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Re:Ask HN: Sideprojects/passive income businesses with littl... by emilioolivares on Wednesday November 29, 2017 @08:44AM (#15806647)
If you want passive income with no work, then you have to supply capital. If you don't have capital, then work is required. Unfortunately there are no passive income businesses that require zero capital and zero work. They just don't exist.

Passive no-coding ways to make money: >Public market investments: stock market, ETF's, bonds, derivatives, commodities, real estate, bitcoin >Non-public investments: start-ups, business ventures, hedge funds, private equity, etc.

There are other businesses which people think are passive but they are not. Having a website that makes money is not a passive income. Ask anyone that has one, they have to put in some sort of work. If they don't the money dries up. You have to create new content and really target your ads to actually make money.

Good luck!

Re:Ask HN: Sideprojects/passive income businesses with littl... by TomMarius on Wednesday November 29, 2017 @10:32AM (#15807512)
You can hire copywriters, PPC marketers and a manager using revenue of the site
Re:Ask HN: Sideprojects/passive income businesses with littl... by jthewriter on Wednesday November 29, 2017 @11:43AM (#15808208)
But you'd have to supply work/capital to get it to the point of generating revenue.
Re:Ask HN: Sideprojects/passive income businesses with littl... by TomMarius on Wednesday November 29, 2017 @02:52PM (#15810242)
I don't think the question was about passive income that's free to set up. There is no such one, why would anyone work if you could just wave your magic wand?