Building an Import/Export Business
Chapter One
Your Big Idea:
Is It Any Good?
A lot of mediocre ideas have been turned into successful businesses,
and many great ideas have fallen by the wayside.
Still, you will have a better chance of succeeding if you start with
a good idea rather than with a bad one. Let's look at a couple of
import/export business ideas and how you might analyze them:
handicrafts from Ecuador and home safes to Mexico or Central
America.
IMPORTING HANDICRAFTS FROM ECUADOR
Ecuador, especially the town of Otavalo, is one of the world's
greatest areas for buying handicrafts. The local people are famous
for their colorful textile items, jewelry, paintings, and so on. Suppose
you visit Otavalo and decide to build a business importing
crafts to the United States. First, you might search on the Internet
to see whether anyone else is doing this. Otavalo has been there
for a long time, and it is not likely that you are the first person to
be attracted by its products.
A quick search on the Internet su ... read full excerpt from Building an Import/Export Business ebook
