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I was following up on a craigslist ad about a dishwasher and during the conversation the guy mentioned that he rents his dishwasher. I’m thinking it might be a way to reduce start up costs. Anyone here rent equipment? Things I’m considering renting: 5’ prep table or table top prep refer dish...

Seems like leasing equipment might bring the cost down initially.

Thanks for all the insight thus far. Definitely going to scale toward my location. Store fronts around here are relatively cheap. Also the city I’m in is offering loans and grants for renovation and fixtures, which I have full intent on taking advantage of. That would increase my budget by $45k...

I’m wondering what the minimum viable pizza shop includes: oven, ttp60, two door refer for dough and drinks, plates, silverware, linen service, mixer, seating, cork fee? I’m thinking of minimal places like Una Pizza Napoletana in SF - http://goo.gl/QCkr7 Whats your list? Whats your cost? Is...

Well, yes and no. I receive spam texts all the time and twitter becomes spam when it’s used as such. When your twitter account texts an update to someone, it’s because they subscribed to your updates in particular. So it’s literally coming from someone they know, not only that but they’ve made...

With twitter there is absolutely no reason to pay for sms marketing. The twitter deal looks like this: $.0/message $0 sign-up $0 monthly fee infinity subscribers Will your text plan update your facebook page too? for free? Twitter will. what do your customers have to do to subscribe? simply...

I know this thread is old but it’s worth saying that there are those out there who have gone the mobile/catering route and worked that to generate needed income then open a brick and mortar shop. Could be a good avenue for those with out the needed capital.

Freddy_Krugerrand: I wonder if since your other business is going well if you should focus on making it run with out you, then use that income to live off of while you apprentice and/or open up your pizza shop. A lot of successful business owners have multiple streams of income, as the cliche...

I agree with most everything everyone else has said, and aside from some messy typography and spacing I think the first version is MUCH better than your second. I think that the first version will say better things about you and your business I love the bites out of things, thats a cool touch...

Just read “Grinding It Out” by Ray Crock. Definitely a great read for any entrepreneur. The first hundred pages were definitely more interesting to me because it was the story of how he got to McDonalds.