Women makes up a significant part of professional and economical sphere now, gone are the days when women were considered strictly homely beings with nothing else to do rather than looking after kids and house. Women have been fighting for their rights as equal beings of the society with sound qualities of head and heart. Talking historically, there are a number of women that have been involved in significant and, even, noble acts of war, archery and have been noted as fearless warriors during the times of war and hardships. Some of the notable female warriors are Joan of Arc, Artemisia I of Caria, Nakano Takeko, Queen Boudicca and Zenobia, the ruler of Palmyrene Empire. Times changed and now the women are not only known for their bravery of being in armed forces but other testosterone driven domains where men are considered to be the dominating factor.
Women have also entered the world of entrepreneurship, each year, a number of women entrepreneurs are added to the pool of business women. While women have proved their expertise in significant number of fields, our article is for the women that are considering having a business of their own. Below are some of the business ideas that are fit if you want to have a side business or want to start a completely new business. We have also added few names of famous women professionals at the end of each list to boost your confidence.
Teaching or Online Tutoring
Teaching is considered as a noble profession and a perfect one for females, for the people who want to spend their time teaching either for earning or recreational purpose, part time or online teaching is an ideal way to make your hobby a healthy and lucrative profession. The job is perfect for the women who are stay at home or do not want to leave the comfort of their homes. There are a number of websites that appoint online tutors for their students and pay handsomely some of them are Tutor.com, TutorVista.com, Wyzant.com and InstaEdu. Check their sites and a number of others to find the most suitable one for you and start today.
Famous Women Teachers: Anne Sullivan, Maria Montessori, Emma Willard, Laura Bush
Cooking and Catering
Are your cooking skills beyond ‘good’ and nearly touching excellence? Then this world is for you. Like many other professions, gastronomical or the world of cooking has also been dominated by male chefs for a long time but not anymore, with the passage of few years, female chefs have moved forward tremendously and marked the territory with their excellence. If you are the person your family and friends think of as the very first thing when it comes to cooking or baking then this is the befitting path for you. You may still be having excellent skills as a cook but if you want to pursue it as a full time career, or business, we urge that you take some time out to dedicate to short cooking and baking classes to perfect and hone your art. Want some tips on how to start off? Make your personalized business page and mention the services you want to offer. It may be time consuming but, if you stay persistent, you will start seeing results.
Famous Women Chefs: Alice Waters, Catherine ‘Cat’ Cora, Elizabeth Falkner, Cristeta Comerford
Web and Graphic Designing
Women have moved beyond the traditional roles of being stay at home cook or governess and moved into numerous professional spheres, graphic and web designing being one of them. Designing industry hailed from the digital world when businesses went more online and digital more than they were present in the ‘physical’ world. According to IBIS research report, designing industry is increasing at an alarming rate with the addition of approximately 500,000 designers each year with 2.3 percent growth, which is huge. You need to have appropriate training and experience besides natural talent for designing. Afterwards, you can start from the freelancer sites to grow your network and clients.
Famous Female Web and Graphic Designers: Natasha Lakos, Anna Grosh, Amanda Farough, Allison Glancey
Perfumery
Perfumes and women are inseparable and the good news is that you can turn your passion into a business of your own. Internet and our dear Google, precisely, have made the task of learning anything quite easy and believe us, making your own perfume isn’t as hard as it is thought to be. You or anyone you know may have tried to make it by yourself at some part of your life, remember the acquaintance that tried to make its own perfume by crushing flower petals and mixing it with water? The process of perfume making is approximately the same instead that essential oils are used in place of petals and glycerin is used to preserve the perfume’s quality. A number of institutes offer courses and advanced degrees in perfumery while you can have a grasp of it by online research. However, some practice is required and you will be on your way to become a known perfumer.
Famous Female Perfumers: Patricia de Nicolai, Norina Matchabelli, Sophia Grojsman, Olivia Giacobetti
Jewelry Designing
Jewelry designing is a hugely creative art and requires high degree of patience and a keen eye for detailed observation and above all, a passion to bring a beautiful change in others life. If you are a mother, many a times you must have mended your little girl’s necklace that broke at the very last minute of her school’s drama or treated her with unique jewelry made out of useless material at your home, then you should consider jewelry designing as a profession. If you have done the aforementioned then you do not need much assistance but if you are one of the people who haven’t tried their hand in jewelry designing yet but have the passion and talent, then a little help will get you going in no time. Opt for a course in jewelry designing, develop and hone your skills and join the designers’ community to build your acquaintance and clientele.
Famous Female Jewelry Designers: Paloma Picasso, Nettie Rosenstein, Vannetta Seecharran, Elena Votsi
Handicrafts Making and Designing
Women are known for their expertise in designing and making beautiful handiworks including knitting, homemade jewelry, embroidered dresses etc. Handicraft is no more the thing of third world countries’ women but women of developed nations are diverting their focus on producing creative art work. If you are one of the ladies who can look at a cushion or decoration piece and churn out creative ideas to make it even better, then you have the required talent. The field of handicrafts has wide choices; all you have to do is to decide that which field you want to pursue. Knit your dolls, stuffed toys, hats, gloves, socks, sweaters, bags, pouches, capelets, shoes and clothes for newborn babies and same goes for embroidery also. Share your ideas with your fellow females in family and with your friends, and you may be on your way of having some business partners. If not, then going solo isn’t that bad either. One of the best things about handicrafts is that you can do it in your free time and it doesn’t require any big investment either.
Famous Female Handicrafts Makers: Martha Stewart and Shane Wong. There are a lot of websites that have designs for inspiration.
Writing and Editorial Services
Freelance websites and writing companies have broadened the trend of writing services; many people are not as good at writing as you may be, so why not put your talent to work and make a profession of it? Believe us, there are a lot of people out there who are looking for someone like you, who can help them with their papers, assignments, website content, articles and even resumes. Writing is a vast field and hence you have varied paths to choose from. Thinking of how to start your writing career? Join a freelance website and look on online sources to search the companies and people looking for writers or editors. Afterwards, build your business page and website to further promote your business. As times goes, you can add marketing material, promotional copies, ad copies, landing pages, to your fields of expertise.
Famous Female Writers: Celeste Ng, Eimear McBride, Leslie Jamison, Hillary Mantel
Interior Designing
Do you like decorating your house? Being a woman we are sure that you must be, but does your friends come along and are amazed by your extremely creative and artistic designing ideas? Do they consult in terms of designing and coloring of their house? Then you are the person we are talking about. Interior designing is an opulently imaginative art, which requires a healthy amount of creativity but if the above lines describe you, then you have accomplished half of the mission, well done. All that is left now is to give your talent a name and identity, make your business page ion different social platforms and submit the photos of the designs you have made, ask your friends and family to ‘like’ and promote your page. A good thing about it? You can do it in your spare time and whenever you want to which means that you can give equal attention to your family also.
Famous Female Interior Designers: Sophie Conran, Kelly Hoppen, Eva Maddox, Barbara Barry
The business ideas are not limited to the ones we have mentioned here; these are just to give you some ideas. Having any other business idea? Plan your business today.
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