| Dubai in the United Arab Emerits is ripe for a mobile | | | | citizens may partner with external companies, this is |
| car wash business, as the current car wash | | | | the way we interpret their laws? |
| businesses there are quite lacking. With the economic | | | | Consultants who have been studying such things do |
| development and shopping malls a well-marketed | | | | believe that as the word grew that units would need |
| mobile car wash company could run 30-50 units of | | | | to be placed at all malls and mobile units for all the |
| various size and dominate the market. Few are | | | | office buildings, hotels and higher end residential |
| aware of the potential in that Middle Eastern region. | | | | customers. But really few business folks are looking |
| For the international Entrepreneur they may find | | | | at that market now and few are probably interested |
| greener pastures in Bombay or Shanghai, yet Dubai | | | | in the possibilities for a mobile car wash there. |
| should also be on their international target market | | | | Anyone looking into that market due to the obvious |
| list? | | | | demand needs to ask themselves; "Does the UAE |
| Some do realize the potential there, but others have | | | | allow work trailers behind automobile?" Additionally |
| asked; "Have you been to Beijing lately?" It is strange | | | | one needs to ask; "What percentage will the malls |
| that all these new entrepreneurs there have not | | | | want, as every thing is payola as you go there?" Also |
| seen the potential, but a few have. As a matter of | | | | the environmental aspects and water conservation |
| fact our company had several contacts this week, | | | | parts of the mobile car wash business model are of |
| yet we have no advertising what so ever in that | | | | concern and that needs to be worked out? |
| market for UAE partners or licenses with any of our | | | | Picking a work truck is important; perhaps a diesel |
| companies. We run the Car Wash Guys Company. If | | | | one-ton Ford. Toyota Pick-ups available, for less |
| we did go into the market there, we would believe | | | | expensive units for rapid expansion? The |
| that a combination of a prototype unit be used which | | | | entrepreneur must also ask themselves; "Do I have |
| was a trailer-based unit, which could easily be | | | | the finances to do it without worrying about |
| duplicated in country. | | | | expanding out of cash flow year one?" They will |
| If a US based company of a mobile car wash were | | | | need some industry knowledge as well, perhaps |
| to help someone in the UAE, specifically in Dubai, here | | | | finding some online. If not they will need a partner |
| are our thoughts on International Type licensing that | | | | who is a UAE actual citizen and a person who can be |
| should be used, although someone would have to | | | | trusted, as this is a difficult problem in the Arab |
| design something totally different for that market as | | | | world. |
| it is like no other in the Arab World. These are older | | | | Many international entrepreneurs have had significant |
| documents, but can certainly give an international | | | | problems collecting monies owed to them in that |
| entrepreneur ideas for both entire country licensing | | | | region of the globe, it generally is not worth moving |
| or for single units. For the UAE; an entrepreneur | | | | forward with out guarantees and upfront payment; |
| would wish to consider and should be interested in | | | | contracts are worthless if business partners cannot |
| only one business partner license for the whole | | | | be trusted, nor should a reputable entrepreneur want |
| country due to the UAE rules for franchising and | | | | their name on anything which is run by inefficient |
| licensing with international companies and partnership | | | | crews or unethical practitioners. These are definitely |
| clauses in their laws. One would need to be sure that | | | | issues to consider for those looking at the mobile car |
| the partner was a legal citizen of the UAE, as only | | | | wash market in Dubai, UAE. Think about it. |