Quote Originally Posted by rastagirl777 View Post
And like Rob said for everyone I know that has done this, there is at least one that has tried and failed. Research and community development are KEY.
Hey, if it's only a 50% fail rate that's pretty good odds!

I've started 6 businesses in the US over the past decade and it's a hell of a lot of work, a lot of money is sunk into them, and it's ALWAYS a gamble no matter how much research you do.

You need a cocktail of the right people, the right location, the right concept, and the right customer base in order to turn a decent profit in a reasonable period of time.

The problem is people often will get the right location, the right customer base, and then their ego steps in and the concept and the people they hire to execute the concept are WRONG.

I wouldn't mind opening up an island business at some point in the future, but it would be after significant research and then after doing more research after the first batch of research is already outdated, and then it would probably involve just going to the casino and betting it all on black and if I win then I'll open a business on a beach.

Not to discourage anyone but the business world will chew people up and spit em out, you only hear about the successful ones in the long-term because otherwise it's bad for business!

I'm curious about one thing on page 1, is it still currently that US citizens have to leave every 6 months? Does that apply to business owners as well? One would think they'd want to support international business owners coming over and creating jobs and investing heavily.