aside from my regular 8-5 im thinking about baking stuff on the side
with the rising cost of milk...eggs...flour i dunno how profitable it would be tho
i have a quesiton for the men here....what if anything would entice you to purchase a homemade good...aside from it being proclaimed as "homemade" or "taste really good"
Fine woman and cute kids cant hurt like the other guy said. My mom sells cakes, pies, cookies even dinners every weekend. She has a customer base from her job which started with her taking cakes and shit up there and giving stuff away @ first...Shit caught on now she sells them to all her friends friends friends, etc.. Try taking a nice supply of your homegoods to local business like corner stores, gas stations places like that, It could catch on very fast If your lucky. They will probably want a cut, But @ least you see some money from It.
Good Luck
Actually I got screwed big time when I first got into the business. My old boss sold me the rights to his contract for 75k. Which was only to booths at Six Flags Houston, I only bought out his existing contracts. Getting renewed each year after that was up to me. The booths didn't make that much money at first. But basically I started adding in new shops, (temporary tattoos, airbrush...you name it....) then I LOST MY CONTRACT!
...After 10 years of slaving...but stayed on my hustle and opened up in new areas....Used the knowledge I had made from Six Flags plus the connections I had made in order to get into newer locations....
So far it's been good. I live debt free and save a good portion of my money for the rainy days ahead.....working vigorously on my retirement. My financial adviser says I could retire early if I did it right....
Yeah getting fucked in the beginning Is almost a part of business
My bar cost me 120k sold to me be a Old lady whose husband owned/ran the place after he died. My only problem was, I didnt know shit about running a bar.
So I didnt see my Investment back for quite some time.
I Studied some bar tending books while I went along, Cause I didnt have nothing to hire anybody with, After Inventory costs and utilities.. I was Broke..
Eventually I updated the bar with new furniture, Flat screens and a decent sound system. That attracted a new customer base, for the younger hip crowd. Now I'm the Bar that everybody goes to before the club or on the weeknights during the playoffs or whatever. The lawn care was the same deal, I bought all the equipment, and acted as If I knew anything about landscaping..Then sold my services around the neighborhood lower than anyone else. Once I got a lil profit, I hired some people who knew what to do. Fake It to you make It was In full effect..
The car wash was easy to do ...Anybody can wash cars. It is expensive as fuck tho.
Being sold by pretty young ladies, or cute little kids.
I also make it a point to always support somebody's hustle. One time I was riding w/ my sister somewhere and we came to a stop light, turning lane to get on the highway, and this young nigga is on the median with a cooler full of water sellin 'em for $1 each, I said to my sister "support a hustler, support a hustler, support a hustler... pull over, hurry up!" I gave little man $5 for 2 waters. It starts young, gotta let 'em know that there are people who will support 'em. It's a beautiful hustle! Support the Grind!
Gotta support the hustlers, especially the Kids. Im about to run an ad for grass cutters for the summer to the Kids that are outta school for the summer. Then I can go find another 20 jobs to work.
it ain't that easy!! a business that has profit margins measured by the penny!! if you have a price 2 cents more than the competitor you will lose customers AUTOMATICALLY!! there are still some lazy people who gas up at the most conveniebt place, but they are far fewer than before!!
Yeah I figured that, But I dont see any of these Independent owners struggling @ all. They seem to be making a grip right now. I was just curious. I looked some of the stations for sale in my area up, and It looks like waaaaaaaay more than I'm prepared to Invest anyway. Just wanted to see If anybody had an Idea as to what the turnaround was.
