Recent content by piemaker2007

Here’s more details on the issue from the FBI website. Taking the time to get checked out is definately worth it. EDIT: The actualy link might help too:) http://www.fbi.gov/news/stories/2011/no … are_110911 Bryan

Rockstar, If you go that eprint route definately get a laserjet. The inkjet/officejet will eat you up in cost for ink. Ink also doesn’t store well long term and it’s not worth the hassle to try the refill kits or generic off brand ink; just more money down the tube. Toner for the laser jet will...

Have a cash cushion. You ARE going to need cash flow from somplace and relying on sales to be where you need them to drive that in the beginning is a huge risk. Don’t open it with every dime invested and nothing to make it between the sales peaks and valleys. Understand food costs, labor costs...

Are you bringing in more sales at lunch or dinner? If it were me I might consider going one way or another to focus on my core customer. Right now you are bringing in $15 per hour on your 78 hour service week. On average that’s about $166 per day. That’s based on your average weekly sales of...

You should be spending as much as you can on the marketing. Making sales should be your focus, marketing is the way to get those sales. Since your budget is tight and cash flow is limited you may have to get creative, beg/borrow/loan money, but you have to start marketing. I can promise you if...

for my homegrown sauces I’ve had really good results with brown sugar. I’m also thinking of trying out agave nectar. One of its benefits is supposedly you can use less for the same amount of sweetness from sugar and it is supposed to not spike bloodsugar as much as other sugars. I haven’t check...

Thanks for the input and advice. It really helped point me in the right direction. Bryan

While I’m waiting for a broker to call me back to help me I’m curious about the process of buying a business. Can anyone that has been through the process give me some insights. Particularly in regards to getting more informaiton to be able to analyze the opportunity. I found a business on a...

I thought I read an article in PMQ years ago that interviewed a place in NY that provided food through local churches.If you know if they belong to a church or other group you might be able to approach them to pass the benefit along to the families. Bryan

I think you also fall in the sysco foods service area as well. Bryan

I’ve been researching my options for something like this for a couple of month and I’m interested in learning more about your operation and oven. Would you rather discuss my questions in a PM? Bryan

That layering you are describing sounds really complicated for small business owner because you have to manage each of them as a separate entity (meaning financials, taxes, meetings if required in your state, paperwork for transactions between enitities, IRS stuff for each entity, etc). For...

another question I just had was how do you find events? Currently I’m working word of mouth, chamber or commerce, and googling for my area, while slow it has turned up some dead ends and some good leads. Bryan

speaking of that day job it’s been keeping me away 🙂 I really appreciate the input. I am under no illusion that this will make me rich or that the work is easy. What I’m looking for is something that will give me some return in the form of an additional stream of income that would make it worth...

since it responded to steriods you might ask your doctor about a steriod cream that is used for eczema and is prescription only and low dosage. Bryan