They make the best coffee in town. A friend of a special blend of beans roasted for you, it's so beautiful. They make the best cakes in town. No one else does too sweet, actually. You know, if you try it frozen. Increasingly, they are your friends at your door about breakfast on weekends, and always will be surprised that this does not bother you at all. In fact, is to have the most fun. You wake up one morning and discover, visions of homemade almond croissantsDance in your eyes, and realize: you want to open a café.
From a coffee needs money. Although they are a great source for discount cards, kitchen utensils, a friend of Fry, a special blend of coffee, and you need all the cooking and serving themselves. Fortunately, not all this money belongs to you. After the numbers that you create a business plan and submit it to the bank, where the idea is, you get a small business loan.
Here are the numbers that we need to think about:
We try tobegins with the golden rule:
Rent should not exceed 25 percent of their income. Payroll should go up another 25 percent (if the work itself, which could begin as you want to do). 35 percent should go to the product. The remaining 15 percent is what you take home with them. (And satisfying! Left and croissants!)
Well, a little 'Nitti, tough, go and what you need:
Commercial real estate. You have the desired position for your searchCoffee. How much rent or buy? You have to sell, and in some ways. You probably want a bank that has a coffee at this point is likely to earn money.
Furniture, lighting, appliances. Find a source for the top model of the discount kitchen appliances. Do you want really good stuff, but at affordable prices. Go simple with very good pieces. For example, Wolf gas stoves, rather than fancy new electric stove.
Marketing and Advertising. There are several ways you can gowith this. First some pro-bono work from an art student is a great idea. Or pay with a complimentary breakfast for a year? Think of your future customers. Make a website, a fan page on Facebook, a Twitter account. Insert an ad in the local art journals in addition to your local news rag.
Licenses. This includes the license that is required to obtain food, serve alcohol, if you go to the (much more expensive, but also lucrative path), but also building codes of health. It 'annoying, but doBe careful before opening the doors.
Warehouse / perishable inventories. This is the fun part, the part you already know how to be. You only need to increase your balance, find out how much you cook on the shiny, new, beautiful kitchen appliances discount. Have fun!
Realistically, however, is not a bank to give you all the money you need. Once you've calculated the cost of trying to set it aside (to beg, borrow from Great Aunt Edie) 10-20 percent of totalStart-up costs. Make sure to invite Aunt Edie for tea and cakes, too. It can be whatever they want, thanks.
Good luck!
