http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/kooka_lives3476/A journal of my ups and downs as I try to start up my own business, which will hopefully end with me having my own gaming storehourly12000-01-01T12:00+00:00http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/kooka_lives3476/331289For all of you who had been keeping up with my Business plans, do not fear, I am still working on it. I had come to my senses last year and realized that I would be pushing it to get the business up and going before Christmas. So I backed down some, and figured I would spend more time working on...http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/kooka_lives3476/309499As I look not trying to get my won store up and going, I of course am looking at other successful businesses to see what they did and how they started. Looking for local haunted houses this year I found this web page that really has an inspiring story as to how these guys got started-...http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/kooka_lives3476/304961I am really getting it together right now. I hope to have it done by the end of the week. It looks like I will have most of it together by this afternoon. I am using a program my friend gave got a hold of and is letting me use and it is really helping me pull everything together from the various...http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/kooka_lives3476/304413The friend of mine who has been helping me with some of my business plans just had his Grand opeing today. His store has been open for about a month now, but had the grand opening today. So far his store has been doing as he had planned, which is a real good sign. He was attracting business today...http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/kooka_lives3476/302317Just got an e-mail that had the Business Plan for a friend who has just opened his store up in Boulder. This is about as valuable as it can get. it has various statistics I can use fully. It also has a basic layout that will be helpful to me. About 2/3 of it I will need to changes to fit my store...http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/kooka_lives3476/301340This is proving to be much harder that I thought it would be. So far the only statistics I have found on-line were a few years old. they dod show a growth in the sells of board games though. I am fairly sure that trend has remained, btu I need to find some kind of evidence of that to put in my...http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/kooka_lives3476/300917Just got back from a meeting to look at a great location that I really think will work for my plans. The guy I talked with said the idea sounded good and should be with-in the acceptable use for the location. Now I have to put together a personal financial report for them and write letter to...http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/kooka_lives3476/300535The last few weeks one of the biggest concerns has been finding a location for the store. It really is much harder than you would think. I have had a few problems with it already, one being you really can not tell the size of a location just from looking in the window. I have run across a few now...http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/kooka_lives3476/300528I am pulling all my related posts from 'Thoughts of the Moment' and putting them here so that people can see the what I have done so far and the thoughts I have had. This way the whole story is right here in this Blog, instead of scattered. Originally posted Wed 9/7/2005 7:06 AM My Start-up...http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/kooka_lives3476/300527I am pulling all my related posts from 'Thoughts of the Moment' and putting them here so that people can see the what I have done so far and the thoughts I have had. This way the whole story is right here in this Blog, instead of scattered. Originally posted Tue 9/6/2005 9:01 AM I just signed up...