No, with the possibility of passage of some kind of health care reform, unless Ameriplan gets more into selling actual medical insurance, Ameriplan may not survive. If everyone has medical insurance there won t be much need to buy a service that gives discounts to people who pay for their own medical care.
No and don t believe the cut and paste spam of the poster above. It s a tough sell and not a good product.
Picking yourself: that s an up to scratch idea
It appears that you have never been in business before, therefore, I would strongly recommend that you talk to a business counselor before you do anything especially spend money. You have to determine whether you ll start a web based business or one with a store front. I d call the local office of SCORE (go to http://www.score.org and input your zip code to find the chapter nearest you), the advice is FREE. The counselor at SCORE will most likely advise you to write a business plan which is very good advice because it will force you to dig out all of the start up details and the costs of starting a small business and force you to also understand all of the aspects of this business including the customers you ll concentrate on (your market) and how you ll go after them.You ll need to register the business with your state controller s office and make sure that you check to see whether any city and county licenses are needed where you live. All of this will come out in a business plan.Try linking to YCHANGE International and read some of the articles especially the ones about a business plan and starting a business.
