{"id":4625,"date":"2019-08-11T11:59:59","date_gmt":"2019-08-11T15:59:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.atyourbusiness.com\/blog\/?p=4625"},"modified":"2019-08-11T12:00:15","modified_gmt":"2019-08-11T16:00:15","slug":"5-college-business-ideas-you-can-start-from-your-dorm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.atyourbusiness.com\/blog\/5-college-business-ideas-you-can-start-from-your-dorm\/","title":{"rendered":"5 College Business Ideas You Can Start from Your Dorm"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Studies have shown that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/politics\/archive\/2015\/10\/at-universities-more-students-are-working-full-time\/433245\/\">about 70%<\/a> of college students work while they&#8217;re in school. And roughly 25% of them work what amounts to a full-time schedule.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you want to make some money while you&#8217;re in college, you could run down to the local fast-food joint and get a job. But you might also want to consider starting your own business from the comfort of your dorm room.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Here are five&nbsp;college business ideas that you can pursue while you&#8217;re in college to bring in a few extra bucks every month.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">1.&nbsp;Childcare&nbsp;Company<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>When most people hear the word &#8220;babysitter,&#8221; they associate it with high school kids. But if you have a background in babysitting, there&#8217;s no reason why you can&#8217;t continue to provide childcare during your college years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Watching kids in your dorm room isn&#8217;t the best idea. But there are likely lots of kids who live within walking distance of your school.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Think about offering up childcare services to busy parents in your area who need a break every now and then. You might even be able to recruit your most trustworthy classmates to watch kids for you in exchange for a portion of the proceeds you bring in.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">2.&nbsp;Dog Walking&nbsp;Company<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Would you prefer to&nbsp;watch over dogs as opposed to kids?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you have experience grooming dogs, you might be able to launch a mobile dog grooming business with some initial seed money. You can spend your free time traveling around in your area grooming dogs for their owners.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You can also offer to walk dogs in the vicinity of your school every day for a small fee. If you&#8217;re able to find&nbsp;a dozen or so dog owners who need their dogs walked, you can generate good money&nbsp;without having to worry about many overhead costs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">3. Cleaning Company<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>A lot of the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.kingofmaids.com\/cities\/cleaning-services-nyc\/\">top home cleaning services<\/a> in the country were launched by those operating out of their homes&nbsp;and even their dorm rooms.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you don&#8217;t mind getting your hands dirty, you might be able to launch a successful cleaning company of your own. By investing a little money into great cleaning equipment and supplies, you can rack up clients in no time and get your cleaning company off the ground.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">4.&nbsp;Graphic Design&nbsp;Company<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>You can start a childcare company, a dog walking company, or a cleaning company from your dorm room. But you&#8217;ll have to leave your dorm room if you want them to succeed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>That won&#8217;t be the case with a graphic design company. Outside of&nbsp;sometimes meeting with clients in public places, you can run this kind of company right from your dorm room.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bls.gov\/ooh\/arts-and-design\/mobile\/graphic-designers.htm\">can design<\/a> websites, flyers, and so much more for those inside and outside of your college community and bring in a lot of money doing it if you&#8217;re good at it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">5.&nbsp;Reselling&nbsp;Company<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>If you have some money that you can invest in your company, this could very well be the best of the&nbsp;college business ideas listed here.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A reselling company buys products, like sneakers and clothing, for one price and turns around and resells them for a much higher price. As long as you know the right products to buy, you could reap big financial rewards in the reselling game.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Use&nbsp;One of These&nbsp;College Business Ideas to Your Advantage<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>You might not have a ton of real-world business experience when you&#8217;re in college. But you don&#8217;t have to be super experienced to try these&nbsp;college business ideas out.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You&#8217;ll learn a lot about running a business when you launch one of them. And who knows? You might even find that there is a future in expanding your business after college and continuing to run it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Check out our blog to get great advice on running a small business.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Studies have shown that about 70% of college students work while they&#8217;re in school. And roughly 25% of them work what amounts to a full-time schedule. 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