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All I got is to start a small business consulting, fixing and installing for small business. Did that on the side 12-years ago and it was amazing how fast business owners jumped when offered services for a reasonable price.
We could go on-call for a monthly fee. $200/mo. per customer stacks quickly. But you have to get a feel for your customers, set expectations and fire the skinflints. If you don't have people skills, this is a non-starter. I got people skills, no business skills.
Been there, done that, know myself, not motivated enough. Give me a time and place to be, give me work, give me a paycheck and benefits, I'll knock it out the park. But if I gotta get out of bed and knock doors, again, I got the people skills, but I can't self motivate.