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Article: Helping homesick Brits; THE CHALLENGE: Turning a love of England into a business. THE STRATEGY: Offer services ranging from real estate to television programming to British expatriates.(BUSINESS INSIDER)(Larry Werner)
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- Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN)
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- August 8, 2005
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Byline: Larry Werner; Staff Writer
His love for a Minnesota woman led Brendan Ryan to the Twin Cities from England. His love for things British led Ryan from his corporate job to a home-based business that provides a variety of services to fellow transplants from the United Kingdom.
Ryan, founder and president of a company called Brits in America, is projecting $500,000 in revenue this year from a business built on the notion that the transition from England to America isn't as easy as people might think. His business, which began as a simple website in 1999, offers expatriate Brits a connection to their culture in the United States and offers U.S. businesses his ...