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QOTD #00099: “If you owned a small business, what would it be? If you have one, what is it?”
Do you have a hobby you wish you could turn into a local business? Have you dreamed of owning your own restaurant or a bookshop? If you could be your own boss and own a local business, what would it be? If you’re already an entrepreneur, what is your small biz?
jeramybm
Voice Actor!
Sitting and voice-acting in pajamas is perfect
"If I were to own a small business -- well, luckily, already do. I'm actually a voice actor. I record all sorts of things, and, uh... Yeah, audiobooks, narration, YouTube. Just recently did something -- I don't even know if I'm allowed to say it. It's going to be on some sort of streaming platform. I dubbed over a foreign movie. That was pretty awesome. I've also worked on a few video games. So I already have a small business, and, uh, I enjoy it so much. Oh, my God, it's perfect. It really, really is. Being able to sit in front of your computer in your pajamas all day and just talk. It's great."
Wei L
Philadelphia, PA
A small bookstore would be a dream come true
"If I were to own a small business, it would be a bookstore because I just love reading books, and working in the bookstore as a small-business owner would be a dream come true. And that's why if I were to own a small business, it would be a bookstore."
Andrew F
Foster City, CA
A restaurant for people to enjoy good food
"If I were to own a small business, I think I would let it be a restaurant so that I could make a lot of good food for everyone to come and eat and enjoy all the wonderful tastes of food."
Becca I
professional worrier
A pet adoption clothing store + cat cafe.
"Let's see. A small business -- I love fashion, so I feel like I would love to have, like, a little fashion business. Maybe fashion for babies 'cuz I love little kids. And I would also love to somehow incorporate it being like a dog and cat adoption place where you can adopt a cat while you're looking for clothes. Kind of like a cat cafe, I guess. But I feel like that's not really a small business. I feel like that would be more of a full-time thing, because if there is live animals, I'd have to be there taking care of them. I mean, I would have workers, probably, but yeah."
Claire J
Loves video games an TV
Video games would be my dream business
"If I had to choose a small business, it would probably have something to do with related to video games. You know, I've always been passionate about video games, and I've pretty much played them my whole life, and maybe -- It'll probably have something to do with maybe game development, or, you know, maybe one of those like VR stations because, you know, VR is so much fun, and I would love for other people to try it out because it can be very immersive."
Brittany
Certifiably Cool
My small biz would be a beautiful bakery
"Okay, so if I were to own a small business -- if we're talking like "dreamworld," I'd own a beautiful bakery, and I make the best cakes and they're delicious, and that would be my small business. Just a little - a little boutique bakery where, you know, it smells like fresh bread all the time. Realistically, like, if I had to start one today, it would be like power-washing because I have a good power washer and I like to use it. So that's - that's the services that I could charge."
Michael L
Casper, WY
24-hour fast food restaurant, because I love snacking
"Now, I don't own a small business, but if I did, I think I would do a 24-hour fast food restaurant. I would do a menu that consists of boba tea, milkshakes, pizzas, funnel cakes - just kind of a variety of different things. And I think my inspiration for this is I'm a night owl, and I love snacking."
Miss Campbell
Virginia Girl
Loving my mobile notary business
"So as far as a small business, I actually have one, and I guess you could consider it my dream business - dream small business - and it is a mobile notary business. So basically, I'm the person that comes out to different nursing homes. I also go to different closings. I come to anywhere and everywhere. If someone isn't mobile or they have a hard time getting appointments at the bank, I'm the person that they call out to their house. So, yeah. So it's a dream business, for sure. I started this during COVID, and I absolutely love it."
London N
Voice Actor, USA
Audio production IS my business
"So I do have a small business. I run an audio production company, and I'm also a voice actor. Right now it's just me. I just took over my great-uncle's studio. All the equipment in here is from the 90s, but I did buy some new equipment for my recording room. And I produce audiobooks. I produce YouTube videos, podcasts -- I'm just a freelancer, pretty much. But when I take on a lot of projects, I hire on additional audio editors to help me handle the workload, and it's absolutely one of my dream jobs. And, yeah, I would highly recommend other people getting into voice acting or audio work. It's an amazing business."
Erin H
Chicago
I'd run my own cute bakery (and eat cupcakes!)
"Okay, so, imaginary scenario where I have enough funds to have a small business and the skills to, like, do that, I would want like a really cute cookie and cupcake bakery place where, like, I go in in the morning and I make all this stuff from scratch, and they're all like personally special to how I make them. And there's just, like, light acoustic music playing, and the same customers come in every single day. It would be adorable, and there would be holiday themes. Like, I really do like baking dessert. I just - I never do it because I -- What am I -- I'm not gonna sit around and eat a bunch of cupcakes. So hypothetically, if I could, I think I would want to run my own special bakery."
efinsterwald
Just a man
Something niche like 'split wood for the community'
"If I were to own a small business, what would it be? You know, I would wanna do something super niche, and what I mean by that is find something that you know people look down upon or people don't wanna do themselves. And first thing that comes to mind, something I've been doing a bunch in my backyard lately and I've come to despise, is splitting wood. You know, as simple as it sounds, just taking an axe to - to logs and cutting them in half to burn. Um, something that's super, super simple - super simple concept. It's been - been around for a while, but it's something that people don't like to do. And that's where I wanna step in. It's something I don't even like to do, but it's something that would make the community better. If everybody had to split wood, I don't know. Imagine the fires that people could have without having to burn a bunch of really big logs. I think that split wood could reduce, like, unintentional fires. Fires won't spread if you're using smaller controlled logs, and that's what my business will do: something niche and something that is out there changing the world."
Tara C
Stay at home mom
Yes, I own Mod Doll Designs. Check it out!
"So yes, I do own a business. I'm a stay-at-home mom, but I own a business as well. It is called Mod Doll Designs, and it's a women's clothing line. It's basically clothes that you just wanna feel good and go out in, just like a one-stop shop for just the cutest outfit for, you know, birthdays or parties, whatever it might be. So, yes, I own Mod Doll Designs, and you should check it out."
Hector J
Corona, CA
A delicious seafood shack on the beach.
"If I was to own a small business, it would have to be something along the lines of a seafood spot, you know, that serves something very specific, maybe lobster tails or crabs. Why? 'Cuz seafood is delicious. Everybody loves seafood. It would be booming. I would get to spend my days just fishing, catching - catching stuff, cooking it, and just serving customers. So, for me, it would be a seafood shack right by the beach."
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