When you're first getting started as an investor, it's a good idea to focus on seeing returns as quickly as possible.
When you see fast returns, you're able to return that money back to the market quickly and increase your profits much faster than if you focused on longer term goals.
I've seen several ideas on how you can even double your money in an hour that have worked well.
One idea is to buy small items in bulk and immediately resell them.
For example, if you live near a park you might buy a few large boxes of individually packaged ice cream bars or snack cakes.
You can then turn around and sell them immediately to people spending their day relaxing in the park who might not have thought ahead to bring their own snack.
Another idea is to buy materials to make products.
You can spend an hour knitting a pair of gloves or beading a beautiful necklace and easily sell it for much more than double what you spent on materials.
This concept can be extended to cover other creative ventures, like writing or editing a term paper for a busy college student.
I've also seen people have immediate success when they focus on putting up advertisements for work they can provide, such as yard work or dog walking.
Spending a hundred dollars on an online or print ad can lead to more work than you can handle within an hour of your ad going live.
All of these ideas will lead you to double your money in an hour.
While they might not be things you can see yourself doing in a long term situation, they will help you raise your capital so that you can focus on investments with higher returns.