Micro businesses are small, one-person operations frequently started on a part time basis from home. Here are 20 business ideas that work great for a micro business.

1. Tutoring
2. Childcare
3. Music lessons
4. Editing papers
5. Web design
6. Bookkeeping
7. Event planner
8. Virtual assistant
9. Writer/Author
10. Cook/Baker
11. Cake decorating
12. House cleaning
13. Blogging
14. Crafts (knitting, card making, soap, etc.)
15. Pet Care
16. Photography
17. Fine arts (painting, sculpture, etc.)
18. Sewing/Dressmaker
19. Translation
20. Art lessons

Most of these businesses require some special skills or experience. Get some training, read some books (I recommend several in Starting a Micro Business) and your micro business will be very successful.

Starting a Micro Business (Micro Business for Teens series)

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Carol Topp, CPA

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I have so much going on:

books I’m in the process of writing (Micro Business for Teens series),

classes I am teaching (personal finance for high school students and Micro Business for Teens at two local homeschool groups)

blogs I write (Homeschool CPA.com and MicroBusinessForTeens.com)

nonprofits I am helping with 501c3 tax exempt status and annual information return filing

webinars I give (upcoming is Fundraising for Homeschool Groups on Nov 30, 2010)

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Carol Topp, CPA