Christian Entrepreneur Ideas Welcome Great Thread!!

[Sheepman]

https://youtu.be/-1oYPiCn8AU

I start this thread with a link to Josh Tolley.

This is not some christian prosperitymovementgospel.
Its only the reality of choices to make the necessary income while some of
us wait for another commision from the Lord.

The Word comes with dicernment. In my Country Sweden, the usual christian opinion on
entrepreneurchip is that its more evil than good. And still they are sustaining the huge corporation by being their willing
servants with no time over for the family etc.

So. The simple realization is that working your own buisiness is better. Everything has its dangers. When it comes to income whatever the means..is..that we not serve the money but people family and first and foremost our congregations (although I dont have any for the moment. There is but one church here. Its just another apostate church preaching the law of everything goes as long as you are kind)

Socialism. One big happy family with the world.? No thanks!


So..
Any interessted in sharing ideas..even things YOU think everybody must have thought of..please just put it here anyway. Its much apreciated.

I used to have all kinds of ideas and ways of earning my money. The divorce really hit me to the floor.

Any idea is good.
Be it selling, service etc etc.

I pray that God will bless this thread.
We are some that really need to do our own buisness.
Employments aint sure anymore. Thats just the reality.
Thats a thing of the past.

I talked to one of the heads of IKEA (swedens largest furniture manufacturer) last year.

He said the next big thing in furniture etc is cartonage furniture.
I just laughed..said what?????

He didnt laugh at all.
Cartonage furniture..he said..its coming. The market prophecy our future emplyments will DEMAND that people move around a lot whereever needed.

Need I say I just choked.

But of course I later have thought.the Next step for this world is to split up not only the corefamily but even the ability to form strong communities.

 

[longtrekker]

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I had to look up 'cartonage' furniture - 'cardboard furniture' - lol.

Seems to be in keeping tho with our throw away world tho....if i see a cardboard chair i think i'll resist the temptation to sit in it.

 

[NewWine]

I grow veggies and sell produce and cottage foods (home canned pickles, jams jellies and such), write articles for local businesses' blogs, buy old furniture and make it look nice to resell, search through a junkyard for old metals and such to turn into wind chimes or weather vanes..lots of ways to make money without working a regular job.

 

[NewWine]

I think the key to earning a "living" without working a steady, regular type job is to "never keep your eggs in one basket". In the winter, I can't grow as much produce to sell, nor can I refill my stock of cottage foods as quickly, so I had to find ways to earn a living in the winter too, so I started redoing(?) old furniture and making wind chimes and such, along with selling flowers that thrive in winter here....hub and I also build solar panels and full systems, and he runs a machine shop (in our old shop). Hopefully in spring, we are gaining some cattle and chickens, to expand our self sufficiency...if the world as we know it ends (and I am still not convinced I will see this time), we can still charge batteries for people in trade for other things, build items for sale or barter, I will have foods to eat, sell or trade....herbal medicines, you name it....God gave it to us on the Earth to use...and we use it! lol

 

[Depleted]

I didn't look at the video simply because I cannot start another business. But I had one. And I was Christian at the time, so it was a Christian business. Here are things I learned in those 18 months. (I cannot work because I became disabled -- the thing that closed my business.)
-- Don't ever start on with the concept "I'll have no bosses anymore." It's not true. You'll have more bosses than before. They're called "customers."

-- Don't worry about business plans as taught by so many on how to start a business. It is a waste of time. Nothing more than writing a fantasy without anything to ground it in reality. You cannot predict when the business takes off. You cannot predict how much income is coming and when. You cannot predict when you have to start hiring. You can predict your basic assets, but you'll never guess what else you'll need. It's all fantasy. The only thing you need to know is how are you going to keep food on your table and pay your bills for the next seven years while you grow your business, because the average time it takes to start a business to solid income is seven years. (Anything less is amazing.)

-- Do learn how to make the business work before opening your doors. And learn it on your own. Because no one is going to teach you everything you need to know to start YOUR business. If they say they will -- expect to pay about $50-$150 and hour for that kind of consulting. And, if you aren't willing to put in the effort to do just that, don't start a business, because you don't have the persistence or desire enough to make a go out of it. It's okay to work for someone else. Most people do.

-- Do have a mission statement and do decide what you are willing to do and what you're not, because I can guarantee you will come across moments when you have to make those decisions on the spot, and you can't go against your word.

-- Learn marketing. Love marketing. Because if you can't or won't market, you also won't have a business.

-- Do what your passionate in doing, because you will be working 60 hours or more a week working the business, so you better like it. And do it only if you have the skill to do it already, because customers expect great products or services, not an amateur learning.

-- Assume there are some things you won't like doing. Do them anyway, or continue being an employee, instead of a business owner. (In which case, you're still probably stuck doing stuff you don't like doing.)

-- Never EVER trust your business to the Christian market. Christians have this unholy notion that a Christian in business means they are very special "customers" who should get everything for free or below-cost prices. It is their God-given right. Sure, you can advertise to Christians, because not all are like that, but then you will spend time saying no to the rest often.

 

[Ariel82]

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I had to look up 'cartonage' furniture - 'cardboard furniture' - lol.

Seems to be in keeping tho with our throw away world tho....if i see a cardboard chair i think i'll resist the temptation to sit in it.

I was thinking furniture with built in storage that was easy to pack up and transport...a step up from plastic tubs in that they can work as tables, chairs, sofas, tv stands, etc,..yet can also be manipulated to be places to store, pack down to box shaped to,make for,easy packing.

 

[Sheepman]

I think the key to earning a "living" without working a steady, regular type job is to "never keep your eggs in one basket". In the winter, I can't grow as much produce to sell, nor can I refill my stock of cottage foods as quickly, so I had to find ways to earn a living in the winter too, so I started redoing(?) old furniture and making wind chimes and such, along with selling flowers that thrive in winter here....hub and I also build solar panels and full systems, and he runs a machine shop (in our old shop). Hopefully in spring, we are gaining some cattle and chickens, to expand our self sufficiency...if the world as we know it ends (and I am still not convinced I will see this time), we can still charge batteries for people in trade for other things, build items for sale or barter, I will have foods to eat, sell or trade....herbal medicines, you name it....God gave it to us on the Earth to use...and we use it! lol

Thank you so much. I loved reading about your way of surviving. It keeps me on the right track. The culture here in sweden at the moment is extremely material. They buy the logo if you know what I mean. Despice the alternative lifstyles. School is again beginning to be monopolozed by the state. Its a nobreath homogenic "normal" society.

This general notion makes it very hard for alternative shops in the open. But..i sell guitarstrings on internet for now. I am also heading for the chickens and such. Yeah..a variation of incomes. Very wise

Thanks again..

God bless your sharing heart
For now
/Martin

 

[NewWine]

Thank you so much. I loved reading about your way of surviving. It keeps me on the right track. The culture here in sweden at the moment is extremely material. They buy the logo if you know what I mean. Despice the alternative lifstyles. School is again beginning to be monopolozed by the state. Its a nobreath homogenic "normal" society.

This general notion makes it very hard for alternative shops in the open. But..i sell guitarstrings on internet for now. I am also heading for the chickens and such. Yeah..a variation of incomes. Very wise

Thanks again..

God bless your sharing heart
For now
/Martin

Trust me. We are not the typical American family. Maybe 50-75 years ago we would be considered somewhat normal in farming communities, but in cities we are looked at as "those people" lol