How does one start a language school? Ever since I was a teen, I dreamed of having my own language school. I even tried it once but the small town I lived in and my lack of experience made it flop before it even got started. I had a few students but it wasn't enough to thrive off of and expanding was out of the question as I had no idea about the technical side of hiring other instructors nor did I have the overhead to take on such an expense. Well, soon I will be moving to a large city and want to try this endeavor again. What I want to know is: Is it best to do solely online lessons for this language school I want to create, to have traditional classes or a both? What are the technical things I need to have in order to officially get this language school off the ground? How can I ensure that my school will create enough revenue to allow the business to thrive as well as prevent me & any teachers I would hire from living in poverty?

Several at one time or just one?

Let me ask you this.  Let's say you have a language goal to reach fluency in several languages in about one year's time (some languages you already have a background in but may be rusty others are competely new) and you wanted to set time aside every day to study.  Would you concentrate on just one language at a time until you reach adequate fluency in it or would you study all of them at the same time, setting time aside each day for each language?  Let's also say you are good at languages, have an intense interest in learning them and have really good resources for learning them.  

What do you think about uncommon languages?

Of course people always wish to learn a language that might be most useful for work or pleasure, but what about the uncommon languages of the world like Finnish, Icelandic or Greenlandic?  I have always had a fascination with these as once learned, it's like having a huge piece of history rolling off of your tongue.  Many of these uncommon languages are very old and have ancient roots, are rich in culture and have very profound history.  Not only this, but it's a bit neat to be able to speak an uncommon language as when you find someone else who happens to speak it, it's all the more exciting (not to mention that the chances of others understanding you are slimmer, making for your own 'secret' language). :)