<prompt> Human: Do you have any ideas for a low risk, low reward brick and mortar business? What I am hoping for is something that can employ me I doubt whatever business I have will make enough to gainfully employ two people and that will require moderate effort where I am there to help people if they need it, but it is mostly self-sufficient. The only idea that comes to mind is laundromat.To give a background as to why, I am currently in university, but due to suicidal tendencies dont think that I will emotionally be able to handle a full time job for too long after I graduate and with low pay only a fraction of the pay that guys make. I want the business to be something where I only put a moderate amount of effort into it; I am not about to go back to working retail like I did in community college busting my ass to make about half of the poverty line. With this business I want to make above the poverty line. My ambitions with whatever business this is are low and I dont have any passions.Sorry if that is depressing but I felt it was needed to give a background to help with brainstorming and what I might be looking for. If I actually do find a full time job after I graduate I plan on trying to hold on long enough to pay my student loans and save up for a small business like this, whatever it may be. I just need help with ideas with what has worked in the past for people.Edit: Geez, I looked how much it costs to start up a laundromat - at least 300,000! I need to add in here somewhat low cost to start as well like, under 30,000.  <response>: We have a word for a low risk, low effort, low reward way of making money. Its called a job. Any physical stores will have high startup costs, even if the business itself could be managed by a monkey. If you have a bit of creativity, though, there is a lot of money to be made online by one method or another. You can learn about SEO and use affiliate marketing to make money. You can open an online storefront selling a niche product read The Four Hour Work Week if curious. When these work, they work very well and can be almost completely passive income, but theres a good chance any given one will never get off the ground and youll have to try again. And so, I refer you to point 1: get a job. You can do these in your spare time and quit the job if they provide enough income. 