Your own business↗
Explore local services, ownership and a possible future sale. Start with demand and finances, and distinguish revenue, profit and available personal capital.
Start a local cleaning business
A straightforward service can grow through trust and repeat customers.
Illustrative timeline: 13 years and 11 monthsBuild a specialist agency
Sell a clear result to a clearly defined group of customers.
Illustrative timeline: 8 years and 4 monthsOpen a repair workshop
Earn by extending the useful life of existing products.
Illustrative timeline: 16 years and 8 monthsWork as a self-employed tradesperson
Professional skill and sound finances can build capital over time.
Illustrative timeline: 10 years and 5 monthsStart a small online shop
Begin with proven demand rather than a large stockroom.
Illustrative timeline: 20 years and 10 monthsBuy a small profitable business
An existing customer base can help, if the figures stand up to scrutiny.
Illustrative timeline: 11 years and 11 monthsBuild a subscription service
Recurring usefulness may support recurring revenue.
Illustrative timeline: 13 years and 11 monthsSell a business you have built
Ownership value becomes usable capital only when a buyer actually pays.
No predictable timelineBecome a business co-owner
Ownership may add upside beyond salary, but also adds risk.
No predictable timelineStart a mobile service
Go to customers instead of paying for a shopfront.
Illustrative timeline: 18 years and 7 months