| So often those who do industry analysis and | | | | States with a car wash chain or large network |
| are considered self-proclaimed consultants | | | | of carwashes. They asked what the percentages |
| assist companies in attaining the interest of | | | | were of rollover carwashes, conveyor |
| an Investment Banker or help them get funding | | | | carwashes and coin-op carwashes.You see many |
| from a Venture Capitalist company. Recently I | | | | over seas companies are eyeing the car and |
| had a consulting firm contact me from the UK | | | | truck washing industry in the US after some |
| and one of the young associates in the firm | | | | huge mergers in the industry in the EU. |
| needed information on the car wash industry | | | | Additionally one of the case study work |
| for a client. They were doing industry | | | | projects at Harvard for Business Students is |
| analysis and wanted to make sure they had all | | | | to review a fictitious company, which is now |
| their facts and figures straight. Yet the | | | | a real company, which is to consolidate a few |
| questions they asked were irrelevant to the | | | | carwashes in regional markets and then expand |
| decision of whether to proceed in the United | | | | across the country. |