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pay some teenage kids minimum wage to run sausage sizzles all over town.

by tjpick 16y ago

lsc 16y ago
you could start up a delivery food biz with that kind of capital? (Honest question, I don't know) - I think there's a market for good delivery or take out food that's open late here in silicon valley... The place is crawling with overpaid Engineers who can't cook and aren't expected to stumble in to work until noon, and yet nearly everything closes at 9pm. Now, I haven't jumped on the idea just 'cause I know jack shit about cooking or restaurant management, but if you could seriously start up for twenty five grand, I'd be looking around for such a business to invest in.
- tjpick 16y ago
  Not sure. I think there's a good payoff from sausage sizzles, it's the kind of thing kids soccer teams and charities do to raise funds. That's just toy stuff, but I'd consider coordinating a dozen of those a day before I put 25k on red @ vegas. Everyone who I know of in the cooking or catering business works pretty hard, and aren't millionaires, so I wouldn't think you would get into it unless you were in it for the long haul.
  - lsc 16y ago
    yeah, I think there's a market here... and if, say, you really could set up a business of that type for twenty five grand, I bet I could get four or five guys together to put in 5K each, not as a 'get rich quick' ploy, but more as a 'see to it that I can get someone to make me something to eat at 3am, without losing too much money' thing. I mean, I'd want to have a positive expected return, but I wouldn't be expecting facebook valuations. Of course, then, we'd still need to find someone able and willing to actually do the work, which is another matter entirely. by even thinking about this I'm ignoring my own rules "invest in what you are good at" - though I guess I 'know' something of the market, just 'cause I'm a customer of that sort of thing.
- dzlobin 16y ago
  I'm actually working on this. It's not in the valley but hopefully we'll be there soonish. More on this soon
  - lsc 16y ago
    well, I encourage you to expand out here quickly. I believe the market is quite large, especially for food that is somewhat better than the sausage sizzle. We've got the money; we lack the cooking abilities.
    - dzlobin 16y ago
      This led me to an interesting thought, will NYC/Valley investors consider investing in a non-tech/food startup?
      - lsc 16y ago
        I don't know. It likely depends on what kind of cash you are looking for; twenty five grand? no problem, especially if you can take smaller investments. Two hundred fifty grand? eh, that might be more of a challenge, and outside my area.

pay some teenage kids minimum wage to run sausage sizzles all over town.

by tjpick 16y ago

pay some teenage kids minimum wage to run sausage sizzles all over town.

lsc 16y ago

you could start up a delivery food biz with that kind of capital? (Honest question, I don't know) - I think there's a market for good delivery or take out food that's open late here in silicon valley... The place is crawling with overpaid Engineers who can't cook and aren't expected to stumble in to work until noon, and yet nearly everything closes at 9pm. Now, I haven't jumped on the idea just 'cause I know jack shit about cooking or restaurant management, but if you could seriously start up for twenty five grand, I'd be looking around for such a business to invest in.

tjpick 16y ago
Not sure. I think there's a good payoff from sausage sizzles, it's the kind of thing kids soccer teams and charities do to raise funds. That's just toy stuff, but I'd consider coordinating a dozen of those a day before I put 25k on red @ vegas. Everyone who I know of in the cooking or catering business works pretty hard, and aren't millionaires, so I wouldn't think you would get into it unless you were in it for the long haul.
- lsc 16y ago
  yeah, I think there's a market here... and if, say, you really could set up a business of that type for twenty five grand, I bet I could get four or five guys together to put in 5K each, not as a 'get rich quick' ploy, but more as a 'see to it that I can get someone to make me something to eat at 3am, without losing too much money' thing. I mean, I'd want to have a positive expected return, but I wouldn't be expecting facebook valuations. Of course, then, we'd still need to find someone able and willing to actually do the work, which is another matter entirely. by even thinking about this I'm ignoring my own rules "invest in what you are good at" - though I guess I 'know' something of the market, just 'cause I'm a customer of that sort of thing.
dzlobin 16y ago
I'm actually working on this. It's not in the valley but hopefully we'll be there soonish. More on this soon
- lsc 16y ago
  well, I encourage you to expand out here quickly. I believe the market is quite large, especially for food that is somewhat better than the sausage sizzle. We've got the money; we lack the cooking abilities.
  - dzlobin 16y ago
    This led me to an interesting thought, will NYC/Valley investors consider investing in a non-tech/food startup?
    - lsc 16y ago
      I don't know. It likely depends on what kind of cash you are looking for; twenty five grand? no problem, especially if you can take smaller investments. Two hundred fifty grand? eh, that might be more of a challenge, and outside my area.