Entering the U.S. Market: Setting Up a U.S. Operation
If you are ready to setup a U.S. Operation, you will be making and implementing decisions in three categories: Administrative and Legal, Organizational and Operational. All of these activities will be greatly simplified if you have a U.S. setup team physically located in the U.S. We can be this team for as long as it takes to assemble the puzzle pieces. We will smoothly hand over matters to your permanent team as soon as it is hired.
Administrative and Legal
You will be making decisions such as where to incorporate your U.S. operation based not just on convenience but on the legal and tax implications. Once the decisions are made, we can file the applications on your behalf for all administrative requirements associated with doing business in the U.S. and have employees.
If your home office is in Europe, you will find that benefits that are provided by the government in Europe are usually provided by the employer in the U.S. We will guide you in developing a competitive package and will research and present options for your selection.
Organizational
You may want to start your U.S. Operation with one employee or with a basic team. Either way, we can guide you in the recruitment of this team. We can help you draft position descriptions and post them in the most appropriate places. We can help you set expectations regarding experience and compensation. We can screen responses and set up interviews so you can visit the U.S. and interview all candidates during your visit. You will save a lot of time and benefit from our business and management experience.
If you are planning to relocate an employee to your U.S. Operation, we can provide personal guidance to this employee and his family during the setup as well as tell you what support your employee will need. All TAI principals have sponsored foreign transplants on their teams and helped them adapt to American life. This assistance will increase your employee’s productivity and make him effective sooner.
Operational
A physical office in the U.S. will greatly enhance your business prospects in the U.S. If you are starting small, it may look like an unnecessary expense. Let us research and present options to you that meet your budget and are compatible with your Market Map. We can find options with clerical support that will substitute for permanent office staff for as long as you need.
You could hire a General Manager and let him do all the set up. But wouldn’t it make more sense to let someone else do the one time set up and let your permanent team focus on building your business in the U.S.? If you would like This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it , please click here.