Should AJ Open Crazy AJ's?
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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.
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@scottalanmiller said:
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."
I've already got a connection that could probably handle that for me.
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@thanksajdotcom said:
@scottalanmiller said:
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."
I've already got a connection that could probably handle that for me.
A connection in what country?
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@scottalanmiller said:
@thanksajdotcom said:
@scottalanmiller said:
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."
I've already got a connection that could probably handle that for me.
A connection in what country?
USA but they already deal with countries in Central America.
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Is there a Crazy AJ's in NY yet?
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Time to get this going again. I want to know when we get to shop there!
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@scottalanmiller said in Should AJ Open Crazy AJ's?:
Time to get this going again. I want to know when we get to shop there!
Hope it opens before September and MongoCon
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Perfect time to announce the grand opening!
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If I had the capital I would. I've actually been been thinking about this a lot lately...
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So I've decided to open Crazy A.J.'s. No, it won't be before MangoCon. It won't be this year, or probably even this decade. But every job carries with it one common frustration: knowing I can fix an issue and having my hands tied by the departmentalization of various teams (voice, networking, server, etc) and them all playing their favorite game of "pass-the-buck". I'm hands-on, and I want to be the one at the helm.
That being said, I'm neither in a position financially nor personally to make this successful. I have much more to learn before I'll be ready, and I'm both aware and okay with that. But I also know I'll get there someday, and when I do, I'm excited about the prospects.
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It's really the only job that will ever truly make you happy.
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@scottalanmiller said in Should AJ Open Crazy AJ's?:
It's really the only job that will ever truly make you happy.
I agree. I think I need the level of control over things that can only come from owning the company that you work for. That being said, I will still use NTG as my meta-MSP
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So I'm going to do some research today on writing up a business plan, per the request of @scottalanmiller and start at least getting an idea of what it will take to get this thing going.
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I did a mock business plan in 10th grade for an entrepreneurship class I took. My grandfathers on both sides of my family, as well as both my parents, have all been successful entrepreneurs, with my father being the most successful of them all. It's one torch I wouldn't mind carrying on.
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@thanksajdotcom said in Should AJ Open Crazy AJ's?:
I did a mock business plan in 10th grade for an entrepreneurship class I took. My grandfathers on both sides of my family, as well as both my parents, have all been successful entrepreneurs, with my father being the most successful of them all. It's one torch I wouldn't mind carrying on.
Didn't your dad take over an existing business, rather than starting his own?
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Business plan, and location scouting. For something like this you need to find a location that makes sense on its own, but also a place where no one else has figured out the same need.
