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Tetramin posted:
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OP, I really hope you're starting to get nervous from reading this thread, and you realize that you haven't done nearly enough research or groundwork gently caress, dude: turn the space into a convenient store and sell your baked goods there. Once you learn to bake, I mean
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Oct 17, 2022 20:39
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All the local "baking" phenomena I've see in area food blogs and local news are people who set up a grey kitchen (or whatever its called for cooking in your home) and have been baking and selling for years before word gets out about this amazing insanely good baked item.
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Oct 17, 2022 20:41
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i know the OP says that the commercial building was defunct, but do you know why whatever the last business was in that building failed? this might be good information to know to avoid making similar mistakes, whatever those might have been.
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Oct 17, 2022 20:49
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op I see your profile says you are in Ohio, I am in SE Michigan and will promise to buy a couple of your donuts when you open if you're near-ish to me.Hyrax Attack! posted:Has a goon ever launched a food service biz and experienced success? I know we’ve had some restaurant managers who were doing ok but I don’t think they built the place. Someone linked me this thread yesterday and I could have sworn it was the same goon who was trying to open a coffee shop a few years back. I was able to dig up that thread and found it was somebody else. Op maybe this similar saga is useful to you: https://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3906525
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Oct 17, 2022 21:02
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lobster shirt posted:i know the OP says that the commercial building was defunct, but do you know why whatever the last business was in that building failed? this might be good information to know to avoid making similar mistakes, whatever those might have been. Maybe it was the coffee shop from the last time a goon tried this.
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Oct 17, 2022 21:11
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OP, I apprenticed at a family-owned bakery that did all the good stuff you want to do, like bread shares and union wages. They had to let me go after a month because there wasn't enough work for me, the two owners, and their single part-time employee. They helped me find and secure a new apprenticeship before cutting me loose, which was very respectful and kind. Just something to think about for hiring Literally every single time, I just think of something new the OP hasn't considered
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Oct 17, 2022 21:14
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Sirotan posted:Someone linked me this thread yesterday and I could have sworn it was the same goon who was trying to open a coffee shop a few years back. I was able to dig up that thread and found it was somebody else. Op maybe this similar saga is useful to you: https://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3906525 Nice. This guy seems like he'd know a thing or two. This is also his most recent post tho Jisei posted:OP, this guy knows what he's talking about. I bootstrapped a coffeeshop a couple of years ago and despite getting a screaming deal on a roasting machine*, already owning a 3-group La Marzocco Linea that I'd rebuilt the previous year in my garage as a hobby project, doing the buildout by myself, and getting a $600/mo lease, it still cost me about $50k all in to open the doors, and that didn't include a single day of payroll or income after opening.
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Oct 17, 2022 22:22
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Not only are you going to fail, but your failure will be the first thing future employers learn about you if they google you. You will have to explain the gap in your employment history as "Couldn't run a business." The entirety of your legacy will be when goons talk about failures, you'lls will get a sentence or two mentioned in passing as a cautionary tale of how stupid goons are, and how easily they all manage to gently caress up.
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Oct 17, 2022 23:00
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Literally, someone else on these forums tried to do this exact thing already and hosed it up. You don't even know how to make a loving doughnut.
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Oct 17, 2022 23:01
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People who don't gently caress up businesses. Successful business people, don't go to the somethingawful forums and ask "Is this a money making idea?" and then ignore every piece of advice given. In fact, successful business people know the answer to that question before anything else, ESPECIALLY before buying expensive equipment. When you gently caress this up, I'm going to print this thread out as a stunning indictment of the pro-life abortion movement.
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Oct 17, 2022 23:08
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Boba Pearl posted:Not only are you going to fail, but your failure will be the first thing future employers learn about you if they google you. You will have to explain the gap in your employment history as "Couldn't run a business." The entirety of your legacy will be when goons talk about failures, you'lls will get a sentence or two mentioned in passing as a cautionary tale of how stupid goons are, and how easily they all manage to gently caress up. What a buzz kill.
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Rationale posted:I just bought a Univex srm 40 for $1630 so you can’t tell me poo poo! Post a pic of it
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Dik Hz posted:Is the user name “Zaurg but a donut” taken? If not, I’ll sure it will be soon.
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Boba Pearl posted:The entirety of your legacy will be when goons talk about failures, you'lls will get a sentence or two mentioned in passing as a cautionary tale of how stupid goons are, and how easily they all manage to gently caress up. The one cool outcome to this would be if they fail so spectacularly that they get a shorthand moniker that everyone instantly recognizes without context, like the zipline goon or hotdog man. I don't think there's been a donut guy we can all name to instantly laugh at yet.
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Rationale posted:I just bought a Univex srm 40 for $1630 so you can’t tell me poo poo! If true, you actually got an 80% discount so legit good job. Have you priced in wear and tear? Is it in good shape? The bowl itself costs as much as your entire purchase price, as an example.
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Oct 18, 2022 02:10
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Captain Hygiene posted:The one cool outcome to this would be if they fail so spectacularly that they get a shorthand moniker that everyone instantly recognizes without context, like the zipline goon or hotdog man. I don't think there's been a donut guy we can all name to instantly laugh at yet. Even the last contender for Coffee Fail Goon abandoned the idea before buying equipment or renting space, and thank God: it was right before Covid
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DoughverHaus Cruller Intentions The Baker's Doesn't Glazed over details Help! I frittered away my savings Call me old fashioned, but I donut need a business plan
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GoGoGadgetChris posted:DoughverHaus You still got it.
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GoGoGadgetChris posted:DoughverHaus 
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Oct 18, 2022 04:45
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Frank has at least done a business before
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Oct 18, 2022 04:46
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frank owns and operates a successful bar in philadelphia
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Oct 18, 2022 05:12
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Frank is The Warthog, you're goddamn right he knows business
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Oct 18, 2022 05:14
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OP you should sell these bad boys call them froughnuts or get out donuts or something Frosting piled high 
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I just filled a big uhaul with poo poo from a failed pizzatitty place and hauled it home in the dark. My old wrestling buddy helped me pack it and unpack it and also drink beers. We paid 5100 out the door for msrp totalling 62000. Got two coolers, a four-tap kegerator, two fryers, the mixer, two refrigerated prep tables, a three-bay sink, three hand sinks, 44 chairs, I forget how many tables, a bunch of pans, a speedrack, like 200 shot glasses, a pizza peel, a bunch of stage lights, booths, blah blah blah Got the mixer and figured I better get a truckload and it took a few tries to shut the door. To get the power on I have to show plans with the specific equipment I’ll be using so it’s cool to have bought a big chunk of it.
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Oct 18, 2022 06:13
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Previa_fun posted:OP you should sell these bad boys call them froughnuts or get out donuts or something
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i like nice words
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Rationale posted:I just filled a big uhaul with poo poo from a failed pizzatitty place and hauled it home in the dark. My old wrestling buddy helped me pack it and unpack it and also drink beers. We paid 5100 out the door for msrp totalling 62000. Got two coolers, a four-tap kegerator, two fryers, the mixer, two refrigerated prep tables, a three-bay sink, three hand sinks, 44 chairs, I forget how many tables, a bunch of pans, a speedrack, like 200 shot glasses, a pizza peel, a bunch of stage lights, booths, blah blah blah Why do you need a kegerator.
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Oct 18, 2022 06:39
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What are you going to do with 200 shot glasses and 44 chairs? Why did you buy stage lighting? I can't wait for you to actually start making donuts and realize that you hate the work
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Oct 18, 2022 06:44
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Imma be honest I’m no longer convinced this is real. Which makes it less fun.
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pseudanonymous posted:Imma be honest I’m no longer convinced this is real. Same. It was fun to dream though!
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Oct 18, 2022 11:51
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Ohtori Akio posted:Why do you need a kegerator. Coffee house in the morning, craft beer bar at night. Burn that candle at both ends
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Powerful Katrinka posted:What are you going to do with 200 shot glasses and 44 chairs? Why did you buy stage lighting? The shot glasses could maybe serve espresso. The chairs were like $1.25. The stage lighting was like $10. I’m gonna post pics for the doubters
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Oct 18, 2022 13:33
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are you making titty donuts
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Oct 18, 2022 13:53
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 Gonna go get some more pics later today I’m pretty hype
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Oil! posted:Coffee house in the morning, craft beer bar at night. Burn that candle at both ends My little nephew has a brewery so I bud on it thinking maybe he’d like to have it but when I told him about it he left me on read lol. Pretty sure I paid as much as four new tap handles would cost. It’s in relatively rough shape but we’re gonna see how spiffy it gets. Maybe I flip it to a frat house and maybe I just have ballin rear end parties at my house.
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Oct 18, 2022 14:08
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Tell us more about the pizzatitty place. Do you have an idea on why it failed? Got the old name? Perhaps you can hire the old staff and expand into the donuttitty industry.
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Oct 18, 2022 14:12
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Powerful Katrinka posted:Even the last contender for Coffee Fail Goon abandoned the idea before buying equipment or renting space, and thank God: it was right before Covid The one lady who babysat me bought a pizza place like a month before Covid and she said it turned every night into Saturday night with ninety minute lead times from 4-9 pm
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Oct 18, 2022 14:18
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Those chairs look like actual garbage
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These dead gay comedy forums have a long history of intrepid goons barreling headfirst into poorly planned business ventures. They have all ended in tears and comedy. Godspeed OP, you will undoubtedly not succumb to the valuable advice given in this thread. If you do succeed I will personally travel to purchase your artisan donuts.
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