What is the minimum cost of starting a small cafe in a small town in India that serves basic fast food, coffee, etc.?
It all depends on the location, area, rental and deposit required for the small cafe.In Small town the normal rate applicable could vary between Rs 60 per sq ft to Rs 10 ft depending on the location you choose. The deposit or Pagdi could be more.Assuming you need 700 sq feet area the rental cost could be Rs. 42000 per month to Rs 7000 per month. If you look at utensils and equipment it would cost you Rs 35,000 to 3,50,000 depending on how modern and high tech you want to go. The Furniture for the customer can be as low as Rs 5000 if you choose Dhaba style or 5,00,000 if you go for decent interior and good chairs.Cost of running the restaurant if simple non air conditioned place it could range from nothing to 45,000 per month. The workers could cost close to 8000 per month to 12000 per month for the cook, Rs 7000 to 9000 per monthfor the servers and cleaners and Cashier 0 if you manage yourself to 10000 per month if you give other person to manage.The food operational cost would be any where between 12,000 to 20,000 per day assuming you are able to get sales of 25000 to 60000 per day.Capital cost would be 1.8 lakhsRunning cost 1.2 lakhs per month.If marketed properly you should aim to get the profit from month 3. Therefore you would require close to 3.6 lakhs
What business can I start in a small town in India?
Depends upon sales pitch, it’s really more about what YOU can sell, you didn’t mention how much capital, time and energy you are willing to invest ,so i’ll suggest generic fields:-based on capital.Real estate (in case of low cap.: it could be anything from renting out small space to tutors, tattoo parlors, xerox/cyber cafe etc… )(in case of large cap.: office space rentals, eateries{recommended} )Direct Investment(you can act as a financier to someone who is bottle necked by lack of capital. )based on absence of right market.(large cap.:)If people of your town have to go out of town for certain products, you can sell it in your town as well.based on skill.(low /negligible cap.:)Are you a good photographer , filmmaker , cooking delicious cuisines , creative and intellect enough to boost advertisement needs of local business people, having a strong network which can connect pool of customers to existing or new businesses? You get what i’m pointing at right ?Wishing a life of success to all who read this. :)
What are some business ideas with 5 lakh investment?
What type of skills do you have? What type of things you can do effectively? If you don't want to get your hands dirty then can you hire people to do service tasks? e.g for food catering, courier delivery and other stuff. For 5 Lakhs, here are 10 ideas for you to choose from. Get a car under 5 lakh, give it on rent to IT companies. Start a freelancing business for photography (wedding and corporate events)Start web design business OR IT service business that requires less than 2 L capital. Start food delivery service, if you can have catering service at home even better.Start printing services. Start with XEROX machine and then add computer printing, flex printing etc. Buy ornamental religious stuff or cheap products and sell it for profit on OLX or quickr. Sell stuff that sites like flipkart don't sell and you have unique business. Start utility service like plumbing, electrician and carpenters and hire them on task basis with 20% cut off the price paid by client. Find the gap in government or public sector services, save time of people by letting them use your service to perform tasks in these offices. Start small shop for selling food or clothing. It takes relatively quickly compared to other niches. Offer services like financial advisory, insurance etc. Get necessary accreditation for the same. And offer the services for say flat price or percent wise on advisory.
I am from Kolkata and want to start a small business. I have around 1 lakh to invest. What business should I start?
Amazon in an attempt to increase its penetration in India, had launched an initiative "Udaan" to go offline across the country. Under this initiative, Amazon has an association with a set of exclusive offline partners who select and train passionate and self driven local entrepreneurs in small cities and towns and assist them in establishing an exclusive Amazon store in their locality.LinQ is pleased to be associated with Project Udaan to bring the convenience and assurance of Amazon to customers across India.We are currently open to establish such offline stores all over India. Particularly in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana we have succeeded to open 250+ stores and our Aim is to touch 500+ Active stores all over India by the end of the year 2017.In small towns & villages around cities, the percentage of people using online services for their needs is as low as 3% mostly due to unawareness or due to trust issues.By opening an offline store with the services of an online platform that too with theleast amount of Initial Investment, Zero Inventory and with the least of hasslesnot only gives an excellent Return On Investment but also a good profit margin.So you ask, how do you get to earn this margin within a few months?A store owner invests in LinQ with the initial investment of only the Franchise Fee and the Stores Infrastructure both collectively coming up to to a maximum of 1.5 Lakh. After about 5 months with an average earning of 30K - 40K per month or more you receive your invested amount which in turn leaves the rest for the overhead costs and profit.Contact us to open a business anywhere in India.You can visit our website www.linq.store to know more.
What is the best business to start in rural areas?
Best business to start in rural areas would depend on following factors:Your own budget and risk appetite.Where is the location, how is the climate like?What kind of attitude local people have about you setting up business, believe it or not you might find lot of resistance from locals if somehow you or your business rubbed them the wrong way.Local resources specially water and electricity and manpower availability.I have edited the answer after a short stint at a village in Uttarakhand.Based on above factors, you have following choicesSetup green house farming for crops that have better ROI. Organic farming provides better return if you find the right marketing society/co-operatives for it.Poultry / Fish / Goat rearing. The returns are better in processes products than raw.Milk and milk products from dairy farming. The old, traditional methods for rearing cattle combined with modern technologies for processing milk products are giving better returns.Herbal crops like Basil (tulsi) , Aloe Vera etc. These can be grown easily and have good market. Under organic brands / marketing they have a very good future.Government at central and state level have lot of schemes running for employment of local youth, approach local authorities to gain access to them. This will help in resolving conflicts with locals as well, as govt aided projects are well protected by govt agencies.There are many other options as suggested by other people, however most important factor would be your personality and what kind of work you can do for long without getting bored.If you like the answer, I will be happy to detail it further.