Business people no matter how successful they are now, had to start somewhere, most started out from their own homes and sometimes with younger people their bedrooms. Which just goes to show that you do not need to have all the trappings of business like offices and staff in order to establish a successful business.

Here are a few ideas to get you thinking:

Tutoring: With more than seventy six million school age children in the US alone, there are some great opportunities.

Hair Care/Makeup: This is an industry that has so many openings; it can be done from home or by visiting clients in their homes.

Child Care Provider: There is an estimated twenty million children being brought up by a single parent, a great opportunity for an experienced child carer or someone wanting to learn.

Catering: This may seem a strange business to run from home, but there are many large companies that started up exactly that way.

Lawn Service: With people out at work longer these days, they have little or no time to do the lawn or other gardening, this is a great opportunity for an entrepreneur to put their green fingers to work.

Online Professor: A degree is not necessary but can help, what you will need is some really good experience in a subject that is not covered by somebody else at the same college/on-line learning center.

Financial Services/Business Consultant: Qualifications are needed for this, or maybe you are already studying for the qualification, you will need to build up a clientele, but once you are established this can be very rewarding.

Party Planning: Now days there are so many different celebrations, that you could keep busy every single day of the year, build up a client base and you could be organizing parties as many times a week as you can handle.

Computer Services: IT is the obvious work from home business, depending on your field; this can be done completely from home, offering web services, repairs and advice.

Personal Organizer: This is a relative new business, where organizing busy peoples homes, offices and sometimes even their lives, can mean a fantastic opportunity for you.

Source  [Start Up Nation]