💼 Want to start a small side business in Hyderabad, what would you pick?

I've got a full time job and about 60,000 rupees saved. I want a side business, nothing big. My cousin keeps saying cloud kitchen. He did the maths on a napkin at a wedding and it looked great. I looked at it properly. A small kitchen near an IT park needs 40 to 60 thousand to start. Then there's rent and a cook and a helper, and that's before one single order comes in. The chai and snacks cart is cheaper, 25 to 40 thousand. Near a college or an office it should run. A man who sells chai outside my office told me he makes about 1,500 a day. He's there from 6 am. I asked who minds the cart if he's sick. He said, nobody, I don't get sick. He's 57. So that one needs a person standing there for hours, and I have a job till 6. A mobile accessories shop is 50 to 70 thousand, and covers, chargers and screen guards keep selling. Wholesale near Charminar is cheaper if you know someone. I don't know anyone yet, and I've asked around. The 2 wheeler service point was my father's idea. Tools cost about 25 to 40 thousand. Then I looked at the rent for a small garage in Mehdipatnam and put my phone down. So now I'm stuck with 3 ideas and no clue. I've spent 2 weeks reading and my savings still sit there. I don't want to quit my job. I want something that runs in the evenings and on weekends. Meesho reselling from my phone costs almost nothing, but my cousin says it's a waste of time. Has anyone here tried one of these? Which one, and how did the first 6 months go?

Two guys from my old office started delivery work for a local shop, with 2 bikes between them. It's boring. They pick up, drop off, and get paid weekly. There's no stock and no rent. One of them makes about 18 thousand extra a month and says the hard part is petrol. Nobody gets excited at a party when you say you do deliveries. His bank balance doesn't care.

I tried coaching kids in the evenings alongside my job a few years ago and it ate me alive. I had 4 batches, 3 days a week. By month 5 I was falling asleep at my desk. I quit tuition first and then my job got better too. Pick something that fits your tired hours. A cart or a shop has fixed hours. Teaching doesn't, and kids' exams never ask your permission.

The 25 to 40 thousand for the 2 wheeler garage looks low to me, Fahad.

Accessories worked for my friend, but only because his uncle already had a shop with a free corner. He pays no rent. That's most of the profit, and most people don't get that deal. Covers and screen guards sell every day, but the margin on chargers is thin. Everyone sells them. Ask what rent you'd pay first, then decide which shop is worth looking at.

I'd go for the chai cart, but only near a place that's busy from 7 in the morning.