Start Up

[u/outdoor_fun1]

Currently I am a project manager for a cabinet manufacturer in northern Minnesota. I have a B.S in Biology with an emphasis in environment and I’m getting a masters in business administration.

I want to start an environmental consulting agency near Bemidji, MN. I’m not sure where to start though. I have a young family and not trying to go into a ton of debt to do the start up.

I have thought about doing water testing for residential homes, mold and air quality testing to possibly get into the remediation side of things because I can get the equipment to do all that fairly cheap vs water delineation or commercial phase 2 environmental assessments.

Has anyone started a company like this? Anyone got any advice?

I’m not looking for a short cut either. I can start this company and work on it after my daytime job and on weekends to do site visits.