Business At A Glance
- Startup Costs: $10,000 – $50,000
- Home Based: Can be operated from home.
- Part Time: Can be operated part-time.
- Online Operation? No
Business Overview
Slate and natural stone tables are becomingextremely popular, both as functional designer furnishings forresidential homes and as bold furnishing statements for professionaloffices.
This creates a tremendous opportunity for the entrepreneurwith creative design abilities to capitalize by starting a businessthat designs, manufactures and markets slate and natural stone coffeetables, end tables, desks and boardroom tables.
The main requirementsfor starting and operating this highly specialized furnituremanufacturing business includes an ability to work in stone, heavy dutyequipment for manufacturing and transporting the finished products,clever marketing skills and an industrial location for manufacturing.