If you want to start a business but your appetite for risk is low (you have a family to support), you should look into a lifestyle business. It's like a startu

If you want to start a business but your appetite for risk is low (you have a family to support), you should look into a lifestyle business. It's like a startup, but instead of swinging for the fences and seeking VC investment and looking to be aquired or IPO, you seek to maintain a certain level of income to support your lifestyle. This may be easier for you in Pakistan than in a more expensive country. Take me, for example. I make $100k+ as a software engineer, so if I wanted to quit my job and start a business, I'd need $9k per month to support my current lifestyle (pretty difficult to do). Maybe in Pakistan I would only need $1k per month (a little easier). Ideas for businesses to make $1k per month include selling stock photography, WordPress templates, simple iOS/Android apps, etc. If you want something with more potential (but with more effort), try something like Skype tutoring, being a virtual assistant, or a content writer.