I wonder what people think about future business opportunities in Cuba. Are you planning an online business or “on the ground” business in Cuba? Maybe a services business? Any ideas would be interesting to read about.

I would certainly be interested to hear from anyone who is based at present in Miami for example and is involved in the printing business. As and when the economy in Cuba starts to open up there will be opportunities for all kinds of business’s, expertise and investment.

My specific interest would be short run digital printing, reports, short run book printing (on demand) conference and training material. On my previous visits to Havana I was hard pressed to find any printing facilities. Obviously anyone operating a printing press in Cuba in the present environment would be closed down immediately.

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GREAT idea and good business opportunity. Maybe even SELLING printing presses to Cuba after…

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There would certainly be a huge market for reconditioned machines, offset and digital, together with the necessary expertise in print and printing business consultancies.

I don’t have any business plans as of yet, however, I wouldn’t mind investing in some land or real estate though.  A condo or maybe build a vacation home down there, close to the ocean.

After Castro Cuba have a lot to offer: well educated population avid of having a better life. It would be definitely a challenge because a lot of people got used to living without having a proper job.
On the other hand big corporations would be able to reopen and retool factories fairly easily without having to spend a lot of money in training.
I would try to open a Medical walk in Clinic putting emphasis on good Doctors, personalized attention and good equipment.

I would like to talk to anyone who would like to go into a concrete production or paving business in Cuba someday. My phone # is 715 896 4742. Since about a year after the fall of communism in Russia, I got the idea that communism in Cuba in Cuba would not last much longer, boy was I wrong. Because I have been around farming and the construction business all my life I know there will be a lot of oppurtunity there, if some one wants to go to work. I was in Cuba 2 years ago to look around, and the place is unbeliveable. I was always impressed with farmland of northern Illinois, but Cuba makes it look sad. Havana is like a museum with people living in it and the Cuban people love us and want change. It will take all of our lifetimes and then some to repair the damage that 50 years of communism has rought. I can see on google earth.com the country had railroads all over the place but now the tracks are torn up and there are probably 10000 train cars abandoned on sidings all over the country. I am guessing there are 100 sugar mills abandoned. To look at the country is hard because it is a complete disaster and I am sure every town has a sad story, but there is the potential I believe to be the richist country in the world easily. There is oil, coal, copper,nickel, and iron ore. There are thousands of miles of beaches and large areas of mountains and forest where no one lives. Anyway I have been planning on living the rest of my life there and seeking my fortune there although I am not so concerned about the fortune as much anymore, but just want to be a part of it I guess and as far as I know I am the only person that is seriously getting ready for this and I sure could use some help. More than anything of course I need some financial backing. I also need someone to run the office down there and hopefully someone to run an office in New Orleans. Someone to help run the whole thing would be nice to. It would be bulldozers, backhoes, dumptrucks, and all that stuff. The Cuban American foundation says every sewer and water line in every city in the entire country will have to be replaced. That right there must be a bigger job than building the pyramids or the Hoover dam or some stuff like that. I have found on google earth what I think are abandoned dairy farms that were built by Fidel but there are no cows. I have marked and numbered about 550 now and I am not done, plus there is ranchland and orange groves. They also grow bananas and coffe too. Anyway I could go on but I am sick of typing. Anybody wants to know more about Cuba or my plans call me. Nightime is best. Anybody that wants to go down there, I can give you 2 good guys that can take you anywhere in the country and answer questions. I might add more to this again sometime.-----BOO