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H HaleTiki Member Joined: Mar 03, 2017 Posts: 25	H HaleTiki Posted posted on Mon, Mar 13, 2017 12:31 PM TikiSkip - Those lights look fantastic! I'll definitely be hitting you up for a few if/when the time rolls around. OrGotRum? - Yea I know there are a lot of variables. I've gotten quotes on pretty much everything I can think of inclining set up fees for mugs which I put into my cost/price formulas to figure out what I would charge for each etc. I'm sure there are bits and pieces that I am still missing that I need to research and figure out and I plan on doing plenty of reading and researching before we move forward with actually opening. I do not plan on going forward unless I am 100% confident that not only can I get the place open, but that it will stick. Not a single reply here should worry about being a downer or raining on my parade. I want and need the hard truths so that I can look at them head on. I don't want to be prepared, I want to be overly prepared. As far as funding goes, I have not ruled out anything yet. Just this weekend I started to really crystallize what the funding number should be in order to get up and running and have operation costs covered for about a year and there is still some fine tuning that will need done to make sure I have it right. I definitely will not be seeking funding until I'm confident in my numbers and that the idea will work. AceExplorer - Just changed the title based on your suggestion. You're totally right!

TikiSkip - Those lights look fantastic! I'll definitely be hitting you up for a few if/when the time rolls around.

OrGotRum? - Yea I know there are a lot of variables. I've gotten quotes on pretty much everything I can think of inclining set up fees for mugs which I put into my cost/price formulas to figure out what I would charge for each etc. I'm sure there are bits and pieces that I am still missing that I need to research and figure out and I plan on doing plenty of reading and researching before we move forward with actually opening. I do not plan on going forward unless I am 100% confident that not only can I get the place open, but that it will stick.

Not a single reply here should worry about being a downer or raining on my parade. I want and need the hard truths so that I can look at them head on. I don't want to be prepared, I want to be overly prepared.

As far as funding goes, I have not ruled out anything yet. Just this weekend I started to really crystallize what the funding number should be in order to get up and running and have operation costs covered for about a year and there is still some fine tuning that will need done to make sure I have it right. I definitely will not be seeking funding until I'm confident in my numbers and that the idea will work.

AceExplorer - Just changed the title based on your suggestion. You're totally right!

Post #773998 by HaleTiki on Mon, Mar 13, 2017 12:31 PM