BILLINGS — Starting a business is something that many dream of and many attempt. There are over 33 million small businesses in the United States. In Yellowstone County, small business owners make up 21% of the workforce.
Billings resident Andy Rahn is a part of that 21%. He owns Montana Land Source, a land market resource company based in Billings.
“I’m a little bit unique in pivoting from kind of a safe, established, professional services career in business, to something more entrepreneurial… I find the mapping and the data of tracking the whole state pretty interesting and pretty fun. So, I pivoted full-time about three years ago to Montana land source.” said Rahn.
He created a resource online where people can see maps of all the properties that are listed in the state of Montana. It’s been a success, but that’s not always the case.
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