ideas for Mumbai or Pune.

Doing Business in South Africa; what is the Best Marketing Strategy

Well, marketing strategy for any two different products for the same market can be different, depending upon the product type, demand of the people and of course the most preferred communication channels.

Having working on one of the best small business ideas for South Africa is not enough for the success, until you know the right mode of communication.

Modes of communication are though standard around the world, the usage stats and the preferences are different in different regions and so South African people have specific communication preferences.

Use of cell phones is very high and so you should be expecting masses to be using SMS more than email.

So, you may rely less on spending on internet marketing and look more into the SMS marketing!

But, wait, this is just an assumption. Better is to conduct a proper marketing research to figure out the right marketing strategy for your business to be successful in South Africa.

 Related Reading: Knowing the South African Consumer Behaviour before Starting a Business

Setting up a Free Zone Establishment in Dubai

I never knew that Dubai is such a fertile land for business until I stayed and worked here. And now, anyone who is interested in setting up a business in the Middle Eastern region, Dubai will be my top recommendation. So, if you are the one looking to explore the UAE business grounds, do check these best small business ideas for UAE.

The most interesting it has become due to the free zones that offer 100% foreign ownership. Well, a Free Zone Establishment or FZE  is an establishment formed and registered within the Free Zones and regulated solely by the Free Zone authorities.

In order to set up a FZE, you must have a capital of at least Dh.1 million and liability will be limited to the amount of paid-up capital. As an FZE, it needs a single shareholder and is an independent legal entity.

To form a company under free zone, you must submit a completed application to the Free Zone authorities that may take up to 30 days for them to make a decision. And you can start operations, right after you receive the approval from them.

Here's my post on list of Dubai free zones. Explore all of them and see which suits your business ideas most. Once decided, a good idea is to get help of a company formation agent for a hassle free process.

Starting a Small Business in the UK; What You Should Know?

UK's economy is very much favorable for small and micro businesses. Whether you want to start a small business concern for part time earnings or else you want to get into it on full time basis, you will find number of opportunities. 

However, not everything that is popular and working great in USA and Canada is going to be good in the UK. UK has a different market and though being one of the most developed regions for doing business has a lot of opportunities for small business entrepreneurs, starting a business in the UK is equally challenging.

So, if you are really interested in starting a small business in the UK make sure that your Business Idea must be creating some value to the community and your target audience: Check these low cost UK small business ideas that actually work there.

Get your company registered in the UK. Check your ideal company name is available and follow the guidelines provides by UK Gov here https://www.gov.uk/set-up-business-uk/register-your-business-in-the-uk.
    

Getting a loan to start or grow business in the UK is comparatively easier if your idea is great. Check https://www.startuploans.co.uk/  and you can borrow upto 25,000 pounds.

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