Entrepreneur

[Lilith]

If you had the $$ necessary for start up, what sort of business would you develop?

[lizzardbits]

i would start a greenhouse/crafts shoppe with my bestfriend. She is an excellent artist, sculptor, and has a green thumb like you wouldn't believe. I am also a bit of a painter, i love throwing a pot on the wheel every now and again, and i love plants, although they don't like me sometimes, lol. If business was slow, then we would be interior decorators; we take what the customer has already, rearrange and change the room for the better for under $500. The $500 would include out fees and any extra enhancements, paint, fabrics, et cetera.

we have talked about it for years....

[cherrypie7788]

Whatever there was a big market for, whatever I could make the most money in. Around here, as things are really developing, I'd say a nice hotel would be a good idea.

[Sharni]

A Friesian Horse Stud.....with some minature horses on the side :D

[osuche]

I'd start a non-profit organization to teach underprivelaged adults and all students how to draft a *good* resume, career planning skills, and interviewing techniques

[LixyChick]

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Oh hell...I tried and nothing came to me! Seems, it's not the money that matters.

*sigh*

[jay-t]

A restoration shop for antique tractors and horse drawn farm equip.
Two things that I have found is people moving to the country from the city is they want a small tractor to mow with and a lawn ornament( wagon, plow or something).
With the blacksmiths shop to draw people in, its slow but picking up

[dicksbro]

I think either a photography and/or art studio. Yep. I think that'd be it.

[TinTennessee]

I have always wanted to start a shop in partnership with my sister, who is very talented. We would sale/trade books, have an area for kids to play, a little cafe/deli and crafts.

[cowgirltease]

IF I had the money.................
I already had the business here on the farm. Just had to give it up for the divorce. :(
Raising baby calves from a bottle until they weighed about 700 lbs. That and gettin some more mama cows and puttting 4 calves to a cow til they were weaned.
A moneymaker I tell ya! Then I could quit my damn town job! :thumb:

[cowgirltease]

A restoration shop for antique tractors and horse drawn farm equip.
Two things that I have found is people moving to the country from the city is they want a small tractor to mow with and a lawn ornament( wagon, plow or something).
With the blacksmiths shop to draw people in, its slow but picking up
Yeah people wasting GOOD farmland for a homesite and don't know their ass from a hole in the ground about farming. Wasting good land for a homesite just so they can say they live in the country. :rolleyes2 . I'm beginning to wonder........where the hell are the cows gonna eat??????????? And they ALWAYS want to waste YOUR time trying to teach them! FUCK THAT! Borrow your equipment and tear it up and bring it back unrepaired.... Dump their batteries off the bridge in your creek (among other things) contaminating the water. Not realizing the cows that they are gonna eat DRINK that water! They have no idea what it costs to run a farm. :hair:

[PantyFanatic]

If you had the $$ necessary for start up, what sort of business would you develop?
If you have that much $$, you don't have to start anything. :)










But I would. ;)

Seeing the present trend for body art, especially with the gender crossover, I honestly believe that in 5 to 10 years, there will be a market for tattoo removal. It presently is very costly and of poor quality. I would be watching developments in this field and especially watching for nano technology application.

[Teddy Bear]

Mine would be a combination of 1) a gift store with quality items in a wide price range so everybody could afford something, 2) an area for local crafts people to sell thier items (the space being free of charge), everything from paintings, to needlework, Girl/Boy Scout crafts, etc., 3) a coffee shop/bakery, a friendly cozy place with seating that welcomed all to sit and visit away from the daily rush.

:)

[maddy]

I've toyed with this before as people keep telling me the true way to make money is to be the owner... but I'm not a large risk-taker and am quite pleased to work for someone else and have the security of knowing that I will receive a regular and steady income.

[Pita]

Mine would be a combination of 1) a gift store with quality items in a wide price range so everybody could afford something, 2) an area for local crafts people to sell thier items (the space being free of charge), everything from paintings, to needlework, Girl/Boy Scout crafts, etc., 3) a coffee shop/bakery, a friendly cozy place with seating that welcomed all to sit and visit away from the daily rush.

:)

Talk Teddy Bear into going in partnership with me because that is what I would do too :D My two favorite places are Gift stores and craft shows.

[fzzy]

Like Lixy ... I've never been able to think of what I would do ... though I would like to do it all the same ... but I'm watching to see the ideas come up .. think PF has a great future prospect .... maybe I could just save my $$$ and be an investor in a great idea?!?!?!

[wyndhy]

i think i'd like a nice small shop where i could sell some pottery and maybe other stuff i'd create. i'd need about half the $$$ to build a good studio and get a kiln.

how bout you lil? a nice place to sell your beadwork?

[huntersgirl]

Well first I have to learn more about jewelry making( ie...stone setting, molding, metal work etc...) but eventually this is what I would like to do. So it would seem natural that eventually I would have my own studio/ store. In the mean time a craft shop and gathering place where people could learn a new craft, taught by all our local talent would be fun too.

[Cjack]

I would start a home for "Wayward Women."

[Lilith]

wyndhy~ I hope to own a school. I figure with all this privitization and the new "no social promotion" guidelines we are going to need a place for 11-16 year old who are still technically in Elementary school. Some sort of transitional school, perhaps leading to actual diplomas/GEDs vs. certificates of attendance. I know, I'm quite the dreamer.

While a little jewelry store sounds lovely I'd crack up with the solitude :p I would love to own a small bistro type restaurant.

[wyndhy]

dream away, nuthin but good can come of it :sun:

besides, it's a good plan. i think that up north here, from what i've seen at least, the charter-type schools are going to struggle but in the long run they'll be how most kids get an early education. the public schools (especially city ones) just can't reach the standards the government's set and so they loose funding and get further behind and loose more funding and on and on until no more shool. plus the government is, even if only a little, helping families finacially as well as with transportation, to send theire kids to better private/out of district schools



me?...i'd like the solitude. ;)

[WildIrish]

A comfortable little restaurant at the base of a mountain range.

[Lilith]

dream away, nuthin but good can come of it :sun:

besides, it's a good plan. i think that up north here, from what i've seen at least, the charter-type schools are going to struggle but in the long run they'll be how most kids get an early education. the public schools (especially city ones) just can't reach the standards the government's set and so they loose funding and get further behind and loose more funding and on and on until no more shool. plus the government is, even if only a little, helping families finacially as well as with transportation, to send theire kids to better private/out of district schools



me?...i'd like the solitude. ;)
Problem is that the schools the government is paying the kids to go to here don't even have to take the accountability tests (that the public ones do) so there is no real proof they are better, only holier. I love charter schools, when they actually live their charters:D

:soapbox:

[Aqua]

Hmmmm... I think it'd have to be a Photography/Art/Electronics/Music/Computer/Bicycle/Bookstore Studio Center... with a snackbar coffee stand.

[wyndhy]

Problem is that the schools the government is paying the kids to go to here don't even have to take the accountability tests (that the public ones do) so there is no real proof they are better, only holier. I love charter schools, when they actually live their charters:D

:soapbox:
yep!...there are lots of parents falling for the hook that some of the more poorly run charter schools dangle out there that makes them believe just because it's new it's better. it's up to the parents to investigate them...many moms and dads are under the false impresssion that all the teachers are certified and that the curriculum meets govn't standards, and do not realize that thay are in fact almost totally exempt from those standards. in pa at least, charter schools are not even required to have a school nurse...kinda scary. but like most anything privately run...the good ones will survive and the others won't. even with the govn't funding cause, here, the local gov'ts only pay the charter(s) based on # of kids from their district that attend.

[Master Scribe]

Wellllllllllll....If Lilith will not hire me to teach at her old fashioned, education not just push em through based school I shall beg teddy to allow me a place to do my wood crafting and sell it. I make lovely objects of wood such as chairs for baby dolls, christmas oraments, door stops and other cute things.
am thinking of learning how to turn wood so I can start making all natural wooden "toys".....(wonders if there is a market for those?)

[scotzoidman]

I'm thinking I might start a bar with live music, so old over-the hill musicians would have a forum for their craft...


either that, or head for South America & start a banana ranch...

[PantyFanatic]

...either that, or head for South America & start a banana ranch...
Don’t do that Zoid. :eek:

That’s not as easy as it sounds. Have you ever tried to lasso a banana? :hair:

[osuche]

LMAO. Banannas on the top layer....wacky tabacck on the bottom layer....

'comon, Scotz. :D That's what you meant. ;)

[1nutworld]

I'd prolly start my own sports publicity and research company.

I'd say that I'd start my own sports production company, but there are already a bazillion of those out there.....I just wish I had the idea for ESPN.

[scotzoidman]

either that, or head for South America & start a banana ranch...
That was something an old friend & I used to joke about when we were bored...then one night he changed it to head for Cuba & start a cigar ranch...then he calls out, "herd them stogies"...I ROFLMAO for the next 2 hours..

[Oldfart]

Scotz, surely even you . . . . LLLLOOOOLLLL

Keep rollong rolling rolling

[PantyFanatic]

....Keep rollong rolling rolling
Somebody STOP him!:hair:









:grin: :grin:

[Oldfart]

Moi?

[scotzoidman]

Keep them stogies rollin...

[Oldfart]

Don't try to understand 'em,

Just roll and wrap and brand 'em.

[PantyFanatic]

I that brand 'em or band 'em?

[Oldfart]

Yes.

[Oldfart]

Scotz,

Please, toss me a log