Top 5 Ingredients for A Successful Mobile Business

Thinking about creating a mobile business? We’ve got the top 5 ingredients to ensure a successful mobile business to jump start your dreams! This list is nowhere near daunting, but requires vision, proper planning, and following through to execute the recipe of a successful mobile business venture.

1. A clear and concise vision
   One of the most crucial ingredients to a successful business (mobile or not) is having a clear vision. It’s important to spend time strategizing and putting in the hours of effort to ensure a successful operation. Set and review goals, figure out funding, research demographics, establish a niche, search for storage options if needed, lay a solid foundation to set yourself up for success from the start!
   

2. Business plan
   -Finances
   -Inventory and restocking costs
   -If taking on an employee(s), calculate pay
   -Your salary
   -Insurance for your business and your mobile vessel
   -Licensing and permits
   -Your food truck build and equipment
   -Gas for transportation or finding a location to park
   

3. Licensing/County/City Codes
   Research what is required to get started and become fully sustained. Every state, county and city have different qualifications and codes. Find out if your offerings are eligible for a mobile business as well as city/county codes for the mobile vessel itself. For example, food trucks will have different requirements than a mobile barbershop, and a mobile barbershop will have different requirements than a mobile healthcare provider.
   

4. Recipes, Services, Offerings
   Establish your niche and create a list of your offerings tailored to that, then fine tune them! Take polls from friends and family, ask around your community for feedback.
   

5. A Badass Vessel
   Last, but not least, a mobile vessel. Research and meet with builders, see if they can execute your vision. The builder needs to be experienced and knowledgeable to be certain your vessel will be safe, up to code, and stand out. It’s important to find the right truck/trailer/bus/cart (you name it!) fit for your mobile business -it should be functional, contain the space and equipment you need, offer the necessary power, plumbing, propane/natural gas (if applicable),and of course -look how you’ve been envisioning it!

A short, yet info packed ingredient list to get you started on crafting the perfect mobile business recipe. If you have already followed the first 4 ingredients on this list, but are still searching for number 5, give our work a look. We specialize and successfully build many custom mobile business vessels / renovate existing to meet customers requirements and needs, maintain and fix operating trucks, trailers, carts, kiosks, etc., and follow up on our customers county/city codes for a 100% guarantee pass -it’s assured to bring you peace of mind when embarking on this mobile business journey! Drop us a line or give us a call at 541.728.3511 today to learn more about our mobile business services!

The Food Truck Guy Article Feature

Known around Central Oregon as “The Food Truck Guy”, Mike (Founder of Peace of Mind Customs) was recently interviewed by Keely Damara from The Source Weekly to shed some light on the food truck industry, building food trucks, and the history of Peace of Mind.

Mike, whose background includes commercial maintenance/construction & residential remodeling/building, started Peace of Mind Contracting in 2018 with every intention of being a general residential contractor, but quickly found himself in the renovation of Thailandia’s new truck after their fire in March 2018. After he spent some time within the food cart community he realized the demand for good quality affordable work in the food truck industry.

At Peace of Mind Customs customer relations is first, and this is where we believe a lot of the bigger guys are missing the bar. Whether it’s a renovation or a custom build, it’s all about hearing your customer out, understanding their needs, concerns, wants and executing that. From there we can develop the right plan tailored to their requirements -and beyond! In addition, Peace of Mind Customs offers maintenance & service contracts to assure prolonged equipment life and save costs in the long run.

The knowledge, understanding, and community allowed Peace of Mind Contracting to branch out into Peace of Mind Customs offering fully custom food trucks/carts constructed from the ground up, built to last.

Peace of Mind Customs continues to renovate, maintain, advocate, and service food trucks in Central Oregon, in addition to the Western Coast. As city and state codes vary wherever you go, we believe it is important to conduct business close to home to ensure proper equipment/structure/maintenance.

The article feature touches on Peace of Mind’s beginning and how food trucks became the niche, food truck functionality, and industry trends. To view the full article head over to The Source Weekly!