If you could start a business tomorrow, what would it be about?
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Let's say that you finally get the opportunity to start the business of your dreams.
What would it be about?
What service or product would it sell?
What would its core values be? Would it have any core values?
Obviously not everyone is interested in starting their own business, so I'll broaden the topic to "any for-profit or non-profit organization".
What would it be about?
What service or product would it sell?
What would its core values be? Would it have any core values?
Obviously not everyone is interested in starting their own business, so I'll broaden the topic to "any for-profit or non-profit organization".
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Our core values would be, any guy with twenty five dollars can get blown.
Of course there's a reason the comic shop closed, the only reason she kept it open is long as she did was because her father paid a large part of it. But still, if I didn't have to worry about money, definitely.
I'd love to be able to bring a good comics place back to the kids and adults to the area. Some place where they would know the employees by name and the employees would know the regulars, know what they want and keep it boxed for them to pick up.
I guess it's just because everything in the area is so corporate now, it's not a bad thing, but I just miss the place where I spent time as a kid, knew the people and they knew me, they even gave out gifts to their regulars at Christmas time. I'd like to bring that back, even if it's a bit unrealistic.
They had a party room, a food stand, and pool/air hockey tables that were pay to play.
1. A tea shop. With two separate areas, the front area is full of large sofas and comfy chairs, and books. Old and used books that can be read while having a nice cuppa, or can be purchased, or traded for with other old/used books. The back of the tea shop is where lunch would be served as well as a high tea on the weekends.
2. A completely insane idea. A small theatrical company to be used as part of a larger Roleplaying Society. No, not LARPing, exactly. The first basic idea was that the RP game would be run on a Friday. Then, myself and my crew would have until the next Thursday, to recreate what happened in the previous game in a theatrical performance. Complete with sets, costumes, etc.
I never said it was a good idea. Or not nerdy. But hey, you said money was no obstacle.
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Is it wrong that my first issue with this was "you can't prepare a play within a week's time"?
Edit: Hmmm...my business? From the top of my head, I'd say an asian noodle house. Because noodle soup is delicious.
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why not?
The lines and actions have all been figured out by the roleplay the week before. If it's the same campaign, then you have the basic set pieces and costumes already done and figured.
I mean, I'm not talking a Shakespearian production of your most epic Shadowrun game EVAH.
Of course, the other idea is, if you have different groups (say 4) running different games, then you do a performance for them monthly. D&D is the 1st weekend, then SR, then Vampire, and finally Oh hell no I am not play acting Game of Thrones. Or Sailor Moon. Go away.
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I suppose. But it would have to be fairly minimalistic in order for set pieces and costumes to be cost effective. On the other hand, a minimalist approach WOULD add to the charm.
Edit: Don't get me wrong, it's a neat idea. I'm just being overly practical
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it's like building a lifesize WH40K field. Or necromundo, since that's the one I'm more familiar with (hehehe i blew up a building....).
Again, not shakespeare. Just something fun. Guaranteed to not make money. But guaranteed to bring all the geeks and nerds together and try to come up with the most ridiculous armour for a female night elf. ever.
The other other idea I jsut got was live action magic the Gathering.
With stuffed animals.
But now I'm just being silly cause it's 3am.
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A box factory!
What the hell would THAT business plan look like?
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An Ivory Cup, of course! It just keeps giving and giving....
:P
Seriously. Get 5 stuffed birds. Dye them each a different color.
"I cast, Blue bird!"
Flop
It lands on the ground in front of you.
Wait a turn.
"I attack with Blue Bird!"
Pick up your stuffed bird and hurl it at your opponent. If they manage to pick up one of their birds and block, then they don't take damage. if you hit them with your stuffed blue bird, then they take damage.
What could possibly go wrong?
....
I need to sleep. :P
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make hells of money from them in the developed world and use it to pay for bringing the developing world closer to us
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An actual excuse to eat cookies all day long can't be half bad, so long as I still exercise and such. :P
Simple ingredients, easy to make, focus on the basics, no compromise with quality. And no fucking Lavazza.
The "story" would be me trying to make my video podcasting profitable. I'd track expenses and show the viewers where I spent the capital and how money is coming in. And I'd chronical different attempts at getting income (like ads or merch or whatever).
I'd also do interviews with small business people to see what they're all about. Look for scams in the marketplace and call them out, and do episodes on how to save money.
And finally I'd try to make it funny. I'd have an off-camera "boss" (named "Griffs") who I'd complain about and make him sound like the cheapest bastard ever, so if my blog ever had to do something on the cheap I'd blame Griffs for being a cheapskate, but in reality it'd be because my business has no money to do much. It'd be a running joke, kinda like the Niel's wife on Frasier.
However, all the foods would delicious, healthy, slow-cooked overnight. Basically, we'd be looking at a lot stews from bones and tough cuts. There's only X portions prepared for each day, and when it's out you have to wait until the next day.
Big Black Dildo incorporated. Mail order big black dildo's that come in a fancy flower box with a huge bow, to be delivered to the recipient at work.
The tag line would be "the perfect way to say those three little words: Go fuck yourself."
So a Pizza Delivery Service?
Maybe that's a little too much idealism.
"We believe in the people and their 'wisdom' as if there was some special secret entrance to knowledge that barred to anyone who had ever learned anything." - Friedrich Nietzsche
Comics, gaming, knives/swords, LAN setup, gaming tables, video rental (before dvds) of imports and asian cinema and a huge fucking wall of porn VHS tapes also for rent which were relabeled so they didn't stand out.
I will never forget finding the "master list" of every adult video they had for rent (about 20 pages, 2 columns). Also had a key of yellow highlight = Seen and recommended, pink highlight = not seen but highly recommended by others, * = personal choice.
I would have added a website that would have a library that would have write ups of various tabletop games (one shots, published modules, full campaigns). Not just "player did this" write-ups, but something similar to Dragonlance or Shadowrun fiction.
Hell, I even have a name and tagline for my company since I put it on all my work and whenever I build a website for a class.
That, or I've always liked the idea for a restaurant called, "I Don't Know, Where Do You Want to Eat?"
More ambitious: I'd like to start an organization that links public schools with experts in their respective fields to improve education in general. Lots of universities have done this in smaller doses, usually funded by national grants, but these efforts seem to dwindle when the grant money dies out. However, make this a self-sustaining deal, where federal & state funds are used to buy the time of experts who are actually interested in making a difference, and it's a win for everyone involved. Two of the biggest things missing from schools are motivation and enthusiasm. Moving away from such a stagnant, jumping-through-hoops-based curriculum and toward one that rewards creativity and hard work would be a big step. This would of course take a remarkable shift in what is expected from schools in terms of accountability, and it would take a lot of support to get off the ground, but I think it could really improve the education situation in the US.
how would that be a good thing? We already use waaaaaaaaaaaay too much gas.
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Holy shit I've been there. The owners are... very entertaining people.
2) An on-line media production company
I love how you are offended by the guy who wants to sell cheap gas and not all the guys who want to operate whorehouses. :P
The biggest idea I would love to throw money away on is basically open my own version of Norm McDonald's Dirty Work.
That later expanded to a brewpub offering delicious hand-made panini sandwiches and wood-fired pizzas.
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Well since prostitution is legal where I live... yeah? Nearly all of the badness of prostitution comes from it being illegal.
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No game costs more than 50 cents on the weekdays.
$6 door fee on weekends, but free play inside.
Edit: Arcades are a dying breed. It's sad.
yes, yes they are. I miss them.
Been 10 years since I last saw them.