Every business (especially Mobile vendors) is more than just the products that they create and sell. Despite the fact that mobile businesses have lower overhead than their brick and mortar peers, there are still the standard taxes to meet, payroll to disburse, inventory to order and manage, insurance policies to pay, business plans to refine and execute, and marketing goals to reach. In addition, Mobile vendors have to concern themselves with some unusual needs that “normal” restaurants never worry about: mechanics, commissaries, mobile permitting and parking, route planning and weather forecasting (to name just a few). And, on top of all that, there’s the wonder of social networking that has generated huge interest in locating Street Food, but that many entrepreneurs struggle to understand and implement.

San Francisco Cart Project seeks to handle each of these areas carefully, to allow you to make informed comparison-based decisions. While no business is the same, and you’ll have to carefully consider how different services are appropriate for your own situation, every business can benefit from reflection and analysis.

Read the series on “Starting a (Legal) Mobile Vending Business” here.