Starting your own business can be an exciting prospect. But what do you do if you need an idea for what business to start? These steps can help you find a good business idea for you.

1. What is your motivation? Ask yourself why you want to start a business. Knowing the “why” can help you narrow down the “how.”

2. What are you good at? Your skills and talents are a good place to start for finding a business idea. You can draw from your expertise to build your success.

3. What businesses do you like? The kinds of businesses you like can be a way to narrow down your options. These are businesses you are already interested in, which can make it easier to invest your time and effort into building your own business in that market.

4. What do you like to do for fun? Hobbies and other things you find fun can help you discover a business idea that you would be passionate about, and it would be fun to go to work every day.

5. What kind of business model do you want to use? Think about how you will provide your products or services. Do you want to operate online or use a business space? Will you work out of your home or do you need a separate space?

6. Start narrowing down your options. Once you have answers to these questions, you can narrow down your options to the top three to five business ideas that stand out to you.

7. Prioritize your narrowed ideas. Look at your shortened list of business ideas. List them in order of priority. This may be according to marketability, how practical the idea is, or how drawn you are to the business idea. 

8. Do your research. Take the first business idea (highest priority) and do market research and planning. What would it take to start the business? How successful will it be? Repeat this process for each of the top three ideas to help you pick the best one for you.

Finding a good business idea can be hard, but once you have your idea, you have done a lot of the initial work to get your business started. Once you have your business idea, you can take the next step and write your business plan.