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Message: <blockquote data-quote="JaccoNamori" data-source="post: 2150488" data-attributes="member: 30010">Hey all... This is kind of a repost, but I was wondering what you all thought of it, so I figured I would slap it up on a few of the new boards Ive started hanging out on. Hope you dont mind <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />So, I was talking with a friend earlier and I had a great idea! Of course, I had best include a bit of background first or some of you will be going "Buh?"Some of you might now about how I plan to open my own gaming store. The great big plan, including everything from demo nights, to free painting classes for those with miniatures, a huge gaming area with snacks delivered right to your table (including pizza, pastries, cappuccino, and even lots of other goodies like pocky, yum!), and even a side room with a projector hooked up to a DvD player for showing movies and anime and the like.Some might even know about all the things Im going to sell. Not just gaming things like the best in games, dice, miniatures, and the like, but books, movies, anime, and gadgets. A regular Nerdtopia, really <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />On the other hand not all of you know that, given how much I have in the way of starting capital and what I can get my hands on, Im going to have to start small and build my way up. So instead of the great big uber cool store (Yay!) Im going to have to start something a bit more small and, alas, practical. Without the movie room, with only a tiny lounge type area, no snacks delivered to you, and with a lot less in the way of cool extras for a good two and a half years. (Boo! <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f641.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":(" title="Frown    :("  data-smilie="3"data-shortname=":(" />)I was thinking all this, and I mentioned it to my friend who happens to be into the entire business / financial thing too. We got to chatting about different ways to get the store started a little faster, going over my plans, and possibly even finding a way around the two of and a half extra years of development that would get me turning that much bigger of a profit that much faster."Why don't you try to talk someone into partnering up with you?" said my friend "It sounds like you have a really great idea, and what I’ve seen of your numbers its a pretty solid investment.""The problem." I said "Is that most of my friends are college students. Whenever I get a chance to talk to one of them about the store they say 'Sounds like you really know what you are talking about. Its too bad I don’t have any money, sounds like it's going to be great!'""You know." Said my friend "I saw this news article about a Nascar driver who was having trouble finding corporate sponsors. So he got a lot of people to give him $20. They all got a small logo on the car, and they got to support something they loved."Naturally, I stopped and stared for a moment."What?" He said"You are either brilliant." I said "Or you are off your meds again.""Probably off your meds..." I muttered under my breath, but it was too late. The idea had taken root in my brain.So what I was wondering was this... Would it be too outlandish to offer a 0.02% share in a gaming store for $20? Especially if something extra was thrown in, like a certificate suitable for framing saying that they own part of a gaming store, or, say... a cookie? <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f600.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":D" title="Big grin    :D"  data-smilie="8"data-shortname=":D" />I would need to get 100 people for it to be worth the trouble, but I’ve had at least that many say they would invest if they had the money. So, how about it? Good idea? Bad idea? Really want that cookie? <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink    ;)"  data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" />Im just looking for opinions at the moment, really... But if nothing else the idea of launching myself at huge amounts of people and trying to talk them into buying something is giving me the shivers in a very very good way. What can I say, If there’s one thing I take pride in its that Im a born salesman <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f600.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":D" title="Big grin    :D"  data-smilie="8"data-shortname=":D" /></blockquote>

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