Consider the Competition

Prior to opening an indoor air quality business in your town, it's a smart move to determine how you will fit in the competitive landscape. Try our link below to get a list of local competitors in your area. After following the link, enter your city, state and zip code to get a list of indoor air quality businesses in your area.

• Get a List of Nearby Indoor Air Quality Businesses

Is the established competition doing a good job? It's important to understand their strengths and weaknesses and think through how you'll stake up against those established businesses.

Learn from Others Who Are Already In This Space

After you've evaluated your local competitors, it's a wise move to learn as much as you can from somebody who is already in the business. If you think your local competitors will give you advice, you're being overoptimistic. It'd be crazy for them to teach you the business.

Thankfully, an owner of a an indoor air quality business in a location that is not competitive to you may be willing to share their entrepreneurial wisdom with you, after they realize you reside far away from them and won't be stealing their local customers. In that case, the business owner may be more than happy to discuss the industry with you. In my experience, you may have to call ten business owners in order to find one who is willing to share his wisdom with you.

The key question new becomes: how to find an entrepreneur who is running an indoor air quality business in another community?

It's easy. Here's a link you can use to find a mentor outside of your area.

• Research Indoor Air Quality Business Owners In Other Cities

Don't Forget About Franchising As an Option

Franchising speeds up your startup process via access to the franchisor's brand recognition and proven business formula.

Before starting an indoor air quality business, a smart move is to assess whether buying a franchise could be worth investigating.

The link below gives you access to our franchise directory so you can see if there's a franchise opportunity for you. You might even find something that points you in a completely different direction.

• Franchise Directory