Everybody Says...

There are an awful lot of Everybody voices when it comes to starting a new business. Everybody tells you to not work with your spouse, or your family. They want to talk about your business plan and see a binder full of information before you even THINK about actually DOING something. Everybody knows that you need to work out all of the background details before deciding where to settle. But this weekend, we took another step on what may be the next business not only for HTH & I but V & B. And with the way things are going so far, I can definitely say that all of those Everybodys/Theys are not us, so they can just (to quote the lovely AW) shut it!

Mr B, of V & B fame, was in town this weekend. On a whim, we took a wander down Main Street to size up the commercial real estate market for places that could be our next business: a multi-purpose space for a coffee/wine bar with stage for local bands to play, shelves for V & I to sell our stuff and an area to teach classes. We'd done some preliminary research so that we had some rough numbers in our heads for startup - licenses, equipment, etc. Today was just supposed to be another data point - namely rental rates in the area - to add to the list.

BUT - we may have found THE place. And that means that our time line and extremely tentative plans may just change. V& I are going to be very busy for the next week or two figuring out whether or not we can make this work!

If this works, believe me, THEY are going to be very unimpressed with our business process because we will have done everything in the "wrong" order. But, then again, those unimpressed Everybodys would never have been interested in building a Haven in the first place.