If you were given money to start a business, what would it be?

[Betonhaus]

Assume a largely generous amount that you aren't expected to pay back, but you are at least expected to think it's plausible for it to be profitable.
UPDATE: The money is from the Mafia who has given it to you because you got on the Don's good side, but if you cut and run he'll track you down and break all your fingers.

I think I'd like to set up a light drone company, as an alternative to fireworks. There isn't anything like that in this area, and it would be fun to experiment with different things - such as heavy lifter drowns that carry massive wireframe constructs that light up. I'd love to try to put giant sheets in the sky to make a virtual aurora borealis. I could do both the provincial fairs and get a giant floating red hat for Stampede (and maybe a K for K-Days), have things going during halftimes at football games, and so on.

 

[Asian tech support]

a largely generous amount that you aren't expected to pay back

I'd disappear.

 

[BirdUp]

burn off my fingerprints, fake my death, and get face surgery

 

[Fascist Frederick]

I'd make fringe fetish porn video games because that is a license to print money.

 

[Betonhaus]

...scope has been updated. taking the money and running is not an option, as pretty much everyone here would do that.

 

[Bargain Bin Laden]

slavery

 

[Vingle]

Maybe something related to skincare, since I'm almost a walking enclyptopedia when it comes to that. And oh boi, normies rlly have no clue about it. Biggest hurdle is that people seem to think good skincare is only for those with good money, so just make it a bit cheaper than the competition and people will flock in.

 

[rel=alternate]

One part real estate, one part cash.

I only need the real estate part to be legit.

I'll just buy cash businesses in prime locations, and will launder money through them to inflate the revenues of the businesses to the point I can sell them for a profit.

I'll keep ownership of the walls and keep on generating through rent.

Buy more, and repeat, with or without a similar scheme in place, or just go joint venture where I own the walls and only a select part of the share in the license so my business partners can launder the money themselves without ever directly have to make my hands dirty again.

Maybe something related to skincare, since I'm almost a walking enclyptopedia when it comes to that. And oh boi, normies rlly have no clue about it. Biggest hurdle is that people seem to think good skincare is only for those with good money, so just make it a bit cheaper than the competition and people will flock in.

You would need ungodly amount of money to pierce this market. The big ones have so much cash flow and scale they can kill your for fun.

This is true in so many industries, but very much more so in high margin industries like skin care and make up. If the big ones want to, they can burn you by loosing money, then start making money when you are dead. You need cashflow, they don't. They can loose millions for months without anyone batting an eye.

You can't compete on scale with these guys. You need intellectual property you can defend and prove the existence of a market for;

 

[Spitz]

A mosquito farm in the Atacama desert.

 

[DeadwastePrime]

man you guys weird. i'd just run something like a soup and sandwich place or an outdoor sports shop or something. maybe a construction company if im feeling adventurous

 

[Agent Abe Caprine]

A mattress store that is suspiciously empty at all times. Works for everyone else. Maybe a soup store that claims to sell clothing.

 

[Wallace]

I would buy some pink and blue gel capsules and fill them with sugar, then put them in bottles with anime girl pictures on them and sell to trannies for $100 a bottle.

 

[Mordecai "3 Finger" Brown]

Maybe a soup store that claims to sell clothing.

The main grocery chain in Canada, Loblaw's, tried to expand their offerings a few decades back by starting their own line of clothing sold in stores called Joe Fresh.

It was a meme for awhile, sort of like people pretending to shop at Tar-jay boutique.

AFAIK, the brand still exists and has had moderate success as a discount brand.

 

[maguyver16]

I would start a religion and then that shit would would be tax exempt.

Gain followers that would be spiritually indebted to continue the growing fortune of the church, in exchange for those followers to have social functions that would improve their lives. You could sell various paraphernalia to accentuate the experience, and if anyone calls you out on it, call them a bigot.

I'll RETURN you money tenfold, but you'll just have to attend my potluck and try out some of my homemade Kool Aid.

 

[Night Crawler]

I would have to look into it first and see what businesses are thriving in today's shitty American economy in decline. When the big businesses are failing and going out of business starting your own business might not be a good idea. If the big guys can't survive your chances are pretty slim.

 

[Orkney]

Probably an accounting firm since I am studying to become an accountant.

If I'm feeling more ambitious, I might go as far as to open a financial payment platform like PayPal or AliPay. I think I might incorporate a method which allows non-users to pay using just cash converted into vouchers, much like how paysafecard works (prepaid voucher payment system).

While PayPal has already won over the Western world, many Westerners are concerned about the monopoly-like control that PayPal has and would prefer an alternative.

On the other hand, developing nations in Africa and Asia are beginning to have access to the internet and can be swayed more easily to signing up for my payment platform over PayPal.

There are some flaws with PayPal, including lack of NFC payment support on phones if you live outside of America, no debit card option for personal accounts outside of America, and its negative reputation among those with views that aren't inline with mainstream culture.

 

[Betonhaus]

I would have to look into it first and see what businesses are thriving in today's shitty American economy in decline. When the big businesses are failing and going out of business starting your own business might not be a good idea. If the big guys can't survive your chances are pretty slim.

it depends. if you focus on meeting local needs you could create a niche that's better then the superconglomerates, but only in your area

I would like to start a lottery that has a mechanism where the number and value of winnings scale with the number of people playing

 

[Twinkletard]

a topless dental practice.

 

[Orange Tabby]

I would open up cheap all day breakfast places in ALL the small college towns, the ones that don’t have an IHOP or Waffle House near campus. Hone in on that drunk student demographic.

 

[YachieKicchou]

You know that news article we just got about the girl who had to crank pigs hogs for farms and then got crippling arthritis?
I'm going to cross-reference the location with the most farms, most white women, and cheapest property and open up a practice that caters to hand/joint pain.