Maybe before the beginning of 2020, you didn’t consider starting your own business, but seeing how fast jobs can disappear in a crisis has you revisiting the possibility. Even if you don’t intend to make a full-time income from your own business and you want to work outside the house again eventually, there’s nothing wrong with having a backup just in case. After all, there’s nothing quite like being your own boss because it’s both a challenge and rewarding at the same time.
So, if you want to take your leadership to the next level and branch out to start your own business, here are some ideas to explore this year.
Virtual Assistant
With so many people working from home, demand is high for virtual help. An online assistant can do everything from secretarial and administrative work to marketing and social media maintenance. Starting a virtual assistant business where either you are the helper or connecting them to businesses who need them, is a smart move in the current climate.
Even when businesses reopen and job openings increase, there will still be many people who choose to run their company from home. There will also continue to be workers who want to work from home who need a job, so you have a client/worker pool that should continue for the foreseeable future.
Creative Shop
If you’re particularly crafty, there’s a high demand for handmade personalized products, as you can see by the traffic on Etsy. And starting a business on the platform is free because all you need is an idea and a product to sell to set up a shop.
Do you paint or crochet? Can you make beautiful wreaths? Do you make original jewelry pieces or buy fine estate jewelry to repurpose and sell? Chances are, if you make a quality product by hand, there’s a market for it in the world.
Pet Care
Even if people work from home, they might not have the spare time to do the extras needed to take care of their pets. Things like walking their dogs and taking them to the vet use the time they need to apply to their job, and that’s where you come in.
Pet care is a popular business to start from home and one you can scale to fit your life. You could offer services like dog walking, poop scooping, vet transportation, and pet sitting as traveling becomes more doable.
Gardening Services
Growing your own food gained popularity when grocery store shelves were basically bare throughout the beginning of 2020. And even though that’s not the case anymore, many people choose to rely less on the grocery store supply and more on what they can grow themselves.
The problem is, not everyone has a green thumb or the time to execute their dream of gardening and harvesting their own food. So, if you have a talent for growing things and the knowledge for proper farming at home, a business like that might be something to pursue.
Move With the Times
If you have a particular passion that you want to develop into a business, of course, you can start whenever you like, no matter the cultural climate. But if you want to catch a trend and don’t have a preference for your business, you could look at the current state of the workforce and alter your idea to match its needs.
No matter what you decide to do, nothing will happen until you take the lead and make the first step. So, decide what you want your business to be and start, you can always make adjustments later.