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I think your numbers are off by an order of magnitude, which makes it even harder to do for someone with few resources.

• rch 12y ago
  Not really - I know someone in the town where I went to school who opened a coffee shop using a combination of cash and credit cards at that level. She now owns the building the shop is in and a home in Hawaii. Not VC riches or anything, but not bad either.
  • rhino369 12y ago
    A coffee shop isn't a restaurant.
    • zo1 12y ago
      Well, a restaurant isn't the only business venture an individual can get into. Just the other day I saw meme-photo (can't vouch for the validity/truthfulness) about a woman that made money at the beach by attaching balloons filled with margharita mix over her breasts. And charging party-goers (probably mostly male) for the chance to drink out of them. Ridiculous and asinine example, but I bet she started off with no more than a hundred dollars in capital. Which means that entrepreneurship, and ingenuity are what's most important. Capital will follow.
      • juliangregorian 12y ago
        Do you libertarians even listen to yourselves? The amount of disease that would spread... "hustling sketchy shit" is not a sustainable model of entrepreneurship.
        • mikerichards 12y ago
          Do you communists even listen to yourselves? He never said he was a libertarian. And where the hell do you get this "hustling sketchy shit" from? Do us a favor and reply to the comment, not whatever your mind twisted it into.
          • juliangregorian 12y ago
            Butthurt libertarian detected. Sexual arousal at thought of drinking from bacteria-laden water balloons probable.
            • dang 12y ago
              > Butthurt libertarian detected This violates the HN guidelines and I'm afraid some of your other comments have as well. Please re-read the site rules and try harder to follow them: https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newswelcome.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newswelcome.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsfaq.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsfaq.html
          • dang 12y ago
            > Do you communists even listen to yourselves? > And where the hell do you get this > Do us a favor > whatever your mind twisted it into All of this violates the HN guidelines. Please re-read the site rules and try harder to follow them: https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newswelcome.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newswelcome.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsfaq.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsfaq.html
        • refurb 12y ago
          Your comment (and others) are not adding anything to the discussion. It's fine if you disagree, just do it in a civil manner.
          • juliangregorian 12y ago
            And your mother was a hamster and your father smelt of elderberries. It's fine if you get all judgey, just have a real argument.
        • zo1 12y ago
          I'm not a libertarian, I'm an anarcho-capitalist, thanks. And I'm all ears if you have some valid, debate inducing criticism. Though, I'd appreciate it if you kept it civil, as others have already asked you.
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• falcolas 12y ago
  To quote a TV personality: "How were you able to start this with only $20,000?" The restaurant business is particularly hard to break into: you need to rent the space, purchase all of the equipment (each piece of industrial kitchen equipment can run from the single to double digit thousands), furnish the interior, get certified, hire employees and stock perishables (including dishes), all before you can even serve one customer.