How To Start A Business

2025-09-14 - By Robert Elder

When you're brainstorming for business ideas, it helps to have examples to use as inspiration. The diagram below shows a number of different examples of approximate annual returns that different types of businesses could achieve. These are just estimates. In reality, the actual numbers for a given business could even be negative is the business is failing. For businesses that seek very higher annual returns, the actual rate of return is subject to more extreme variability:

For a quick guide to starting a business, check out my video on the subject:

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