Comments on: The (Life Destroying) Flaws of Starting a Coffee Shop http://mattinglot.com/blog/2006/05/20/the-life-destroying-flaws-of-starting-a-coffee-shop/ Thoughts and Stories of an Entrepreneur on the Web Mon, 08 Sep 2008 01:15:17 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.4 by: ElamBend http://mattinglot.com/blog/2006/05/20/the-life-destroying-flaws-of-starting-a-coffee-shop/#comment-39550 Tue, 08 Jan 2008 01:29:51 +0000 http://mattinglot.com/blog/2006/05/20/the-life-destroying-flaws-of-starting-a-coffee-shop/#comment-39550 Here is another great Slate Article that explains how a nearby Starbucks actually HELPS indie coffee shops. http://www.slate.com/id/2180301/pagenum/all/ The author of the previous article got into business for completely the wrong reasons. Here is another great Slate Article that explains how a nearby Starbucks actually HELPS indie coffee shops.

http://www.slate.com/id/2180301/pagenum/all/

The author of the previous article got into business for completely the wrong reasons.

]]> by: Tracey Beaney http://mattinglot.com/blog/2006/05/20/the-life-destroying-flaws-of-starting-a-coffee-shop/#comment-39343 Sat, 05 Jan 2008 17:05:28 +0000 http://mattinglot.com/blog/2006/05/20/the-life-destroying-flaws-of-starting-a-coffee-shop/#comment-39343 The points made above are so accurate. You might wish to take a look at a website just set up by Don Clarke, who came to the coffee shop business by way of running a company of shopfitters. He saw the advantages of running a profitable coffee shop, and did it himself successfully. He has now written a guide to show others how to do the research and calculate the numbers before spending a single penny. It's a 116 page guide, with business plan template included, which aims to help coffee shop entrepreneurs approach their new business in a logical manner, based on plenty of research and number crunching. The points made above are so accurate. You might wish to take a look at a website just set up by Don Clarke, who came to the coffee shop business by way of running a company of shopfitters. He saw the advantages of running a profitable coffee shop, and did it himself successfully.

He has now written a guide to show others how to do the research and calculate the numbers before spending a single penny. It’s a 116 page guide, with business plan template included, which aims to help coffee shop entrepreneurs approach their new business in a logical manner, based on plenty of research and number crunching.

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