/biz/ - Business & Finance

If you get a lot of hipster/city folk: trendy coffee shop. You'll get some o' the town's folk too. Coffee is one of the global drinks. Insane mark up and you get to look at yummy mommies.

>>12727351
unfortunately we have like 4 of those. i want something that there isnt any of anywhere close to me. and something that the local kids and teens can spend time doing instead of drunk driving and heroine

>>12727279
Well you're gonna wanna go to the SBA(Small business association) about a loan, but it's a serious chunk of change down and you need to have an actualy business plan to submit for approval, so you'll need to know everything that goes into one. That's a start, not even getting into permits, insurance, etc.

>>12727279
Don't make a product for yourself, make it for a market in your area.

Verify that there is a market by interviewing potential customers and asking them about their problems/needs. I highly doubt there is a compelling enough market demand in your area to support your idea. Keep coming up with ideas and talking to people until you find product-market fit.

You should not be considering loans until you at least validate your market, find out how much they're willing to spend, determine your cost of goods/services and evaluate vs your customer acquisition cost (CAC)

>>12727279
You need to get out and interview people to make sure there is actually a market for your product or service. You may be falling into the trap of developing something that you want and that not enough people in your town want.

>>12727363

Something that was started in my town was a table top board game lounge. I think that might be better idea. Not as much startup costs. People get out to socialize and they have a simple menu of handmade snacks. You can get boardgames off the internet too.

this is actually all very valuable, i appreciate it. anyone have any experience in this sort of thing?

>>12727407
I was actually thinking about doing that as like a side thing. Have like the main area be the arcade and have like a lounge in the back or in a basement for physical card and or board games

>>12727419
you might consider a board game/comic shop with an area for people to play. These are pretty successful in my area but it's a college town

Just do what i did OP, start a honkify business, anybody who has anything they want honkified please reply to this post and ill do it for you.

Related kinda, but I want to start a non profit. Does anybody have any experience with doing that?

>>12727363

open up a barcade. lookup Boxcar bar in North Carolina. always packed, full bar, retro game consoles, standup arcade.

>>12727443

if you can also serve food/alcohol it could be even more normie friendly. in cities you can usually find at least 5. so there's room

>>12727488
>Boxcar bar
this is a good idea, you catch all the hipsters that want to overpay for drinks but are too good for Dave n Busters

>>12727419
get a liquor license and serve booze as well. huge margins to be made with liquor

>>12727449
I'd like to try your service, anon

>>12727279
If you can't find that shit in a city, you aren't going to be profitable in a small town. If you are serious about a business and you really have nothing just open a movie theater with an arcade attachment.

>>12727719

sure anon, as an early adopter you will get many benefits, please simply post a picture and i will honk it for you straight away,

>>12727363
Start a heroin and alcohol bar

>>12727942
Honkify it boi

>>12727966

here you go sir as requested, please keep us in mind for future business and enjoy the rest of your day

>>12727279
>>12727351
>>12727363
one of them bikimi coffee shops where the barista brappers wear thongs