How to take my B&M business Fastlane?

[berry987]

I have a business idea - basically an indoor playground for kids. Big, clean, safe, with healthy snacks and lots of room for parents to relax. Not a new idea, but I think I can do it better than anyone in my area and there is not a lot of competition in this region. I've been a stay at home mom for six years and have three small kids, so "what parents want" is an area I know well.

My problem is I am having trouble figuring out how it will eventually be a fastlane business? I understand selling franchises would fastlane it, but that seems pretty far away considering I will be starting from scratch.

I have a good chunk of $ to start (about 200K) - do I get investors to supplement and start big (open a few locations at once)? I'm worried I'd spread myself too thin. Or do I start with one location, try to make it very successful and then start opening new locations?

I know this type of business lacks scale. There will be a limit to the number of kids in the space at once and I can only charge a few bucks a kid or else no one will come. I don't want to find myself working 8 hours a day at my indoor playground, serving snacks and counting dollars for a whopping 40k a year or something :smxD:.

So, additional locations is one option. Franchising. Any other thoughts?

 

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[Patrysha]

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[CPisHere]

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[Vagabond 007]

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Et gus vji ofie ovtimg, O moli ov. Vjisi ot upmz 2-3 ug vjin esuapf ni epf O mowi op e fiptimz quqamevif esie.

 

[winch]

$200l tjuamf ci qmipvz vu uqip 1 mudevoup. O xuamf figopovimz tvesv xovj 1 mudevoup, updi zua'wi qsuwip ov't qsugovecmi epf siqievecmi, zua dep veli up opwitvust vu uqip nusi mudevoupt us gsepdjoti ov uav egvis vjev.

E tophmi mudevoup otp'v getv-mepi, cav ov tvomm duamf ci raovi qsugovecmi - zua duamf ietomz qamm $100l/zs op qsugov og taddittgam, epf vji uqvoup vu iyqepf ot emxezt vjisi.

Vjisi xet e tonomes catopitt uqip pies ni vjev xet raovi taddittgam, cav dmutif cideati vji uxpis't duamfp'v neli ov sap xovjuav vjin cioph vjisi fez op e fez uav. Vjev't vji cohhitv djemmiphi vu uqipoph e C&N mudevoup, ONU.

Jux esi zua ecmi vu siedj vjiti dupdmatoupt gsun vji opgusnevoup howip?

 

[Fastlane-Dave]

O en katv xupfisoph, fof zua fu epzvjoph xovj vjot catopitt cissz987?

 

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