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My hobby is board gaming. I often see people on board game forums asking questions about wanting to open up a board game store/cafe. My thought is always, "Do y
by irrational 3y ago
My hobby is board gaming. I often see people on board game forums asking questions about wanting to open up a board game store/cafe. My thought is always, "Do you want to hate board games? Because that is the path to hating board games."
- haswell 3y agoI mostly agree with this, but there are some people who very happily run board game stores. But they’re the kind of people who love the process of running a store, and who also happen to love board games and decided to sell them. Put another way, I think there’s a common mistake people make that “I love <this>, so I’ll do <this> + business and it’ll be great”, without considering what it takes to do the business part. But I think the other mistake is assuming that working on something you love will automatically make you hate it. That really depends on your business acumen and mindset about the non-<this> factors involved.
- firesteelrain 3y agoWhen I was in Pigeon Forge, TN, they had a puzzle store. I thought it was the coolest thing. Tons of different puzzles. Niche. I couldn’t see having one in every town though
- peruvian 3y agoThat's when people who homebrew coffee talk about opening a coffee shop. When you open a shop, even if it's a shop about your favorite hobby, 80% of the work is unrelated to that hobby and is now about running a business.