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A Complete List of Rural Entrepreneurship Projects for Post-80s Generation

How did those born in the 1980s start their own businesses in rural areas? The following is a complete collection of information on some good entrepreneurial projects to share with entrepreneurs.

1. Open a full-service sundry store.

Grasp the market trends, recognize market demand, purchase the required packaging materials, purchase supplies, labor protection supplies, and vehicle service supplies in the monopoly market. As long as you cater to market demand, you can still make money.

Farmers' housing design industry: Building a house is the top priority in farmers' lives. With the development of social economy, farmers' housing is also developing towards practicality, beauty, and personalization. More and more wealthy farmers are more cautious in building houses, in order to plan for a long time. Therefore, there is a need for someone to specialize in designing and researching new housing construction.

2. Agricultural machinery rental workshops are profitable

The rental of small agricultural machinery has a relatively broad prospect. If you look closely, you will find that there are quite a few machines available for rental, such as trenching machines for yam, soil-raising machines for green onions and other crops, seed spreaders for carrots, etc. Machines for vegetable processing, such as carrot cleaning machines and burdock cleaning machines, etc. Friends who are willing to use their brains can open a small agricultural machinery and agricultural product processing machinery rental shop, which will definitely be very profitable.

Initial investment: mainly equipment investment of about 20,000 to 70,000 yuan, such as a Korean-made soil-raising machine of 16,000 yuan, a trenching machine of several thousand yuan, a carrot cleaning machine of about 15,000 yuan, and a burdock cleaning machine of about 25,000 yuan. For those with less capital, the total investment is about 60,000 yuan, and for those with more capital, 100,000 yuan can purchase several more.

Service scope: Generally speaking, the main service scope of the rental workshop is generally the vast number of farmers and small agricultural product processing points within a radius of 50 kilometers around itself. Within this range, the available arable land is generally several thousand acres and there are dozens of small processing points.

Operating income: According to the normal average level and the general market conditions, the soil-raising machine and the trenching machine cost 80 yuan per mu. The cleaning machine rental costs about 250 yuan a day. If the business scope can occupy more than 40% of the local area, with 1,000 mu of land, more than 4 processing points, and the equipment utilization rate is 15 days per month, the operating income will be 80,000 yuan for planting equipment rental and about 15,000 yuan for processing equipment rental. Among them, crop cultivation generally has two seasons a year, and the seasonality is relatively strong. The income is mainly concentrated in these two seasons. The leasing of processing equipment is a long-term income, because the processing points are generally processed all year round. This ensures the stability throughout the year.

3. Build a simple rest service shed

Rural acquisitions are usually done on the land, and fixed buildings are hard to find. You can consider building a simple bamboo and wood shed temporarily, which should be large enough. Prepare some tables, chairs, and benches, specialize in tea and beverages, and simple meals to provide good service for the people who come to trade. As long as the service attitude is good and the place is clean and hygienic, it should not be difficult to recover the cost and make a profit during the acquisition period.

4. Short-distance trafficking.

Once the market is formed, merchants will gather and many buyers will start to buy by weight. Growers from the surrounding areas will come to sell their goods, and the market will gather popularity and become active.

There are thousands of growers in different households. They are scattered and each household has different situations. Some people live close to the market and it is easier for them to sell their products or they have more strong laborers at home. So they go to the market to sell their products. Some growers live far away from the market and are unwilling to sell their products at the market. Some growers have inconvenient transportation and it is not easy for them to leave the village. Some families have children working in other places and it is inconvenient for the elderly at home to go out to sell their products. And so on.

It is precisely because of this practical demand that we can drive a three-wheeled or five-wheeled agricultural vehicle, call a few strong helpers, and do short-distance trafficking. We can serve the masses and earn money by our own strength. What's wrong with that?

The secret to success: First, be well-informed. You must have a clear understanding of the production and growth conditions around the market. Second, be kind to the growers, provide good service, be sweet-mouthed, and be diligent. Help the growers with more heavy lifting and moving. If the relationship is harmonious, the growers will be willing to sell even if it costs only one or two cents.

5. Build an electronic scale.

For initial investment, you can focus on small scales. Once the market group stabilizes, you can consider building a large scale. The investment in a small electronic scale plus all ancillary facilities will not exceed 20,000 yuan. Three-wheeled and five-wheeled agricultural vehicles that sell and buy goods in the market, and cars within 20 tons generally need to be weighed. Calculated at a weighing fee of 5 yuan each time, 80 to 100 vehicles a day, the daily income is 400-500 yuan. If the acquisition period is one month, the total income is 12,000 yuan to 15,000 yuan. If the acquisition period can reach two months, after deducting the expenses, the investment can basically be recovered. It will be a net profit next year.

6. Form a loading and unloading team.

The goods collected from the market must be transported away. This requires a loading and unloading team. Basically, there is no investment required, and you can earn a living by strength and service. The appropriate size is 15 to 20 strong young people. More people means faster loading and unloading. A 30-ton double-axle rear eight-wheeled truck can be completed in 45 minutes. The more work you do in a day, the more income you will earn.

Principles of success: First, there is more people, more momentum, and it is conducive to competition. Second, service, try your best to meet customer requirements.

The above are some methods and experiences for small-scale entrepreneurial operations in the early stage of market formation. As the market gradually expands and matures, the construction of market-related supporting facilities such as restaurants, hotels, gas stations, and distribution stations can be gradually carried out. However, this is not within the scope of our discussion of small-scale agricultural entrepreneurship.

7. A small leaf makes a fortune and earns millions

Due to the special effects of ginkgo biloba in preventing and treating cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases, the killer of human health, its price in the international market was as high as 4.5 million yuan per ton. After learning this information, Fan Yansheng decided to guide farmers to plant ginkgo in Tiefu Town. However, due to the slow growth of ginkgo, many people were worried that they would not benefit in the short term and refused to plant it. At this time, some research by the Pizhou Ginkgo Research Institute solved this problem...

8. One letter sold kudzu powder to Japan and made a lot of money

Shao Xianqiang, 39 years old, is from Zhongxiang, Hubei. After graduating from university, he started his own business. After many twists and turns, he opened up the Japanese market for his local specialty kudzu powder with a letter that he himself was not sure about.

9. Resigned from office and started selling sweet potatoes

Pushing a bicycle, he started with 500 yuan and became an entrepreneur with influence at home and abroad; from an ordinary piece of sweet potato to a large industry beyond the ordinary, he increased the low price of sweet potatoes by 23 times, making local potato farmers rich, and he also has more than 30 million yuan in assets and a company with an annual output value of nearly 100 million yuan...

10. Candied haws are a crazy money-maker

This is the heaviest snowfall in Jiaodong Peninsula in more than a decade. Even in such weather, Song Baoping braved the snow to deliver freshly processed candied haws to various sales outlets in the city. Now his candied haws have spread to the markets of five counties and cities on Jiaodong Peninsula, with sales of more than 100,000 sticks every month...

11. Earning 5 million just because of a dog

Fu Li: "It was a very inconspicuous little dog at the time. No one wanted it, no one bought it. Even after it won an award, I didn't pay much attention to it. I was eager to make money, so I bought some Pomeranians and Dachshunds. In the end, I lost everything. Looking back later, I felt that I was most familiar with poodles, and they brought me the greatest wealth..."

12. He made 1.2 million yuan a year by helping others sell their pears

In 2002, Du Baocang registered a brand. The sales profit of 1.5 million kilograms of late autumn yellow pears produced from his 200 mu of land reached 1.3 million yuan, which paid off the foreign debts owed for many years in one fell swoop...

13. Mu Geda made six million

Wang Xinjun: "Yes, it's old. They used to burn it in the past, so it was useless. But now it's different. It's become a treasure. From this period to this period, how much money can I make from it? I can make 1,500 to 2,000 yuan."

14. He made 130,000 yuan in one year by selling roasted eggs

One day in March 2004, a call for "baked eggs" was heard from the corner of the street. People discovered that a snack with the least history but the most novelty appeared on the street...

15. Water plants that can make people rich

A worker discovered that the crabs sold to restaurants were tied with special ropes. The ropes were made of natural seaweed growing on the seashore, and the seaweed could actually be sold for money...

16. The carpenter sold "history": he made 500,000 in the first year

What use can outdated farm tools in the countryside have? A carpenter named Qu Baoying from Shandong Province suddenly came up with an idea: he wanted to make miniature farm tools from discarded farm tools at home and sell them to make money! Before he even took action, he was criticized by his wife and laughed at by the villagers..."

17. Flying ducks make more money

Normally ducks can't fly, but Zhu Xuehua's ducks in Hangzhou's Xiaoshan District can fly. He sells 1.2 million of these flying ducks every year...

18. Holiday agricultural production base

1. Market Analysis

With the increase of weekends and holidays in cities, the "holiday economy" has become a striking highlight of market consumption. The wave of holiday economy is pushing unlimited business opportunities to the countryside. Many people with business acumen have become active participants in the "holiday economy". The establishment of a "holiday agricultural production base" is a model for developing holiday agriculture.

2. Business Examples

Yao Jianping is a young farmer living in the suburbs. He thought about the fact that people in the city have many holidays and many people have nothing to do during the holidays, so he came up with the idea of ​​developing a "holiday agricultural base". He divided his 0.46 hectares (7 mu) of thin land into 202 plots, each of which is 20 square meters. He rented each plot to city dwellers at a price of 150 yuan per year, allowing them to use their weekends and holidays to cultivate the land and plant their favorite plants. After he launched this project, there was an endless stream of people from the city seeking to rent it, and it was all rented out in less than 10 days. With this transformation, the 0.46 hectares of thin land easily brought him more than 30,000 yuan in income.

There was also a farmer who divided his large orchard into several plots and then rented them to city dwellers, allowing them to work while having fun and plant their favorite fruit trees with their own hands. The plots were then handed over to the farmer for unified management, and when the fruits were ripe, they could pick the fruits of their labor with their own hands.

There are many ways to create a "holiday agricultural base", such as dividing the fish pond into several pieces and renting them to others to raise fish, and then managing them uniformly. A farmer thought that with the continuous development of leisure projects, more and more people are interested in fishing, but many people can't find a place to fish. So the farmer developed his own mountain pond and paddy field into a fishing park, and then divided it into several pieces and rented it to city dwellers who can raise fish themselves and then come to fish their own fish. In addition, he also provides services for these people to eat farm meals, live in farm yards, enjoy farm fun, and experience farm life, so that they can eat the fish they catch on the spot, which is really meaningful.

There are many ways to develop "holiday agricultural production bases". As long as we can grasp the essence and skillfully develop and utilize resources, business opportunities will be everywhere and financial resources will surely roll in. Tea farms, breeding farms, flower and grass planting farms, etc. are all good places to develop "holiday agricultural production bases".

A rural girl born in the 1980s started a business: from 6,000 yuan to 6 million yuan. Shen Yuxin, from Shaodong, Hunan, has only primary school education. She started working outside at the age of 14. She has worked as a nanny, worked on construction sites, and opened a barber shop. She encountered many setbacks on her way to work. In 2005, she started with 6,000 yuan and founded the Shenxin Vibrator Processing Factory. She experienced many hardships in starting a business, but she did not give up and persisted.

In less than three years, her sales performance increased from 800,000 yuan to more than 6 million yuan now. Her legendary entrepreneurial story touched many people. Hundreds of agents took the initiative to find her to be her product agent. In 2008, she won the top 30 domestic trade at the 5th Global E-Commerce Conference. Her success is undoubtedly the result of her hard work. She often said: "My previous experience is the greatest wealth in my life." Let's pay attention to Shen Yuxin's story.

I was born in a very poor family. My father was a disabled person with only three fingers. My eldest sister was eight years older than me, my second sister was two years older than me, and my younger brother was six years younger than me. My family was bullied by the villagers since I was a child. At that time, my family was poor and we often worried about food every day. I don’t know how I survived those days. One day, I came back from outside and heard that my father and mother were discussing giving me to my distant uncle for adoption. The next day, I was taken away by my uncle while crying. At the moment I was taken away, my father burst into tears and didn’t dare to look at me. He turned around and went into the room.

But three months later, my father came to pick me up. When he saw me, he hugged me and cried and told me: Since you left, I have dreamed about you every day. How could I be so cruel to give you to someone else? What kind of sin have I committed? I was taken home. I was 5 years old that year.

Since I was old enough to understand, I often saw too much helplessness in my father's eyes. At that time, I really wanted to share everything for him. My eldest sister studied very hard and was very sensible. Every time she came back from school, she would rush to do the work. I followed my father to the mountains and fields when I was 5 years old. When I was 11 years old, I was harvesting rice. There were 4 mu of land at home. When the autumn harvest season came, I was the only one who operated the thresher, and my father helped me pass the rice, and then we carried the rice home together.

My eldest sister was also very hardworking. She was admitted to a normal university in two years of high school. After my eldest sister was admitted to university, my father felt that good days were coming. In order to support my eldest sister's college education, I took on the work that adults had to do. My father saw that I really did things like an adult. Although he felt distressed, he was still very happy. He often said that I was smart but just didn't like to study. In fact, it was not that I didn't like to study, but I saw that the family was so hard, so I just wanted to help my father share some of the burden as soon as possible. My father's hands were not convenient, so I became his left and right hands. I would try my best to complete the work he couldn't do for him.

Maybe God was playing tricks on me. Just when things were getting better at home, my father fell ill. It was a mental problem. Many people said that my father was thinking too much and was under too much pressure. He had no place to complain and no place to vent his anger. He was so depressed that he got sick. One day, I went up the mountain to chop wood. When I came back, I found that my father was gone. Two days later, my father's body was found under a large boat downstream. I will never forget that scene. My father was swollen and purple all over. Everyone fished him out of the river and carried him home.

At that time, our family was so poor that we didn't even have the money to buy a coffin. Some people suggested cremating him, but I said that my father had suffered enough in his life and I didn't want him to be gone without a body. So my relatives pooled 1,000 yuan and buried my father on the hill behind our house. I was 13 years old and my father was 55.

Started working outside at the age of 14

When I was 14, my relatives took me out to work. I carried mortar on the construction site. That kind of work was too hard. My shoulders were often swollen. I only earned a few dozen yuan a month. Such a job was not suitable for girls. At the age of 15, I went to Guilin to work and started to work as a nanny. The owner's family opened a hair salon, so I learned to wash hair when I was free. Gradually, the boss saw that I was doing well and asked me to be a shampooer. I didn't like the haircut business very much, but I knew clearly that it was difficult to survive in this society without skills. I forced myself to learn and watch how the masters operated. Sometimes I went to the construction sites of my fellow villagers to cut their hair. After a few months, I became a capable assistant in the store.

At the age of 16, I worked as a hairdresser in a shop. I often watched the high-end hairdressers’ haircutting skills. Soon, my haircutting skills were considered top-notch in that street. I worked like this for 2 years. When I was 18, my elder sister and I borrowed 3,000 yuan to open a small hair salon in Guilin. At the beginning, I looked too young at 18, and some people doubted my skills, but after cutting, they said that my haircut was much better than the average. Later, I started to take apprentices, cutting hair for 3 or 5 yuan. I was busy all day long, and the business was getting better and better. I made about 2,000 yuan a month. At that time, I could earn so much money, which was ten times more than the salary of ordinary workers.

I worked like this for a few years. Since I didn't like this industry, I wanted to go out and try it out under the persuasion of a friend. So I went to Wenzhou to work with my friend. In order to make a living, I started working as a waiter in a restaurant, earning 1,000 yuan a month. I was not willing to work like this. I saw that there were many people from other places in Wenzhou, and some places didn't look very good, but opening a small hair salon should be better than working.

I rented a 10-square-meter house with the money I earned from working for two months, 200 yuan a month, and bought some simple hair-cutting tools. I finally settled down. Although I hadn't cut hair for a while, I still had some basic skills. I could earn about 2,000 yuan a month. Such a peaceful life was broken by a man in Wenzhou. In order to help a gangster in society, I did my best to help him. His sister ran a hardware store and said that you have nothing to do. Anyway, you can sell a lot of vibrators in the store, so I started to make vibrators. The products I made were average at first. I wondered why others could make good products, why couldn't I. I improved step by step, the product quality got better and better, and the business got bigger and bigger. In 2 years, I helped him earn hundreds of thousands of yuan. However, I didn't expect that what happened next broke my heart. Because I couldn't give birth to a child normally, he tried to make me leave. Facing this ruthless man, I only said one sentence: "I will make you go back the same way I made you do it."

Start your first business

Thinking about my love life in the past few years, can I still rely on men? The market for vibrators is huge. I am deeply convinced of this industry. I know that this industry has great development potential, and what I lack now is the start-up capital, which is only tens of thousands of yuan.

I wanted to open a factory by myself and hope my family would support me, but I got strong opposition. I had no choice but to look at the 6,000 yuan in my hand. How could I start a factory? But I was unwilling to give up. Is my life over? I cried in the room for several days. No one could help me except myself. I must survive and wipe my tears. I called a few old customers I used to sell to, and asked a customer in Yongkang. I said I wanted to open a vibrator factory, but I didn’t have the funds. Can we form a partnership with you 60% and me 40%. They knew that my vibrator technology was very strong and I would definitely make money, so they agreed immediately.

A woman who runs a factory in a foreign land with a partner naturally attracts a lot of gossip. The other party's wife also has a few more concerns about me. Sometimes when she looks at me, I know what she is thinking. A woman, without anyone to rely on, I can only swallow my grievances. In order to expand the factory, I have put in several times the effort of ordinary people. Everyone knows that hardware is physical work. A vibrator weighs 30 to 40 kilograms, and a hammer weighing several kilograms can be used for several hours every day. Even many men are unwilling to do this product because they think it is greasy and dirty. After finishing the work, a pair of hands cannot be washed clean even after a long time. The work clothes I wear every day are rarely changed a few times a year. During that period, there was always endless work to do every day. I often worked overtime alone until 10 o'clock in the evening. After working for more than 10 hours a day, I often couldn't stand up straight because of back pain when I returned home.

My efforts were not recognized by my partners. In their eyes, they thought that they paid more and I paid less. I only sold my labor. They thought that I got a bargain by taking 40%. After 10 months of partnership, his wife wanted to work alone. According to 40%, I would only get about 50,000 yuan. There was no way to calculate many things. I knew that this result would come sooner or later, but I didn't expect them to make unreasonable conditions for commission: I could no longer set foot in Yongkang market after I split it, and they would give me 50,000 yuan in cash. Of course I didn't agree. It wasn't me who asked for the split, so why should I give them the market? They were very cunning, so they came up with another trick. They wanted me to pay a certain amount of money, and the factory would belong to me. They knew I couldn't pay that much money, so they deliberately made things difficult for me. The stalemate lasted for several days, and finally the matter was resolved after being taken to the police station. The police station was very fair and said that it was unbecoming for them to bully a woman from another place like that. In the end, I got 40% of the commission, and all the commissions from the clients I brought in belonged to me, and I had to collect the money from the clients who owed me money.

I started to collect debts from clients one by one. After a month, I got back tens of thousands of yuan. One of them owed me 16,000 yuan, which was very important to me at the time. My partner wanted to drive me out of the Yongkang market. When we broke up, he said that the clients who owed money would belong to me. Later, he tried to lure my clients over by lowering prices. Under this circumstance, the client who owed me 16,000 yuan knew that the opportunity had come. He asked me to teach them how to make vibrator products, and they should pay me back all the money they owed me and give me a salary of several thousand yuan every month. I had no choice but to compromise and agree to his request.

This entrepreneurial venture basically ended in failure, but the lessons it taught me will benefit me for the rest of my life.

Finally decided to start my own business

August 1, 2005 was the day when Shenxin Vibrator Company was established. I invested all my accumulated funds in this business venture. Regardless of success or failure, I planned to give it a try.

Because our company is engaged in assembly, we have the materials, but the requirements for assembly technology are very high. If the technology is not up to standard, the products will not be qualified. I know that product quality is the basis of survival in this industry. Without good quality, it is difficult to get customer recognition. At the beginning, I mastered the technology by myself, made more products, had no funds, and no product books. I often went out to nearby hardware stores and nearby cities with price lists and business cards. I was responsible for many things in the factory.

For a new factory with no reputation and no funds to distribute products to others, you can imagine how difficult it is. We have no advantage in price and reputation. The only way is direct sales, running from store to store, letting them try our products, and feeling good about paying. Many customers are skeptical at first, thinking that your products, a little woman's, can be that good. Many people just try it out at first, giving a few samples to old customers. Customers who have used it tell them that this product is different from what they used before, it has great strength, vibrates cement faster, and can be used for a longer time. Customers buy more each time, and in this way we have opened up the market with quality, and our products have been recognized by customers.

But the problem arises again. The stores next door see that they are selling well, so they often call our factory to ask for goods. We will sell to them for immediate benefits, but not for long-term benefits. To protect the interests of old customers, after all, they are the ones who helped us open up the market. Our factory has always guaranteed that only one company will sell our products in a market. Unless they don't sell our products, we will let another one. With honest customers, there is no need to worry about the future. The demand for agents is getting bigger and bigger, and more and more customers are coming to us. Our company's sales also exceeded 800,000 in the first year.

Now, I have my own factory and a group of very good employees. There is no distinction between employees and bosses here. They all treat it as their own factory and do not need to be controlled. We all eat together and sometimes go shopping together, just like a big family. When they see what is in short supply, they know what products should be made every day. When we need to rush the goods, we will work overtime together until very late. We don’t deal in machinery here. We pay them monthly. At the end of the month, we will pay them. The salary is higher than that of ordinary places. They said they are willing to work for me even if the salary is the same as outside.

I treat my employees with the same attitude as when I was working before. I care more about them in small matters. If anyone has something to do when he goes home, I will give him a day off on the day he returns to the factory, no matter how busy I am. This is because I take the bus often and I understand that people want to have a day off after a day of bus ride. I am a woman and I don’t have much money, and I’m not that greedy. I don’t like to care about small matters. It’s best if everyone is happy. There are some things they worry about more than I do. I treat all my employees as friends. We are all working towards a goal, and because this goal is linked to the interests of all of us, everyone will work hard to do this thing well.

If you want to become stronger and bigger, you have to constantly surpass yourself.

2006 was a good start for me. In 2007, the company began to develop steadily and everything was on track. While ensuring old customers, we were committed to developing new customers. For long-term development, we had to give up immediate interests and always adhere to the principle of only one agent in a region. Although this was a slow development, our company protected the interests of the agents. They reached a long-term cooperation with us, and some agents even went out to run the market on their own. This may be the result of our persistence. In 2008, the company joined Alibaba and became a member of Alibaba's TrustPass. At the same time, the company began its glorious journey.

Through the Alibaba platform, we widely disseminated information, made full use of Alibaba blogs and forums, and also used paid bidding rankings to expand our business to all parts of the country. In half a year, our sales performance increased from more than 1 million to 6 million, which was beyond our expectations. While we are grateful for our own efforts, we should also thank Alibaba as a platform, which has pushed our market to the whole country. At present, hundreds of agents have taken the initiative to find our company to be the agent of our products. At the 5th Global E-Commerce Conference in 2008, our company was ranked among the top 30 domestic trade companies.

The company has grown from small beginnings to its current size, just like a child growing up. Every bit of my hard work has not been in vain. I treat everyone with the most sincere heart. After several years of operation, Shenxin Vibrator has received unanimous praise from customers. Everyone's recognition is my greatest encouragement and motivation. I want to give the greatest benefits of Shenxin Vibrator to consumers. Quality is as important as my life. Integrity is Shenxin's unchanging purpose. I want to create the first major brand of vibrators in China with high quality and mid-range prices. I will keep moving towards this goal.

I often hear customers say that they feel at ease using your products. As long as new customers have tried a vibrator, they will definitely become my old customers next time. From the initial suspicion of me to the complete trust now, they said to me: I admire you. I have sold vibrators of so many brands on the market, but I never thought that such a high-quality product would come from an inconspicuous little woman like you. The product is stable, wear-resistant, and full of vibration, which is also difficult to master in this industry. How did you do it? I smiled and told them: My mentality determines my quality, and quality shapes my professionalism. I keep in mind a saying of Niu Gensheng: Small victories rely on wisdom, and big victories rely on virtue.

More often than not, I will recognize and reflect on my own shortcomings. In order to improve my professional quality and level, whenever I have time, I will run to the nearby bookstore and read a lot of books on sales, because I realize that the illiterate people in the 21st century are not those who have no academic qualifications or diplomas, but those who do not make progress and do not learn.

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