A former coworker now runs a bandsaw blade sharpening business and he also has a portable wood sawmill that he takes to people's properties to mill lumber for t

A former coworker now runs a bandsaw blade sharpening business and he also has a portable wood sawmill that he takes to people's properties to mill lumber for them. It's not cheap to hire him to bring his sawmill to you and mill your trees but in some cases it's the cheapest way for people to deal with downed trees, or some people are very excited to be able to actually use the trees on their property to build things so don't mind the cost. It doesn't seem like his endeavors require a TON of smarts beyond knowing how to sharpen blades and run the mill. But the human interaction aspects of running the business seem to be why he succeeds at it. He's prompt, thorough, upfront, on time, and a VERY hard worker. Lots of these aspects of running a boring business seem to be done very poorly in general, often because the boring business owner hires inexpensive staff, so set yourself apart from the rest by being really good at them if you start a boring business.