What does everyone here do for a career?
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From: Corpus Christi, TX
Originally Posted by scramblerider5
I'm still trying to find a job I had just got done with college
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Originally Posted by CCTking
Corpus is known as "The sparkling city by the sea" so it fits. The water is different but same concept. Just gotta do a lil research
I always called it the "smelly city by the mud"
A Man Just Needs Some....
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From: Louisiana
Originally Posted by 08GTCandyApple
Ohana is fantastic. We liked it so much we went back a second time while we were there. I thought the food was better there than at the Luau at the Polynesian. I recommend it to everyone I know when they go for vacation if they have never been
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From: Bristol, TN
Granted the examples in the article were outliers (IIRC one couple with some sort of fusion food did over 2 million dollars worth of sales after the first year).
Anyways, the two best features were owning your kitchen and being able to move it were your customers as well as much lower utility costs. Also if you decide not to stick with it you can unload your business all in one shot (provided you dont want to part it out).
More importantly make sure you've got the business side under control, my brother is a fantastic short order cook, and despite what he claimed is perhaps one of the worst business guys I know. He had a decent gig, not the best location but was absolutely horrible at managing the thing. He blew through over a 100,000 grand in start-up money that my dad had loaned him plus all the family & friend sweat equity and in six months folded the business and just walked a long way away.
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From: Just outside the middle of nowhere
Also CC dont just consider a static location. A roach... err mobile kitchen might not be a bad way to go. I read an article a few months back and the idea was sound.
Granted the examples in the article were outliers (IIRC one couple with some sort of fusion food did over 2 million dollars worth of sales after the first year).
Anyways, the two best features were owning your kitchen and being able to move it were your customers as well as much lower utility costs. Also if you decide not to stick with it you can unload your business all in one shot (provided you dont want to part it out).
More importantly make sure you've got the business side under control, my brother is a fantastic short order cook, and despite what he claimed is perhaps one of the worst business guys I know. He had a decent gig, not the best location but was absolutely horrible at managing the thing. He blew through over a 100,000 grand in start-up money that my dad had loaned him plus all the family & friend sweat equity and in six months folded the business and just walked a long way away.
Granted the examples in the article were outliers (IIRC one couple with some sort of fusion food did over 2 million dollars worth of sales after the first year).
Anyways, the two best features were owning your kitchen and being able to move it were your customers as well as much lower utility costs. Also if you decide not to stick with it you can unload your business all in one shot (provided you dont want to part it out).
More importantly make sure you've got the business side under control, my brother is a fantastic short order cook, and despite what he claimed is perhaps one of the worst business guys I know. He had a decent gig, not the best location but was absolutely horrible at managing the thing. He blew through over a 100,000 grand in start-up money that my dad had loaned him plus all the family & friend sweat equity and in six months folded the business and just walked a long way away.
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Originally Posted by Rather B.Blown
Upscale/gourmet food trucks are a hot thing right now, been seeing a lot of that going on the last couple years.
We've got BBQ ones, Cajun, and a seafood one here. Never tried any except the BBQ. They have the pits on a trailer behind the truck. It's weird seeing a smoking BBQ put drive through town. Lol
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From: Frisco, TX
I was in IT for 37 years from before they called it IT, back in the days when we had the cards with the rectangular holes in them. I've been retired since late '99, but I still do a little independent consulting.
