So you’re planning to get into café business. Well who doesn’t? Pardon my lack of enthusiasm that’s due to my years of experience in this field. I love coffee to bits I love everything about it that includes the business side of it but…
I see too many people with zero experience dreaming of opening their own little café; just like the ones they’ve seen on their favorite TV show where there is an easy going, stress free owner and his/her adorable customers dwell in a lovely small and quiet space made of love and understanding (!)
It does look good on the screen but in real life such a place wouldn’t last a few months. You need either tons of customers or very high prices that don’t bother the few that do stick around. Third and the most ideal scenario would be to meet in the middle and find that balance.
Whatever way you choose to follow, it will mean a lot of work; especially for the entrepreneur himself/herself. You may have just finished school or just got fired after enduring years of rat race in a boring firm thinking “how hard can it be to open a café and run it?”
All I’m saying is get familiar with the field before you jump into it; get a temporary job as a waiter or a cook at a café. Test the water. If it’s what you thought it was and you really enjoy the intense flow of it, go for it! Good luck.
