I am currently working on opening my own business, well mine and two partners. The business is a bookstore coffee shop called “Urban Bean.” This being my first foray into starting a company it feels very exciting as well as intimidating. The legal process of opening a store to serve customers food and drinks is excruciating. There is also the market concerns of how to attract and hold customers.
The area we are opening up is in downton Honolulu near the Hawaii Pacific University campus as well as many large office buildings and skyscrapers. There are already a few coffee shops in the area (including a Starbucks). However these coffee shops cater to the “get your coffee on the way to work crowd.” What we are trying to create is the old school coffee shop/lounge/hub. A place to come and stay for a few hours to study, socialize, and/or have meetups.
The coffee shop has a small front room with a counter perfect for serving customers as well as 3 other rooms, one of which is quite large. We will be offering free wifi and have a screen and projector for presentations.
One of the rooms has built into the wall bookshelves which is obviously where we will sell books. The books will be libertarian politics, austrian economics, classics, and personal picks of the owners. We will also have some magazines available for sale including Bitcoin Magazine, The Industrial Radical, The Freeman, 2600, and a few others.
I’m very excited about this project and can’t wait to get our doors open. We should be having our grand opening on May 1st. If you have any ideas please send them my way.
Cheers,
Mike
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