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Startup Business Ideas For College Students

Life is like a vicious circle, with steep ups and downs, and the low points always seem to update the higher moments of life. Every time you accomplish one need, another arises. Then there is the money, which always seems to offer solutions to all our problems. However, one thing about money is that it can never be enough.

All you need is the little that will help you survive. Most college students are at a point in life where they seek independence, wanting to provide for themselves. The only pulsing question about all this, though, is how to acquire this money. Writing this article, just like Rob Berger, I shall write about achieving cash and financial freedom by giving you some effective startup ideas for business.

Selling Up Old Books and Academic Materials

Education is a gradual process. It is the kindling of a flame, not the filling of a vessel. From one step, you move to another. In some cases, you may require previous materials you had, but in most cases, especially in college, you may never use these materials again. When I was on campus, I wrote outstanding notes for my units. After completing my course, I could not destroy my notes, so I decided to help someone else. In such cases, you could sell your materials to other people. Materials such as architectural equipment or medical books and notes could be sold at a reasonable price for a profit. Had I known earlier, I would have sold my notes at a reasonably negotiable price.

Start a Website or a YouTube Channel

I love websites simply because they require very little to start. All you need is time, knowledge, and the internet, and slowly, everything starts adding up for you. Once you create a website, you could gradually generate income for yourself and say goodbye to all money quandaries.

YouTube channels have also become surprisingly popular. People can do absolutely and earn from it. Let me paint you a picture. A YouTuber made a video on how to boil water and has gained lots of cash. Another one made a video on lifting a blue chair from the ground and has more than 2.5 million views. The point is, websites, blogs, or other social media platforms can make you earn, so take your leap of faith.

Selling Your Old Clothes

Most girls love shopping. Every time you find something cute and have the cash, most of us go ahead and take that positive step of gracing our wardrobes with something new. However, it reaches where the clothes pile up in heaps can no longer be contained. The best thing to do would be to sell them. Ramage through your closet and look for clothes that no longer fit you, are outdated to you, or have not been worn in a long time. Apps such as Instagram and Depop easily make this possible.

Writing Movie and Book reviews

One essential characteristic about a student is that he is a reader. Reading can be done for both academic and leisure purposes. Sometimes we read about very enlightening, reassuring, and exciting pieces, leaving us with a craving for sharing the books with someone else. You could do this! You could write reviews about novels you may have read or even academic books that guided you through a complex topic. For most people, this may not sound exciting or appalling. Not everyone reads during their leisure time. My favorite thing to do is to watch movies. If this also happens to be a hobby of yours, writing movie reviews may be the most appealing thing you could ever do. This is like being paid to do your hobby of watching movies. On such a job, be sure to count lots of people in.

Babysitting and Pet Walking

Pets and babies are the most adorable things on earth. According to research, holding a baby and patting a dog, for example, increases the love hormone oxytocin. These are perhaps the most typical jobs among students. Babysitting and pet walking are quick ways to make money without so much struggle. You can also do jobs whenever you are free, unlike others, where you must create time.

Writing and Selling Audio and Online Books

The internet is one thing I am always grateful for. The trouble writers used to face in the past is devastatingly gruesome. Most of them went through so much trouble to have their books published ten years after writing them. Some people have a passion for becoming writers but do not have the slightest clue. Others are talented in academic writing but have procrastinated writing for the longest time. You can get the best professional essay writing help on websites like https://www.advancedwriters.com whose academic experts write papers for students all over the world. Book platforms such as Goodreads and eBooks provide a platform for you to write books and earn from them. You could be lucky enough to have your book transformed into a movie. For example, After, a Wattpad novel had so many reads that it was transformed into a film. Remember, you gain courage, strength, and confidence by every experience you stop and look fear in the face. Maybe your book could be the next big thing in the theaters.

Running a Delivery Service

Life is a matter of trying and taking risks to find out what works best for you. Risks are reasonable because almost all businesses involve a couple of chances. Most college students have vehicles or bikes to conduct their errands. Running a delivery service may prove to be an easy way to make money. As you run your various errands, you could drop a couple of things to other people at a fee. After all, it could take the same time and effort.

Become a Tutor

Some people are gifted at understanding concepts faster and better than other people. Most of these people experience very little trouble when teaching other people the same notions. Moreover, they may devise easier ways of helping them understand. Nowadays, tutoring has been made simpler using platforms such as Google Meet, Google Classroom, and Zoom. Such jobs also allow you to achieve a greater understanding and knowledge of the topics. This is an investment in learning, and as usual, it pays the best interest.

Startup business ideas always have and will always be insatiable. It’s all a matter of how, why, and how best the concept works for you. Do not let fear be the reason you make small steps. Dream as big as you can. Everything is possible.

 

Kossi Adzo is the editor and author of Startup.info. He is software engineer. Innovation, Businesses and companies are his passion. He filled several patents in IT & Communication technologies. He manages the technical operations at Startup.info.

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