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Post by Deleted on May 27, 2019 18:37:06 GMT -5
You have already decided against it, but remember that if another group doing the same thing couldn't make it, the odds are that you won't either even with the "refreshes" and "add-ons." Are you so very sure that the younger crowd, which has so many options online for hooking up, really wants to see girls dance or whatever?
Different venue, but we had a Johnny Rocket's at the mall. It closed down. A couple of months later an identical hamburger joint opened up in the same locale. The same decor worked for both places.
Within three months, the second hamburger joint closed down.
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Post by Lizard Queen on May 27, 2019 18:40:05 GMT -5
What's your projected ROI? 10% That's not enough to compensate for the risk anyway.
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Post by TheHaitian on May 27, 2019 18:51:19 GMT -5
You have already decided against it, but remember that if another group doing the same thing couldn't make it, the odds are that you won't either even with the "refreshes" and "add-ons." Are you so very sure that the younger crowd, which has so many options online for hooking up, really wants to see girls dance or whatever? Different venue, but we had a Johnny Rocket's at the mall. It closed down. A couple of months later an identical hamburger joint opened up in the same locale. The same decor worked for both places. Within three months, the second hamburger joint closed down. Cannot go into much detail here but the short answer is yes. To your question: many options to hook up but not many “centralized” option to hook up. To hook up with 10 different people online you have to talk to all 10 of them and doubtful they would all want to meet up within the same time frame? Hour? 8 hours? This guarantee “availability” and “location”. 10 other people (or way more) after the same thing, in the same central location. There for an hour or 8... no need to log on, text, useless chatter. They are there, present with no outside distractions. Currently or in the past they catered to a specific group that has been dwindling down as people got older: leather... not too many people my age or younger into the whole leather thing. But you offer the same options (location, quantity) to the different groups or interests to the younger crowded or more diverse crowd on different nights : gay, lgbt, trans, or just different interest : leather, mask, fur, bear/cub, chub/chasers ... you optimize the $$$ you can make. You still satisfy the original group on 1-2 nights and cater to different group/interest on other nights. And everyone is more welcome to come on any night; something might your interest that you never would have thought was part of your interest to begin with.
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Post by NoNamePerson on May 27, 2019 18:58:56 GMT -5
You have already decided against it, but remember that if another group doing the same thing couldn't make it, the odds are that you won't either even with the "refreshes" and "add-ons." Are you so very sure that the younger crowd, which has so many options online for hooking up, really wants to see girls dance or whatever? Different venue, but we had a Johnny Rocket's at the mall. It closed down. A couple of months later an identical hamburger joint opened up in the same locale. The same decor worked for both places. Within three months, the second hamburger joint closed down. Cannot go into much detail here but the short answer is yes. To your question: many options to hook up but not many “centralized” option to hook up. To hook up with 10 different people online you have to talk to all 10 of them and doubtful they would all want to meet up within the same time frame? Hour? 8 hours? This guarantee “availability” and “location”. 10 other people (or way more) after the same thing, in the same central location. There for an hour or 8... no need to log on, text, useless chatter. They are there, present with no outside distractions. Currently or in the past they catered to a specific group that has been dwindling as people get older (leather... not too many people my age or younger into the whole leather thing). But you offer the same options (location, quantity) to the different groups or interests to the younger crowded or more diverse crowd on different nights : gay, lgbt, trans, or just different interest : leather, mask, fur, bear/cub, chub/chasers ... you optimize the $$$ you can make. You still satisfy the original group on 1-2 nights and cater to different group/interest on other nights. And everyone is more welcome to come on any night; something might your interest that you never would have thought was part of your interest to begin with. And I'm sitting here wondering how much liability insurance you would have to carry for this kind of venture?
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Post by TheHaitian on May 27, 2019 19:12:34 GMT -5
You have already decided against it, but remember that if another group doing the same thing couldn't make it, the odds are that you won't either even with the "refreshes" and "add-ons." Are you so very sure that the younger crowd, which has so many options online for hooking up, really wants to see girls dance or whatever? Different venue, but we had a Johnny Rocket's at the mall. It closed down. A couple of months later an identical hamburger joint opened up in the same locale. The same decor worked for both places. Within three months, the second hamburger joint closed down. And to continue on the idea I will refer to an old article I read about why people move to DC or Arlington when they can live on the other side by college park MD for way less... And the answer what : the probability to tap some ass! Sorry if this offend. The young crowd willing to pay 2k-3k/month to live in those cities or proximity to those cities because in increase their chances of : - tapping some ass - access to people that share the same goal No one wants to live by college park or the outskirts of DC because you think of your grandparent or parents living there : old and boring . Sex sells. Increasing your probability or chances of having sex ... sells. Knowing that I will not have to explain my strange fetish to this person at the bar because they are there on that night ... sign me up! Even my short research online on this place the comment has been : old, dying, grandpa... Nothing against old folks (I will be there soon enough)... but they are not exactly out and about burning down the town in the middle of the week till 2 AM. But Johnny over there that is 23 with a raging hard on has no issues going out 3-4 times a week trying to get lucky and paying $4 for a bottle of water (yep I am on a diet and not drinking and they charged me $4 for a bottle of water or would have been the same for bud light. I can buy a 40 pack at Costco for $2.99... I say that because that was a Kirkland bottle of water I was handed...They turned a $2.99 expense into $160) When I go down U street, H street or Adams Morgan those are the kids I see out and about no matter the night. Granted in larger quantities from Thursday to Saturday night but they are out there. So unlike the burger joint: they are going towards a wider group of clientele not the same... basically now imagine that the new burger joint also sells: sushi, Chinese food, seafood, steak, mash potatoes, you name it you can have it on the menu... on different days of the week the menu/atmosphere and clientele changes.
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Post by TheHaitian on May 27, 2019 19:20:56 GMT -5
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Post by TheHaitian on May 27, 2019 19:21:21 GMT -5
Cannot go into much detail here but the short answer is yes. To your question: many options to hook up but not many “centralized” option to hook up. To hook up with 10 different people online you have to talk to all 10 of them and doubtful they would all want to meet up within the same time frame? Hour? 8 hours? This guarantee “availability” and “location”. 10 other people (or way more) after the same thing, in the same central location. There for an hour or 8... no need to log on, text, useless chatter. They are there, present with no outside distractions. Currently or in the past they catered to a specific group that has been dwindling as people get older (leather... not too many people my age or younger into the whole leather thing). But you offer the same options (location, quantity) to the different groups or interests to the younger crowded or more diverse crowd on different nights : gay, lgbt, trans, or just different interest : leather, mask, fur, bear/cub, chub/chasers ... you optimize the $$$ you can make. You still satisfy the original group on 1-2 nights and cater to different group/interest on other nights. And everyone is more welcome to come on any night; something might your interest that you never would have thought was part of your interest to begin with. And I'm sitting here wondering how much liability insurance you would have to carry for this kind of venture? We will never know
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Post by justme on May 27, 2019 21:29:03 GMT -5
What's your projected ROI? 10% Yea, you're not likely to get any investors. Companies use that as their "we'd be better off sticking it in the market" threshold. If it's under 20% you better have a damn convincing reason why - and it's usually something like we have to to keep doing business.
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Post by Deleted on May 27, 2019 21:35:32 GMT -5
I had one date (thank God for other reasons) who had a similar idea.
He would partner with a bar to offer what you suggest. Thursday night? Swing Night. Tuesday? BDSM. And so on. People would know by who was there who was interested. The bar would benefit from the business.
I have no idea if he went forward with this, but his advantage was he didn't have to own the venue. He would just take a percentage.
A different take if you are interested.
And no idea,why he was explaining his business idea on our one and only date!
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Post by oped on May 27, 2019 22:05:50 GMT -5
He wanted to know what you were in to...
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Post by NoNamePerson on May 28, 2019 6:16:22 GMT -5
He wanted to know what you were in to... And I was thinking he needed a "front" for his business and feeling her out
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