Best Million Dollar Business Ideas

Great Business Ideas That Make Millions In Five Years or Less

Am I a millionaire?...No way. But I certainly would like to make millions of dollars in five years or less and live the life of my dreams. Below you will find the best doable businesses to make a lot of money and examples of how they CAN be applied to make you wealthy...

This is a long lens so be sure and go through it all. Don't miss out on the three polls that will help you set goals for your business. You will also find million-dollar business ideas throughout. And there's a video near the bottom that will help you uncover "acres of diamonds" where you may least expect them...

Entrepreneurs with innovative business ideas are making millions of dollars and euros

Make Millions with an Innovative BusinessThere are real ways to make money by starting a business. Millions of dollars are made with innovative business ideas. You will find profitable business ideas below to make income online and offline. Choose from one of these great models to build a small business that can make millions. So after deciding which business model you will pursue, then plan smart and work hard for a few years to build a passive residual income that will allow you to live the lifestyle of the rich and famous. So if you are looking for successful business ideas this is the list that can inspire you to add income streams from sources you may never have considered...

What are your financial goals?

Goal setting is key to your business plan.

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Goal: $6,000,000 Net Profit in 5 Years or Less

Year: 2012...$500,000 Profit
Year: 2013...$1,000,000 Profit
Year: 2014...$2,000,000 Profit
Year: 2015...$4,000,000 Profit
Year: 2016...$8,000,000 Profit

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Financial Planning is Really Important for Instant Millionaires

Entrepreneurs whose goal is to make a million dollars fast are thinking like that familiar line from a movie, "Show me the money!!!"...Well in the case of that film it was a case of talent and those connected to the talented...And true enough with talent and the right opportunities of being in the right place at the right time, people do go from broke to banking major piles of cash...But understand that in today's economy with the dollar losing value and the duo of inflation and cost of living, a million dollars might help you to live comfortably for a few years, if you are frugal...But to be a real player in lifestyles of the rich and famous you need at least $5 million...So if you've won a multimillion dollar lottery, finished first on American Idol or signed a multimillion dollar contract with the NBA, NFL, NHL, major league baseball or a pro soccer team you had better research how not only to invest your money but also to protect it from having to pay a great amount back to the governments in taxes...

If You Fail To Plan, You Are Planning To Fail

Investment planning is important for millionaires of all shapes and sizes. History is packed with "one hit wonder" celebrities that thought "I have arrived". In the blink of a eye they were filing for bankruptcy and having liquidation sales because they did not get sound financial advice nor plan for "early retirement". Had they started a business like those listed here, they could have continued to live "lifestyles of the rich and famous".

"Pay me now or pay me later"

Talent can get the cash rolling in to create instant millionaires, but to maintain the lifestyle that rock stars believe they deserve they've got to either keep on top of the music industry by cranking out hit after hit and touring like crazy or make smart investments. So it would be in their best interests to diversify their income streams by making shrewd investments in one or more of the business models on this top list...


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And for the rest of us non-talented, but motivated and smart individuals, we will have to commit to working smart and hard for about five years to get super rich or wealthy. Using one or more of the five listed business models can get you to the point where you don't have to worry about alarm clocks, traffic and bosses. Work smart and hard for a few years and then you can take a vacation to any beach, snow capped mountain or out of the way destination that only deep pockets can buy. Can you imagine buying the house or car of your dreams with cash and it not even making a dent in your bank accounts, because you are raking in tons of money whether you sleep until noon? Use the business models below to become super rich sooner, rather than later...

What's your retirement plan?

What's your retirement plan?

Are you actively planning your retirement or are your passively taking what your company or the government might have to offer?

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Retire Early...In Five Years or Less

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Computing and Software

Information Distribution

Product Distribution

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Table of Contents

Computing and Software

Million Dollar Business Idea #1

The internet has become one of the vehicles of the last two decades that has made more multimillionaires than most people can think of. And of course you would have to live under a rock to not know that Bill Gates earned his billions (net worth $56 billion) from something that has catapulted computers into the money making machines that millions of people use every day all over the world.


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And now with cellphones being just as smart as computers and in the hands of billions of people worldwide, can you think of some application or game that you could create and sell to a fraction of those folks to make a killing...If you do, you will not be alone because Markus "Notch" Persson created a video game originally for computers using Java but can be played using iOS and Android operating systems on mobile phones. As of November 7, 2011 over 4 million copies of Minecraft have been sold. The first version or alpha release came out May 17, 2009. That's how you can become super rich in about one and a half years...Mexican Carlos Slim Helu & family's fortune is approximately $74 billion and was earned mainly from the telecommunications industry, namely mobile phones...

Minecraft a Multimillion Dollar Profit Generating Game

Minecraft Sells 4 Million Copies And Counting
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Information Distribution

Millionaire Business Idea #2

Tree huggers are thankful that the information age has leapt into hyperdrive through the use of computers and the internet. Which is good for many of us world wide web surfers, but some baby boomers still love to get information the old fashioned way by reading a physical book or newspaper.


Kindle Fire, Full Color 7" Multi-touch Display, Wi-Fi

Even zoomers like to read news and a good book or two, but they are making the transition to eBooks and reading the news electronically via PCs, laptops or even tablet computers like iPad or Kindle Fire. So imagine if you come up with a self-help book or how-to guide and sell it on eBay, Warrior Forum or even Amazon how many potential buyers could you reach to read your eBook. News readers to the tune of 2 million visits per day hit Drudge Report. What if you had a news website with that kind of traffic? How much could you charge for advertising space? How much money could you make? Now what if you created ten sites that generated that much traffic, you could be wealthy super fast...

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Product Distribution

Millionaire Business Idea #3

eBooks and digital information are really good ways to make a lot of money, but some things you just can't squeeze through fiber, cat5 cables or send via wireless devices.


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So for physical goods there's always eBay or Amazon. You too could create a product distribution facilitating system where you bring buyers and sellers together and make a percentage of the sale for middle-man services. But it needs to be automated and massive in scale to make a good passive commission. What if you invent a diet bar or supplements and you create a networking system of sales representatives to distribute goods worldwide and then other people with similar health products could use your distribution network to market their goods as well? Again as the owner of the network marketing system you can be really well off very quickly...

Become an Employer

Millionaire Business Idea #4

Trading hats from being an employee to employer is another way to increase your wealth.


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When you become a business owner and are making a sizable profit, hiring value-add employees can help grow your business. Leveraging your time through the use of part-time or full-time employees or contractors can enable you to grow your business exponentially. Once you have documented your processes then you simply train others to do the repetitive menial tasks. Managing people or human resources can be a daunting task so proceed with caution. Founded in 1962 by Sam Walton, Walmart is the largest employer worldwide with over 2 million employees in 15 countries. Sam Walton's heirs nearly dominate the top billionaires list with $69 billion between them...

In 40 Years Walmart Spread Around the World

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Impact Millions, Make Millions

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Rent Something

Millionaire Business Idea #5

Real estate properties are probably what most people


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think of when it comes to making money through some sort of time lease system. But if you had the rights to Etta James' record collection and advertising agencies or movie houses wanted to use her songs you could make major bank. Etta James' signature hit "At Last" was sung by Beyoncé when she portrayed Etta in the movie "Cadillac Records". Watch Ms. James sing her classic hit live on Dancing With the Stars below...

Copyright Owners Make Millions

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Million Dollar Business Ideas from eBay

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How to Easily Find Million Dollar Ideas

How You Can Uncover The Next Millionaire-Making Idea!
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Buy a Tablet PC and Read Your Way to Millions of Dollars

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Plan for Early Retirement with Millions in Passive Income

Hip-hop rap stars, professional football players and lottery winners can become


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instantly rich, but to maintain their lifestyles of the rich and famous they have to plan properly and make smart investments. And the good news is for the average Betty, Bob or Pat, they can become wealthy in five years or less working smart and hard using one of these top five business ideas. My uncle always says, "Pay me now or pay me later.". Which is similar to my paraphrased favorite quote from Zig Ziglar, ""You are where you are...because of the decisions...you have made."...So plan now, work smart and hard for a few years and then live the life you've always dreamed of sooner rather than later...

Zig Ziglar on Biz Planning

"You are where you are and what you are because of the decisions and choices you have made in your life. You can change where you are and what you are by making new choices."

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  • TTMall Feb 23, 2012 @ 5:17 am | delete
    interesting business ideas!
  • jimelcor Feb 3, 2012 @ 11:45 pm | delete
    g'day
    my name is jim I'm an Herbalife distributor We are Affiliated with Australian United Online Business. Network marketing obviously.Herbalife Being network marketers of old-school like Tupperware, Avon....etc,Herbalife Distributors (old school) could do really well out there hard it day in day out to be able to present your Awesome product, and this Brilliant Business model to as many people as possible. The Affiliation with United Online Business Has made all this incredibly easy with inbuilt training and Ongoing Sponsorship, an unreal Online website/back office set up and intergrated Landing Pages, we have an online store where clients purchase for themselves, also a weightloss,health and wellness community Hub site. Put that together with what you as an individual can get up and running such as all the social net-works Twita ,FB , mysp ,ytbe ...etc...etc you could also set up your own websites Ultimately Funneling traffic to you. Results are you get interested people contacting you to purchase, or look for more info About your products and this Business Opportunity My partner and I have been signed up as distributors since last October 3/10/2011 The Herbalife Products sell easy,We have Two distributors have Joined our team so far, the beginning of our network Down-line In the Health and Nutrition Industry HERBALIFE is number one on the planet this Month celebrating 32 years in the business doing Huge Business in 80 countries around the World and Now becoming Very Big in the Sporting Arena It is not hard to move these products. consumable people can't get enough of em.Made over 5 billion profit last year and rapidly Increasing.

    .....the best to your Success ................bye
  • qasimalhammad Jan 31, 2012 @ 2:18 pm | delete
    Thank you for sharing this great and well researched article, when it comes to me I think i would like to be my own boss and make the most money I can make. Thanks again.
  • wahmshelley Jan 31, 2012 @ 3:11 pm | delete
    No problem...You are quite welcome!!!...I've not been working online very long, but I've been studying and implementing what I learn as I go and I believe that makes all the difference in getting good results...For example, I've been using this SEO strategy to drive traffic to my articles...

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