Business At A Glance
Startup Costs: $2,000 – $10,000
Home Based: Can be operated from home.
Part Time: Can be operated part-time.
Online Operation? No
Business Overview
Building and selling picnic tables is aboutas easy as a manufacturing business start-up can get. The businessneeds only basic construction knowledge, and can be readily operatedfrom a small homebased workshop.
Of course, the fact that this businessis so easy to establish means that in all likelihood there will be agreat deal of competition in your community’not only in the form ofother picnic table manufacturers, but also from do-it-yourselfhomeowners. But that’s ok; it’s a part of our great free market andfree enterprise business system that all entrepreneurs expect. In thespirit of being unique and as a method to separate the business fromcompetitors, consider adopting a different method of manufacturing thepicnic tables or a different type of raw construction material, such asbeach driftwood or recycled building materials. The key to success inbusiness often lies in our ability to create our own market out of acompetitive, proven, and existing marketplace.