Check Out the Competition

Long before you open a framed art business within your community, it's a smart move to determine what the competition looks like. Use the link below to find competitors near you. After following the link, enter your city, state and zip code to get a list of framed art businesses in your area.

• Get a List of Nearby Framed Art Businesses

Before you open up shop, make sure you know what you will offer to your customers that provides a significant advantage over your competition's offering.

Learning More About the Industry

Once you've finished assessing the competion, it's a smart move to talk to somebody who is already in the business. It's very unlikely that the local competition will talk to you. Why would they want to educate a future competitor?

Fortunately, somebody who runs a framed art business in a location that is not competitive to you may be willing to share their entrepreneurial wisdom with you, provided that you won't be directly competing with them. Indeed, many experienced entrepreneurs enjoy offering advice to startup entrepreneurs. It can take a while to find an entrepreneur who is willing to talk, but it's well worth the effort.

What's the best way to find a framed art business owner on the other side of the country to talk to?

Here's how we would do it. Try the useful link below and key in a random city/state or zipcode.

• Get In Touch With Framed Art Business Owners

Explore Franchising Options

The odds of avoiding failure in business are higher if you decide to franchise instead of doing it all on your own.

Prior to starting a framed art business, you would be wise to investigate whether buying a franchise could help you avoid common entrepreneurial mistakes.

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.

• Start a Franchise Business