With little overhead or equipment, they are easy, often profitable solutions to awkwardly small places.
Behind the blue screen, however, is a host of unanswered questions about a system that seemingly requires little overhead.
He said it was hard for his stores to compete with owner-operated stores with little overhead and low-wage employees.
"We realized we could do this all on our own, with very little overhead, and get better results," Mr. Hymson said.
But car guarding, which requires little overhead and whose success depends largely on energetic enterprise, has proved a strong draw for young men with little prospect of a formal job.
No one can fault universities for looking favorably on their law schools, which can be cash cows with their large classes, little overhead and enthusiastic and excess applicants for admission.
This was unheard of: when philanthropists give away a quarter of a million dollars, they generally want the money to go directly to poor people, with as little overhead as possible.
With very little overhead -- most of the camp counselors are his players -- and seven weeklong sessions a summer at $160 a session, Coach Stu Vetter's Basketball Camps would seem to be a cash cow.
With a staff of fewer than a dozen bilingual people, and a strong reliance on the possibilities offered by new information technologies, Hong Kong Free Press plans to operate with very little overhead costs and concentrate on local news.
They say the bazaars permit mom-and-pop businesses to operate with little overhead, and visitors to stumble onto that perfect piece of handcrafted jewelry or pottery, all while helping worthy groups raise money.
We have very little overhead.
