How to Start a Business Consulting Firm
Consulting exists because an individual or a firm offers expertise in a field that another individual or organization is not able to provide, solve, or achieve for itself. Clients hire…
Learning is an Entrepreneur’s Lifelong Job
Learning is at the core of entrepreneurial success. Not only do successful entrepreneurs know how to learn, they know what to learn, and they organize their work/life schedule so that…
How to Become a Residential Real Estate Developer
A residential real estate developer may be an entrepreneur or an established business. The developer envisions a residential real estate project and then takes it from a vision to paper…
How to Start a Bank
Question: Are the steps necessary to open a bank in Alabama the same as in Angola? Answer: pretty much, yes. If you are surprised, don’t be. Certainly, there will be…
How to Start a Restaurant
As we’ve mentioned previously, we write many business plans for restaurant entrepreneurs. And, of course, we’ve published several blog posts on the subject. In 2014, we explained that the operational…
How to Start a Food Truck Business
In 2012, when we were just beginning to understand the popularity of food trucks, we wrote a blog post titled Food Trucks are Hot! The post discussed the increasing demand…
How to Start an International Trading Business
International trade is the import and/or export of a product, service, or a commodity between companies or individuals in different countries. Trade exists because a buyer wants to import something…
USA Treaty Countries for Investors and Traders
The United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) agency of the U.S. Department of State allows investors and traders from “Treaty Countries” the opportunity to apply for a nonimmigrant visa…
Legal Factors in Your PESTEL Analysis (Part 7 of 7)
A government’s rules and regulations—its laws—will always have a macroeconomic impact on the success of any business. And, for companies that operate within the jurisdiction of multiple governments, business leaders…
Environmental Factors in Your PESTEL Analysis (Part 6 of 7)
It wasn’t that long ago that if you asked a business leader how she intended to mitigate the issues related to climate change, corporate social responsibility (CSR), or sustainability, she…