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5 businesses you can start with almost no money. And the third one could become a serious business, Mduudzi. Let me show you something. When people say, I wanna start a business, but I don't have money, I think they're asking the wrong question. The better question is, what problem can I solve with what I already have? Because some of the best businesses don't start with a building, a fleet of cars or 100,000 in capital. They start with a service. Number one, the home reset business. Don't just start a cleaning company. You clean the house, wash and fold laundry, iron clothes, change bedding, clean kitchens and bathrooms, and leave the entire home feeling reset. Your customers are not just paying you to clean, they're paying you to give them their Saturday back. Target, busy professionals, elderly people, new parents and working families. And here's the clever part. You can offer the package, weekly cleaning, cleaning plus laundry, full home reset and so forth, monthly deep clean. You start with basic equipment and perhaps work with one trusted person. As the customer base grows, you hire more people and build recurring monthly clients. No. 2, the mobile car care business. Don't immediately think car wash. Mhm, mhm, think mobile car care. You go to people's homes, offices, dealerships and even apartment complexes, interior detailing, vacuuming, upholstery cleaning, headlight restoration, polish, basic exterior cleaning. The customer doesn't drive anywhere. You bring the service to them. And once you have regular customers, you can sell monthly maintenance packages every month to keep their car looking good. Now you've moved from chasing one-off customers to building recurring revenue. No. 3, the Mommy Club. Now this one needs to be approached properly. Mfundu, there are new mothers, babetu who absolutely adore their babies mother. They are exhausted. Sometimes they don't need a holiday. They just need three hours. Just three hours. Imagine creating a safe, clean, baby friendly space where parents can book supervised short stays for their babies while they go home, attend an appointment, work or exercise or simply sit somewhere quietly and remember what silence looks like. You could potentially charge something like 100 and 50 per child per stay, depending on the duration and service you're offering. Bookings can initially happen through WhatsApp or an online system. But here's where you don't think like an ordinary entrepreneur. You are not selling babysitting. You are selling relief. You build trust by documenting every legitimate parent review, testimonial and experience with permission. You create clear safety procedures. You properly vet staff. You maintain strict hygiene and emergency protocols. That's how you win. And you make sure you comply with the childcare health safety, staffing and registration requirements applicable to your location. Start with a small operation that you can manage properly. Then as demand grows, you formalise it. More stuff, better premises. That's how you structure it, more packages, partnerships with maternity professionals and family focused businesses. Eventually, you could have multiple locations because the bigger business is not watching babies. The bigger business is building a trusted support network for new parents. No. 4, the small business back office. This one is hiding in plain sight. Walk around your town, you'll find plumbers, the panel beater, salons, builders, mechanics, photographers, caterers and small retailers who are brilliant at what they do but terrible at administration. They lose WhatsApp inquiries, they forget appointments, they don't follow up customers. Their invoices are a mess. Their social media is dead. You can become the back office. They don't have handle bookings, er customer follow ups, just small things, the codes, invoices, social media posting, basic spreadsheets, Google Business update, WhatsApp, customer communication. You can start from a laptop or even a smartphone, charge a monthly retainer and manage several businesses remotely. You're essentially selling something business owners desperately want, organisation. And once you understand the systems, you can turn your service into an agency. No. 5, the laundry collection and delivery business. And no, you don't necessarily need to own an industrial laundromat. That's the mistake people make. You can build the customer relationship first. Partner with an existing laundry or laundromat. You collect the customer's clothes, get them processed through your partner, then deliver them back. Your business owns the customer. You make money from the service margin and convenience. Target busy professionals, student, elderly customers, Airbnb hosts, salons, the guest house and families. Then eventually you can bring washing, drying, ironing and folding in house. That's how you scale. And notice what all five businesses have in common. None of them require you to start with a massive building. None require you to manufacture a product. And you don't need 500 customers on day one. You need your first five, then your first 10, then your first 50. Because sometimes, the smartest way to build a business is not to raise 500,000 and hope people buy it. It is to find a problem, solve it for five people and let those five customers finance your next stage.