 who are started up series. We are back with another amazing business idea for you to kick start your entrepreneurial journey. If you love cooking and are passionate about hosting people to your food, then you can start a simple yet interesting Tiffin or more famously known as a Dabba service business. It's an effective way to use your cooking skills to reap maximum profits with minimum investment. The model of Tiffin service business is quite simple. You serve fresh and healthy homemade food to people who are living away from their homes. Your customers will be young working professionals or students. So the key to running a successful Tiffin service is healthy and simple homemade food and nothing fancy. To set up a Dabba service facility at your home, you should have adequate space for cooking and packing bulk orders. A household kitchen of Indian homes is good enough to cook food for say 40 to 50 people. But as your customer base increases over 50, you may have to rent out a space in the same locality. Next step is to get a food and safety license from Food Safety and Standards Authority of India. However, this is mandatory only for those businesses that have an annual turnover of 12 lakh or more. For marketing, Dabba service mainly works on word of mouth. Positive feedbacks are what will get you more customers. However, you can market your company through social media as that's the most effective way of spreading word for small businesses with local presence. You can also post ads on Google as that's the first place people look up for services they want to use. To gather the cost, you must know that a basic meal typically consists of Vandal, Sabzi, rice, tapatis and maybe even salad. Now to talk about costs. You need to make an initial investment of around 20 to 30,000 on utensils, burner and other essentials needed for cooking. Running a Tiffin service is mostly about recurring costs. For most, groceries will cost you per person each day for two meals, around Rs. 100. If you handle most of the cooking work yourself, then you will need at max two assistants for cooking and cleaning, which is another 6,000 to 8,000 rupees per month. If you wish to provide door to door delivery, then you'll have to shell out around 8 to 7,000 extra. However, door to door delivery also means that you can charge 10 to 15 rupees extra per thali. Make sure that all orders that you take are within four to five kilometer from your house so that food delivery, if you choose to give it, does not take more than half an hour. If you rent out a medium-sized shop, it will be another 15 to 20,000 per month. Now, when you start your business, we'd suggest that you post Google Ads to get traction. This can cost you another 10 to 12,000 per month. However, it will only be required for the initial two to three months and as your business grows and you get more and more reviews, you don't have to spend on this anymore. Customer base of say 50 people, you can generate good revenue on your business. Cost of a thali can range from 70 to 90 rupees depending on the number of items you are providing. A thali with two vegetables, rice, salad, and chapati will cost you around 80 rupees. If you're serving 50 people with two meals per day, your monthly income comes to about 70 to 80,000 per month after deducting costs borne by you. Hope you like this video and start your own tips and service soon. Meanwhile, for more business ideas, log on to www.entrepreneur.com. Like the video, then don't forget to like, comment, share, and subscribe to Entrepreneur India. Hit the bell icon to get notified for more such videos.