Mobile Entertainment Shops

[jtomsic 5,000+ posts]

Is it worth going to school and getting certified and starting a company for mobile entertainment? do these shops USUALLY make money or do they fail? i live near a pretty high class area with a lot of ricer kids and I think if I opened a shop I could do fairly well, but do these places make money?

I would also like to do tint and detailing.

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[plazman 10+ year member]

mobile audio and video, tinting, alarms, detailing, and on site dent wizard.

i think that will do pretty well.

 

[squeak9798 5,000+ posts]

80% of new businesses fail within the first year, 80% of those still left fail the 2nd year, and 80% of those still left fail the third year.

And you can't just go to the school and then get out and start a business. You are going to have to have some business knowledge as well as the funds to invest into the business. And getting a loan to start the business won't be as easy as just walking into a bank and getting a loan. You would either have to 1) get the loan in your name only (and have sufficient current income [i.e. a normal job] to pay the debt), or 2) Try to get a loan in the businesses name, which means you would need a Business plan, 3-5yr Budget, Estimates, Field Studies as to the feasibility of your business actually succeeding (supply/demand, average income, etc), etc etc etc.

Read these:

http://forum.elitecaraudio.com/showthread.php?threadid=98319

http://forum.elitecaraudio.com/showthread.php?threadid=98368

http://forum.elitecaraudio.com/showthread.php?threadid=98536

Yes, you need to sign up to view them, but they are a write-up by Steve Head (mulitple IASCA World Championships, and has built many more World Champion vehicles) about how his business, Audionutz, got up and running. Very, very, very good read for anyone serious about trying to start up a brick-n-mortar audio company