what small business can be started with $100k?

theGlove

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not that I have that much money (maybe if I sell my house with the inflated prices ) but just curious
 

theGlove

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lol with all jokes aside, was just wanting to hear from people who have actually started a business with 100k or less
 

misle

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My father started his Hardwood Flooring business about 15-20 years ago with about $5k.
 

Gunslinger08

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Assuming US $, you can start pretty much any franchise that you want.

Canadian $, you should just go buy a beer and a pizza and spend the rest on ordering a pay-per-view porn.
 

tm37

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Audiometer calibration.

20K in equiptmnent.

Bill $150~300 and hour PLUS travel costs.
 

wife started her business with 20k

its not profitable yet, but its paying for itself
 

vi edit

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Originally posted by: joshsquall
Assuming US $, you can start pretty much any franchise that you want.

Canadian $, you should just go buy a beer and a pizza and spend the rest on ordering a pay-per-view porn.

Good luck with that.

Most franchises are going to laugh at you if all you have is $100k in the bank. They typically want at a minimum, 3x the startup costs(which are a far cry from $100,00) readily availalble, then they will typically want you to sign on to a franchise development agreement (put in X number of stores in X number of years or lose your franchise rights), and then there's that little problem of having operational experience with the franchise or a similar one.

I hate to bust your balls on it, but they just don't give away franchises to anybody with 100 grand burning a hole in their pocket.
 

Alchemist99

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Originally posted by: vi_edit
Originally posted by: joshsquall
Assuming US $, you can start pretty much any franchise that you want.

Canadian $, you should just go buy a beer and a pizza and spend the rest on ordering a pay-per-view porn.

Good luck with that.

Most franchises are going to laugh at you if all you have is $100k in the bank. They typically want at a minimum, 3x the startup costs(which are a far cry from $100,00) readily availalble, then they will typically want you to sign on to a franchise development agreement (put in X number of stores in X number of years or lose your franchise rights), and then there's that little problem of having operational experience with the franchise or a similar one.

I hate to bust your balls on it, but they just don't give away franchises to anybody with 100 grand burning a hole in their pocket.

Both these statements just aren't true, each franchise has different requirments and there're SBA loans available.