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When it comes to vending business opportunities
be an informed consumer and business
person!
One great way to find out about the vending
business is to do some research with existing
publications which describe the vending business.
Review some Vending
Publications here.
A key element in any start-up is the business
plan. The business plan is your road map
to success. Without a map you can get lost.
Review a list of publications about business
plans Business
Plans here.
Automatic
Merchandising magazine has an excellent
article
on business plans.
Due to the comparatively low initial captial
requirements for starting a vending business
the vending industry has a tremendous amount
of business opportunities hawking the easiest
money to be made in the world.
Most opportunities, routes, businesses are
geared at a sales price of five thousand
to thirty thousand dollars. These opportunities
are offered daily in just about every local
newspaper. Open the ads some day and call
them up. Take their information and plug
it into some of the Vendline RouteMaster
Tools.
Vendline offers links to sites which can
help you in evaluating a business opportunity,
understanding some of the various areas
of vending where scams can and do exist,
and offer tools for an analysis of the claims
made by some of the companies which are
selling businesses, and or routes.
Here is a starting list of links to review:
Government Agencies:
Service
Corps of Retired Executives
US
Chamber Of Commerce
Small
Business Institute
Federal Trade
Commission
Small Business
Administration
Trade and
Development Agency
National
Fraud Information Center
U.S.
Department of Commerce
U.S.
Business Advisor
U.S. Census
Bureau
U.S. Postal
Service
Bureau
of Labor Statistics
U.S. Department
of Commerce
General Business:
Business
Today
National
Association For The Self-Employed
National
Home Office Association
U.S.A.
Home Based Business
America
Business Women's Association
National
Association Of Women Business Owners
National
Federation of Independant Businesse
Small
Business Development & International Trade
Center
World Trade
Center
SmallBizNet
Business@home
MIT
Enterprise Forum
California
Trade and Commerce Agency
Useful Links:
Easy
Money? Report On Vending
Periodicals:
US
Nation's Business
Consumer
World
Automatic
Merchandiser
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