Author Topic: New small business, wish me luck! (Read 1090 times)

Saintaw · « **Reply #15 on:** December 24, 2003, 03:16:32 AM »

Wish you all the best Chairboy & Mrs

Just remember all that money you se in the cashier is not yours quite yet.
If I manage to make a trip in Springfield, I'll have Pizza.

CyranoAH · « **Reply #16 on:** December 24, 2003, 03:20:34 AM »

GL Chairboy!! Small company owner here as well

Try to extend the illusion and expectations that you have in your bussiness to everything you do, people notice and it pays!

Daniel

SLO · « **Reply #17 on:** December 24, 2003, 07:38:13 AM »

but but Figaro is FRENCH:rofl

no no no...can't have that now can we:eek:

Chairboy · « **Reply #18 on:** December 24, 2003, 11:33:37 AM »

French? Merde!

I think you are mistaken, Figaro is the character from the Barber of Seville. He is spanish, I believe... I hope....

midnight Target · « **Reply #19 on:** December 24, 2003, 11:37:52 AM »

mmmmmmm... Spanish Pizza?

Good Luck Chair.

Toad · « **Reply #20 on:** December 24, 2003, 12:03:39 PM »

Sheesh.

The Marriage of Figaro is an opera composed in 1786 by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. The libretto is by Lorenzo da Ponte based on a comedy by Beaumarchais. Its original Italian title is Le Nozze di Figaro. The action follows that shown in The Barber of Seville. First production, Vienna, 1786.

Seems a multi-national production to me.

However, Beaumarchais was clearly French.

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Pierre-Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais (January 24, 1732 - May 18, 1799) was, among other accomplishments, a writer and librettist.

Born Pierre-Augustin Caron in Paris, he changed his surname to "Caron de Beaumarchais" in 1757, in reference to land inherited by his wife.

Though Beaumarchais is perhaps best known as writer of the comedies on which Rossini's The Barber of Seville and Mozart's The Marriage of Figaro were based, he was also an accomplished musician, watch-maker, secret agent, architect, politician, inventor, arms dealer, and more.

He was among the major supporters in France of American Independence. It is generally admitted that Beaumarchais wasn't republican, but his writings contributed to hurry on the events that led to the Revolution.

He died of aplopexy related to long-term excessive drinking, and is buried in Le Père Lachaise Cemetery, Paris, France.

But it's amazing what lengths Slo will go to in order to stroke his..... ego, or whatever.

Curval · « **Reply #21 on:** December 24, 2003, 12:22:13 PM »

My only advice is to pay attention to cash flows.

Think "cashflow, cashflow, cashflow" as soon as you wake up and then keep saying it and let it be the last thing you say every night before you go to bed.

For five years.

Then "income, income, income" for a few more years.

Then "balance sheet, balance sheet, balance sheet" until you breath your last.

May your assets minus liabilities always be positive (have a credit balance).

dracken1 · « **Reply #22 on:** December 24, 2003, 12:40:17 PM »

i'd like to say that the advice given by "Habu" and "nilsen" hi nils xxx.
is sound advice indeed.

i'd like add that staff can be a prob. its cheaper to employ a kid with little or no experience, that is false economy for a small business, as you will find that you spend so much time watching them and cvhecking thier work that you yourself will be doing less which indirectly means you are paying them double.

i have just sold a garage after owing it for 15 years, i only employed good mechs with plenty of expierence, it cost me more but it paid off.

i now own a motorcycle workshop and setting up an online spares service.

the worse businesses are the ones were you have to deal direct with the general public, as yours is.
many times you will have to bite your lip to prevent yourself giving some customers a pizza face mask, but bite it you must,

if you have a happy customer your name will slowly spread.
on the otherhand your name wild spread at mach 2 if you have an unhappy one..

as i said the general public are an odd bunch

rpm · « **Reply #23 on:** December 24, 2003, 03:14:59 PM »

I owned a small retail business for 10 years and sold it at a tidy profit. The first 3 years I paid myself a minimal salary and reinvested everything else back into the store to have a heathy start. After that I gave myself a 15% pay raise every year and set an inventory growth of 30% per year. I repaid my loan within 4 years and had that much extra to work with. When I sold it I had annual sales over $1 Million and a 40% profit margin. Good Luck!

rabbidrabbit · « **Reply #24 on:** December 24, 2003, 04:05:52 PM »

Time to give back..> I'm dying for a good deep dish or stuffed crust pizza receipe like Giordano's..>

What are you doing to define your business edge? quality? location? price? Who are your competitors, within 5-10 miles and what are they doing?

Nilsen · « **Reply #25 on:** December 24, 2003, 04:38:34 PM »

And hello to you to dracken1/draig

and Merry Christmas

SLO · « **Reply #26 on:** December 24, 2003, 04:47:01 PM »

toad....ya gotta be kiddin me man

was a joke....there u go talkin about ego...seems to me your the ego character here;)

Octavius · « **Reply #27 on:** December 24, 2003, 07:27:45 PM »

SLO, accept defeat. You were wrong. Move along

Maniac · « **Reply #28 on:** December 24, 2003, 07:43:26 PM »

I have expiriance with pizza... d oes that count?

SOB · « **Reply #29 on:** December 24, 2003, 08:32:42 PM »

Ummm, I hope I'm not too out of line now in calling you "cheesedick".