36 Low-Investment Business Ideas For The Christmas Holiday (2023)
Looking to start a christmas business but not quite sure what to start?
The good news is, there are so many opportunities to become an entrepreneur and build an innovative product/service in this line of work.
If you're looking to start your own christmas business, there are several low-capital options you can choose from.
We put a list together below of the most profitable christmas business ideas you can start today!
Here they are:
1. Start a mobile photography ($1.32M/year)
Kyle Nelson from Chico, California, USA started Results Imagery almost 6 years ago, a mobile photography .
- Revenue: $110,000/ month
- Founders: 2
- Employees: 8
- Location: Chico, California, USA
We both had previous experience in another start-up called Soul id which was a social media platform for action sports. We ran the marketing and media at that company which was a blast. After we left that company, we split directions. Eli got involved in the eCommerce industry by starting a brand called Winterial which he grew to hundreds of SKUs. Kyle headed in the media direction and started a commercial photography company where he worked with Fortune 500 companies and small businesses.
At this time Kyle wanted to be able to get back in the start-up world, grow a large brand and a team of like-minded creatives and innovators. So like any entrepreneur, he jumped on Google and started to search for media companies that were also technology-based companies as well. That is where the inspiration of starting a digital agency that solely focused on the media portion for brands and product companies came to life.
Culture is the centerpiece of a successful company. Creating a place for employees to come to work and enjoy what they do, the environment and who they work with will pay long term dividends.
2. Start a cooking class ($1.2M/year)
Monika Reti from many, USA started Hipcooks about 9 years ago, a cooking class.
- Revenue: $100,000/ month
- Founders: 1
- Employees: 8
- Location: many, USA
In true Hipcooks fashion: I’m not a culinary school graduate — I’m a hack! Here’s my story:
I’m first-generation American (Mom is from Germany and Dad from Argentina). My parents were young foreign students in the US and their friends were the other international students: I was a kid surrounded by people from different nationalities, like Spain, Russia, France, and the UK. I was a child foodie and loved to experience culture through food.
I caught the travel bug early, living in Argentina (studying economics in college), traveling through Europe, and moved to England for graduate school (I have a Master’s in Economics from LSE.) While in school, I cooked my way through a series of London restaurants in the gastro-boom of the ’90s, just for fun. My first job was on the West Coast, as an econometrician at the RAND Corporation.
3. ($64.8K/year)
Brett Lindenberg from California, USA started Food Truck Empire about 9 years ago, a business.
- Revenue: $5,400/ month
- Founders: 1
- Employees: 1
- Location: California, USA
Back in 2014, I had an idea to start a food truck business. The business model seemed like a winner because I could operate part-time on weekends while maintaining my corporate online marketing job during the week.
I viewed this as a low-risk business opportunity since I wouldn’t need to rely on the food truck profits to pay bills. Any income generated would be “extra money” after the expenses of running a truck. Operating at a profit didn’t seem like a difficult task to assuming I would be willing to run the business myself and selected a high-margin menu for the truck.
Starting a business is time consuming and insanely difficult even if you’re doing it full time. Take the hours you have left after work and focus them toward one thing.
4. Start a gift baskets business ($24K/year)
Examples of a successful gift baskets business:
Here are some great videos on how to get started with a gift baskets business:
- How to Start a Gift Basket Business | Including Free Gift Basket Business Plan Template
- How to start a gift basket Company Start Local
For further info, check out these books and products:
- How to Start a Home-Based Gift Basket Business, 2nd (Home-Based Business Series)
- Start Your Own Gift Basket Business (StartUp Series)
Learn more about starting a gift baskets business ➜
My name is Adam Elliot, and I started Dick At Your Door, an e-commerce shop for people who like to gift pranks, gags, and funny novelties to their friends and family.
Yes, you read that correctly... Dick At Your Door sells chocolate penises you can send as a fun prank to friends and family.
5. Start a photo booth business ($6M/year)
Brandon Wong from California, USA started Photobooth Supply Co. about 10 years ago, a photo booth business.
- Revenue: $500,000/ month
- Founders: 2
- Employees: 10
- Location: California, USA
My wife and I were wedding photographers. If you’ve been to a wedding lately, you’ve probably seen a photobooth.
The same was true 8 years ago. We saw booths everywhere, and started thinking… why not add one of those? We purchased the “old” style photobooth, the enclosed box. It became clear very quickly that at least two things could be done better. It wasn’t really portable and it didn’t take the prettiest pictures.
I contacted a few metal suppliers down here in Orange County and asked if they could put something together for me. I wanted something sleek and portable, but it also had to be able to take gorgeous pictures.
6. Become a mobile personal trainer ($720K/year)
Chris Anderson from Overland Park, Kansas, USA started Live Fit about 12 years ago, a mobile personal trainer.
- Revenue: $60,000/ month
- Founders: 1
- Employees: 1
- Location: Overland Park, Kansas, USA
I started Live Fit because I felt I was running out of options in the industry I loved so much. Personally, I felt the misses in the personal training industry and wanted to change that. Personal Training, as well as all types of fitness, can be very intimidating to most people. And honestly, the people that are most intimidated by fitness are often the people that need it the most. I set out to create a company that provided the same types of exercises, programming, and results as generally all fitness companies, but I wanted to make it a comfortable experience from the moment a potential client stepped through our doors.
All our processes, our studio layout, our team of trainers we have hired, and our entire mission are based on making clients feel comfortable, appreciated, and valued. We do things differently and over the past 10 years, I have seen other companies in our area follow our lead. Long gone are the days of slamming weights, extremely loud music, and uncomfortable gym environments. People want to go where they feel comfortable and respected.
I have always loved sports and started at a young age, with my dad as my coach. I continued athletics through high school and went on to run college track where I based my Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees entirely on building my career in the fitness industry. The last thing I was willing to do was to throw it all away based on a lack of opportunity, so I created my own with Live Fit. I believe in spirituality and the law of attraction and base my life on those principles. So in early 2011 when I couldn’t focus on my spiritual study and spiritual growth because my mind was consumed with running numbers about opening my own company, I knew that was a sign from God it was time to create something great.
7. Start a shopping service
Examples of a successful shopping service:
Here are some great videos on how to get started with a shopping service:
- How To Start A Profitable Grocery Shopping Service
- Instacart Shopping Order From Start To Finish 4/13/20
For further info, check out these books and products:
Learn more about starting a shopping service ➜
My name is Brian McEuen, and I'm the founder of On Brand. We help guys shop for clothes online by curating personalized selections as if they were walking into their very own store. We're like Spotify for clothes! Another way to put it: imagine those “Top 25 T-Shirts for this Summer” lists curated just for you down to the right size, fit, style, and color!
I currently have about 75 users and an annualized revenue run rate of $1800.
8. Start a dog walking business ($648K/year)
Melodi Landi from Bristol, TN, USA started Furry Fellas Pet Service LLC almost 17 years ago, a dog walking business.
- Revenue: $54,000/ month
- Founders: 1
- Employees: 19
- Location: Bristol, TN, USA
I have always had a passion for animals. I was going to school full time at the University of Rhode Island as a Pre-Vet student while working full time at a local veterinary hospital AND picking up pet sitting and dog walking clients on the side.
Since my late teenage years, I have known that I wanted to work with animals. While working at the animal hospital, I saw a great need for this type of service, and soon after decided to start this business!
I would often come across clients who had not traveled in years because their pets required specialized care or medications or because they did not know who to ask or whom they could trust with their pets and their home.
9. Start a travel agency ($24K/year)
Marissa Daniels from Charleston, SC, USA started Spread Your Wings Travel about 4 years ago, a travel agency.
- Revenue: $2,000/ month
- Founders: 1
- Employees: 1
- Location: Charleston, SC, USA
I was blessed to grow up in a two-parent household with a loving and caring set of parents. My father was in the military and because of that, I was born in California in ‘94. I’m a Georgia Peach all the way, but I was born in California. Unfortunately, in September of 2018, my life shifted when my father passed from cancer. It was pretty quick. In July, he was diagnosed and in September, he took his last breath. I was a Daddy’s girl to the FULLEST, so you can imagine the pain I went through - and still going through.
Do research before starting. If you want to start a business - research before you pay anything.
Fortunately, he was there to see me graduate from Valdosta State University in 2016. I majored in Mass Media with a Speech Communication Minor. Growing up, I loved to be in front of the camera (my father was a photographer) and I would record the video announcements at my church, as young as 11 years old. I also recorded the announcements in elementary school. I just knew Broadcast Journalism was something I was interested in.
10. Start a luggage storage business ($780K/year)
Eugene Veeden from Toronto, Ontario, Canada started BagsAway Luggage Storage over 5 years ago, a luggage storage business.
- Revenue: $65,000/ month
- Founders: 2
- Employees: 2
- Location: Toronto, Ontario, Canada
I am a software engineer, graduated from McMaster University then began a career in Oil & Gas, where I was fortunate enough to have been granted a leave of absence. I used this opportunity to explore the world and travel to South America, Asia, and Africa!
BagsAway was born as an answer to a recurring problem my co-founder Irina and I experienced on travels, and I observed back home when renting my place on Airbnb. We are first and foremost world enthusiasts at heart - travel is a passion and a life goal for us and luggage, of course, is an inseparable part of the travel experience.
We often found our bags to be time wasters, having to make special trips to drop off or retrieve them on arrival and departure days. Or just having to drag them along, which of course limited what we could do, and we were not the only ones. We noticed others dragging their bags on Hollywood Blvd or sitting on a beach with backpacks in Asia before boarding their boats.
Validation of our business came when my Airbnb guests were repeatedly asking for a place to leave their bags before their late afternoon checkin’ and after their checkout before their evening flights, we realized there was a bigger problem and with it an opportunity. Time is the most precious currency we have so we figured there had to be a better way, and when we couldn’t find a solution we decided to create it ourselves. We were also accepted into the DMZ (Ryerson Digital Media Zone), which is the top business incubator in Canada!
11. Start a balloon decor business ($240K/year)
Janeen Brown from started Balloon Haus LLC about 5 years ago, a balloon decor business.
- Revenue: $20,000/ month
- Founders: 1
- Employees: 16
- Location:
I’ve always had quite the entrepreneurial spirit, always thinking of the next best idea which is how my first business was created - a non-profit focused on helping young women, followed by an employee concierge, I started with my father Jeluxxe Lifestyle Solutions. I was always intrigued to hear about others’ journeys and how they became full-time entrepreneurs but never thought I’d get there but here I am, thanks to Balloon Haus INC. As well as, reading and learning have always been an interest of mine, which is why I was able to start this “little balloon company.”
Balloon Haus was a random idea that turned a successful business. A client from one of my other companies was looking for balloon decor and my assistant agreed to help with finding a vendor. This was much harder than we thought it would be and with no luck, we turned to youtube and figured out how to create the requested installation ourselves and the rest was history. I registered the business the same day, contacted my father and he told me, “this was the best decision you have ever made.” This was the only validation that I needed to know, this was going to be a successful business.
DO NOT TAKE ON A DIFFICULT CUSTOMER. If you notice communicating with the customer from the beginning is not easy - do not continue as you will regret it and most likely end up with an unhappy customer by the end of the transaction.
12. Start a party supply store ($4.8M/year)
Dean Salakas from Sydney NSW, Australia started The Party People about 37 years ago, a party supply store.
- Revenue: $400,000/ month
- Founders: 2
- Employees: 40
- Location: Sydney NSW, Australia
30 years ago, my mum was “Patches The Clown” catering for kids parties. Her passion for parties led her to open a small party store with my grandfather. From the age of 4, I was put to work filling small bags with sand for 5 cents each which would be used to weigh down helium balloons on tables.
We love change. Every time something changes, there is an opportunity for us to be early and capitalize while everyone else drags their feet.
13. Start a catering business ($240K/year)
Nestor Nidome from Crestmore, California, USA started Elegante Catering ago, a catering business.
- Revenue: $20,000/ month
- Founders: 1
- Employees: 10
- Location: Crestmore, California, USA
For as long as I can remember I have always been attracted to the idea of being a business owner. I’ve tried many businesses starting with my own DJ company. I got some business cards, printed them at Staples, passed them out, and waited for the calls.
It took a bit of time, but eventually, the calls started to come in and bookings started to happen. I did that for a couple of years until one of the DJ gigs some gangsters got into it and I was almost in the middle of a gang fight. Thank GOD things calmed down, but after that, I started looking for another business!
During this same time, the whole tech bubble was growing and I wanted a part of it. I took some coding classes in college and started using HTML to code my website from scratch. I kind of borrowed a lot of ideas from Yahoo but it was going to be mainly focused on my local city. I visited some businesses and got some of them to advertise. Things seemed to be going well when the bubble burst and I was once more left to venture out and look for something else.
14. Start a gift wrapping service
Examples of a successful gift wrapping service:
Here are some great videos on how to get started with a gift wrapping service:
- Twin Cities Gift Wrapping Service Comes To You In 'Wrappery' Mobile
- Gift Wrapping Professional Ellie Kemper
For further info, check out these books and products:
- How to Start a Gift Basket Service
- How To Start A Gift Basket Business: Learn To Make Money The Smart And Sassy Way (Gift Basket Business Guide To Profits Series)
Learn more about starting a gift wrapping service ➜
15. Start a photo printing business ($18M/year)
Jainam Shah from Georgia started CanvasChamp about 11 years ago, a photo printing business.
- Revenue: $1,500,000/ month
- Founders: 2
- Employees: 180
- Location: Georgia
It’s so happened that one beautiful day, I was just hanging out with my father an evening while we were discussing our family photos. My father suddenly picked up one photo from the album and said, “This is one of the best photos of us. How amazing would it had been that we could find a way to frame our favorite photos artistically.”
I had zero experience, but I did know from my previous job in college that I was good at learning and collecting from data, setting up and building experiments over and over again, and making business decisions with the information provided to me. I believe that this is one of the most important qualities you can have to be a successful entrepreneur.
Suddenly it dawned on me that I should get the photo that my father likes so much, framed. But I checked out the market and saw that the market had split between low-cost providers that would personalize your products very cheaply (of questionable quality) and designers who would personalize your products very expensively (and still of dubious quality). And I only found an opportunity for business in personalized products that way. So I thought to focus on filling a gap which delivered more premium products but well below the designer prices.
16. Start a stationery business ($156K/year)
Ruth Daro from Los Angeles, California, USA started Seniman Calligraphy about 8 years ago, a stationery business.
- Revenue: $13,000/ month
- Founders: 1
- Employees: 0
- Location: Los Angeles, California, USA
I always loved creating with my hands and I tend to get carried away with presents and cards during the holidays. That being said, I was content that my passion for drawing and painting would be a minor supporting role while I majored in Interior Architecture and worked as an Interior Designer over the next 4 years after I graduated.
So one day when my then boss passive aggressively asked what day I would like to show up for work that week, I told her ‘how about none?’... and never looked back.
It wasn’t until 2015 where I decided to pick up modern calligraphy as a hobby. Upon admiring all the more established calligraphers’, I realize that working on bespoke custom wedding invitations would allow me to do everything I love and at the same time make a living off of it.
17. Start a cleaning service ($7.2M/year)
Ron Holt from Birmingham, Alabama, USA started Two Maids & A Mop almost 20 years ago, a cleaning service.
- Revenue: $600,000/ month
- Founders: 1
- Employees: 500
- Location: Birmingham, Alabama, USA
I can still remember my first day on the job. I had just been hired as a Chemist for a particle analysis laboratory.
The job made a lot of sense at the time. I had recently graduated college with a Biology degree, and there’s only so many careers the degree can take you. So I took the first job offer that was presented to me and proudly bragged about my $22,500 annual salary. It seemed like so much money at the time, and I just knew that I was going to climb the corporate ladder quickly.
The true secret to my success has been to simply outwork and outpassion everyone in my path, every single day for nearly twenty-five years
18. Start a holiday decorating service
Examples of a successful holiday decorating service:
Here are some great videos on how to get started with a holiday decorating service:
For further info, check out these books and products:
- French Country Cottage
- Male Service: May Day / Beltane: Decorate Your Pole (Male Service - Individual Holiday Assignments Book 4)
Learn more about starting a holiday decorating service ➜
I’m Janeen Brown! Founder and CEO of Balloon Haus LLC. In February 2018, I started Balloon Haus - the first opulent online and in-store Balloon boutique - where lifestyle and decor enter a "luxury" level of design. Our team consists of dedicated and loyal employees in Toronto, Atlanta, Detroit and South Florida destined to create iconic balloon memories to last a lifetime.
19. Start a greeting cards business ($1.2M/year)
Travis Peterson from Irvine, California, USA started Joker Greeting almost 8 years ago, a Greeting Cards Business.
- Revenue: $100,000/ month
- Founders: 2
- Employees: 0
- Location: Irvine, California, USA
My background is in finance. I worked in investment banking for six years in New York. I loved the job, the people, and the hours. But as a service job I wanted to be making things not just helping others make things. This desire has led me to where I am today.
My brother and I have always loved to make fun of everything. Around 2014, we visited my mom’s house and she had this musical greeting card. We thought it was annoying. We asked each other, "Who wants to listen to this!?" Then Nick asked, “What if it didn’t stop?”
That was it. Nothing more. No market research.
20. Start a christmas lights service
Examples of a successful christmas lights service:
Here are some great videos on how to get started with a christmas lights service:
- Christmas Light Service-Christmas Decorating Tampa-Lakeland-Clearwater 813-352-0209
- Christmas Lights Service Introduction
For further info, check out these books and products:
- Easy Christmas: Classic Recipies For The Perfect Christmas
- Let There Be Lights!: A Beginner's Guide To Outdoor Christmas
Learn more about starting a christmas lights service ➜
21. Start a personalized gift business ($10M/year)
Dmitriy Peregudov from Arlington, Massachusetts, USA started GiftBasketsOverseas.com almost 16 years ago, a personalized gift business.
- Revenue: $833,000/ month
- Founders: 1
- Employees: 95
- Location: Arlington, Massachusetts, USA
Half of my life ago (23 years ago) I immigrated from Moscow, Russia to the United States with an MS in Engineering and was trying to figure out the best way to leverage the degree for my career in the US. I’ve worked in several tech jobs, mostly focusing on Software development and picked up web programming on the way.
While I enjoyed my tech jobs I felt there are more interesting ways to apply my skills. At the same time I’ve seen my father being miserable after he was laid off from his highly paid Hi-tech job, I simply felt there got to be a better way to make a living.
So a friend of mine from University and I launched our first website, initially a hobby business we named flowers2moscow.com - servicing just our home city of Moscow. The idea came from my own negative experience trying to send flowers back home to my girlfriend and to my parents. Product and service experience were far from perfect, so our first website was born.
22. Become an Airbnb host
Examples of a successful Airbnb host:
Here are some great videos on how to get started with a Airbnb host:
For further info, check out these books and products:
Learn more about starting an Airbnb host ➜
My name is Gary Fox, and I run HostButlers, an Airbnb concierge service in Dublin, Ireland.
Since we started nearly four years ago, we have hosted over 200,000 people and have been profitable from month 5.
23. Start a car rental business
Examples of a successful car rental business:
Here are some great videos on how to get started with a car rental business:
For further info, check out these books and products:
- Start Your Own Car Rental Business With Just One Car
- Start Your Own Senior Transportation Business: Craig Wallin
Learn more about starting a car rental business ➜
We are Taylor Hood and Gretchen Bayless, founders of ROAMERICA. A company that specializes in adventure vehicles, including 4wd campervans.
24. Start a flower arrangements business
Examples of a successful flower arrangements business:
Here are some great videos on how to get started with a flower arrangements business:
For further info, check out these books and products:
- Flower Arranging: The Complete Guide for Beginners
- Start Your Own Florist Shop and Other Floral Businesses (StartUp Series)
Learn more about starting a flower arrangements business ➜
25. Start a party planning business
Examples of a successful party planning business:
Here are some great videos on how to get started with a party planning business:
- How To Start + Run Your Event Planning Business!!
- How Much Do Event Planners Make & How To Charge Your Clients!
For further info, check out these books and products:
Learn more about starting a party planning business ➜
Hello, I am Akshay Patel from Albuquerque, NM the land of enchantment. I started an event rental and decor company that led me to an event venue. The View Event Center is a lavish space that is an indoor and outdoor event venue with panoramic city views. Our high-end venue with experienced staff will assist from venue decor to the smallest details entailed in making memories of a lifetime. Simply Decor, Tents, and Events ensures exclusive decor and thrives to bring your event to life through customized, elegant decor for all of their clients.
The full-service company will individually work with every client to design their event that will intrigue every eye in the room. Our company is broad that we get many different types of customers and we make many great connections with them as well. The company was making upwards of $380,000 a year.
26. Rent party & events venue
Examples of a successful rent party & events venue:
Here are some great videos on how to get started with a rent party & events venue:
- How To Start And Operate An Event Venue With Bonnie Hawthorne (Atlanta, Georgia)
- How To Start An Event Venue: 5 Steps To Success
For further info, check out these books and products:
- How To Start A Home-Based Children's Birthday Party Business
- Start Your Own Kid-Focused Business And More: Party Planning, Gift And Bath Products, Educational Toys And Games (StartUp Series)
Learn more about starting a rent party & events venue ➜
Hello, I am Akshay Patel from Albuquerque, NM the land of enchantment. I started an event rental and decor company that led me to an event venue. The View Event Center is a lavish space that is an indoor and outdoor event venue with panoramic city views. Our high-end venue with experienced staff will assist from venue decor to the smallest details entailed in making memories of a lifetime. Simply Decor, Tents, and Events ensures exclusive decor and thrives to bring your event to life through customized, elegant decor for all of their clients.
The full-service company will individually work with every client to design their event that will intrigue every eye in the room. Our company is broad that we get many different types of customers and we make many great connections with them as well. The company was making upwards of $380,000 a year.
27. Start a bartending service
Examples of a successful bartending service:
Here are some great videos on how to get started with a bartending service:
- How To Start A Successful Bartending Business With Zero Money Down
- Start Your Own Bartending Business
For further info, check out these books and products:
- How To Become A Bartender: Get A Bartending Job With Little or no Experience in 30 Days or Less
- Bartending For Dummies: Ray Foley
Learn more about starting a bartending service ➜
28. Start a bakery
Examples of a successful bakery:
Here are some great videos on how to get started with a bakery:
For further info, check out these books and products:
Learn more about starting a bakery ➜
Bonjour! My name is Anthony Rosemond. I'm a Parisian chef & founder of Pastreez, an online French bakery.
We’ve sold over 1 million macarons to this date, with only a team of two.
29. Start a costume business
Examples of a successful costume business:
Here are some great videos on how to get started with a costume business:
- Tdf Costume Collection Rental Program On Business Insider
- Running A Costume Shop: Costume Boutique (Bosses)
For further info, check out these books and products:
- How to Start a Home-based Fashion Design Business (Home-Based Business Series): Angela Wolf
- How To Start A Shoe Design Business: Becci Rolli
Learn more about starting a costume business ➜
30. Start a sleigh ride service
Examples of a successful sleigh ride service:
Here are some great videos on how to get started with a sleigh ride service:
- Shelburne Farms Sleigh Rides
- Horse Drawn Sleigh -- Sleigh Rides 1 -- Carriage Limousine Service -- Horse Drawn Carriages
For further info, check out these books and products:
- Sleigh Ride: A Winter Anthology Kindle Edition - Amazon.Com
- Sleigh Ride: A Winter Anthology Paperback – November 7, 2011
Learn more about starting a sleigh ride service ➜
31. Start a christmas tree farm
Examples of a successful christmas tree farm:
Here are some great videos on how to get started with a christmas tree farm:
- #43 Starting A Christmas Tree Farm - Our First 6 Months [Recap]
- Christmas Tree Farm First Year Costs & Revenue
For further info, check out these books and products:
- Findus at Christmas (Findus and Pettson)
- Christmas Trees: Growing and Selling Trees, Wreaths, and Greens: Lewis Hill
Learn more about starting a christmas tree farm ➜
32. Start a grocery delivery service
Examples of a successful grocery delivery service:
Here are some great videos on how to get started with a grocery delivery service:
- Starting Your Own Grocery Delivery Business: Should Your Charge A Delivery Or Service Fee?
- Should You Start Your Own Grocery Delivery Company? (The Blessed Driver)
For further info, check out these books and products:
- How To Start A Grocery Delivery And Errand Service From Home: Ray Hockersmith
- Grocery: The Buying And Selling Of Food In America
Learn more about starting a grocery delivery service ➜
Gopuff, a leading food & consumer goods delivery service, was started in 2013 by two Drexel University students, Yakir Gola and Rafael Ilishayev.
Located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the business began as an on-demand hookah delivery business but has now grown to provide food and supplies.
This consumer products delivery business operates on an on-demand basis. The firm mostly fulfills deliveries for food, drinks, alcohol, home essentials, and other necessities you typically find in a convenience shop.
GoPuff's business model is distinct from those of other delivery firms. The firm operates its warehouses, where it stockpiles items and fills orders on demand.
Rafael, born in Russia, began his career at his father’s sandwich restaurant and afterward at a banquet hall that his father had purchased. Yakir, the son of an Israeli immigrant, used to work in his father’s cash-for-gold store.
The genesis of GoPuff began in 2011, when its creators, Rafael Ilishayev and Yakir Gola, met in a Business 101 class at Drexel University in Philadelphia.
In less than a decade, the company has evolved into a multibillion-dollar corporation serving over 1000 locations. In 2021, GoPuff generated $1 billion in revenue, three times what it did in 2020.
GoPuff has raised $3.4 billion over nine rounds, with its latest $1 billion funding round in July 2021. The company is valued at a massive $15 billion.

Read the full story on blog.wishpond.com ➜
33. Start a wreath making business
Examples of a successful wreath making business:
Here are some great videos on how to get started with a wreath making business:
For further info, check out these books and products:
Learn more about starting a wreath making business ➜
34. Start a snow removal service
Examples of a successful snow removal service:
Here are some great videos on how to get started with a snow removal service:
For further info, check out these books and products:
Learn more about starting a snow removal service ➜
35. Become a skiing instructor
Examples of a successful skiing instructor:
Here are some great videos on how to get started with a skiing instructor:
For further info, check out these books and products:
- Ski Instructors Handbook: Teaching Tools And Techniques: Lockerbie
- Ski Instructors Handbook: Teaching Tools And Techniques Kindle Edition
Learn more about starting a skiing instructor ➜
36. Start a liquor delivery business
Examples of a successful liquor delivery business:
Here are some great videos on how to get started with a liquor delivery business:
For further info, check out these books and products:
- How To Start A Liquor Store (The Entrepreneur Series)
- How To Start A Liquor Store: Nat Chiaffarano MBA
Learn more about starting a liquor delivery business ➜
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