Should AJ Open Crazy AJ's?
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It's nothing against AJ, but starting a business in the US is difficult enough when you consider all the paperwork and budget keeping aspects. I would imagine that starting a business in a different country is much harder.
At least in the US you have a guideline of what to charge, understand the culture, speak the language , and can somewhat relate with your customers. In a foreign country you don't have any of these on your side.
Not to mention finding a decent location to place the store and a decent place to live. Those things that seem so easy are so much more difficult when you don't understand the culture. @scottalanmiller you are world traveler so you understand alot of these types of things, but most of us don't.
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sam could help him. where the hale is AJ?
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@Dashrender said:
In a word - Yes. The worse that happens is that he fails to listen to clients (or just doesn't get any) and the shop fails. But that would be 4 months later. As a backup plan, perhaps he should have enough additional cash to buy a plane ticket back to the states if he does fail.
You can bus back or he can workaway in the area.
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@hubtechagain said:
sam could help him. where the hale is AJ?
Atlanta. He's hanging with @relientkitten
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@IRJ said:
It's nothing against AJ, but starting a business in the US is difficult enough when you consider all the paperwork and budget keeping aspects. I would imagine that starting a business in a different country is much harder.
I've not done both, but starting in Nica seems easier. Less overhead, more unique opportunity, clear gaps in the market unfilled for known reasons. In the US there is so much continuous, existing competition that it gets really hard.
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@IRJ said:
It's nothing against AJ, but starting a business in the US is difficult enough when you consider all the paperwork and budget keeping aspects. I would imagine that starting a business in a different country is much harder.
Well they aren't calling him Crazy AJ for nothing!
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If you Google it, there is a place called Crazy AJ's Camo.
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So I've got some interest from a small investor. Would there be interest in the ML community for anyone that might want to go in on owning a Central American chain of Internet cafes and computer fix it shops?
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@scottalanmiller said:
@Dashrender said:
If I wanted to sweat my ass off for the rest of my life, I might consider it...
Hell I have have the required startup capital.. lolYou start to get used to it. Both used to the heat and to sweating all of the time.
Yeah, except due to my genetics, I sweat far more profusely than the average American male and I SMELL when I do...not a musk smell, like a "don't raise your arms" smell...
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This is a very interesting thread...for sure...
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And it's got over 1.3K VIEWS!! HOLY ^^^^!!
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This is the big Internet cafe right by my house...
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An Internet cafe that sells hamburgers.
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Same one again...
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Internet cafe while pretending to take a selfie. You can see a setup inside. CRT and folding wooden chair. This is right out on the central street. Not a high tech endeavor.
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Yeah, CRT...aka a great way to jack up your electricity bill!
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@thanksajdotcom said:
Yeah, CRT...aka a great way to jack up your electricity bill!
Which is a huge deal here. Power is relatively far more expensive than elsewhere. You want to do anything that you can to cut the power usage. Moving to super low power devices like Chromeboxes and to LED LCDs would give you an "hour by hour" competitive advantage over other Internet cafes. And the ability to turn off a Chromebox when not in use and have it "instant on" is huge too. You could easily have things be totally off every second that they are not in use.
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And as it is hot always here, having things that generate less heat is a big deal too. Less cooling needed when you generate less heat.
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Going to solar power, while being an investment, could easily be a huge leap in long term viability and profits. If you can make the electric "free" you can do so much more. With enough, potentially even air condition, which would take you from "normal" to "extremely unique offering."
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Up in Matagalpa, a college town, we found several downtown Internet cafes that do the Crazy AJ's concept - good location, Internet cafe, print shop and computer peripherals all in one. Even found one with river view that was really nice. So the game plan seems to be one that is being executed successfully in some parts of the country. Will try to look around Leon to see what they are doing as well.
