Off topic

[TBurst Std]

AA can we create an Off Topic channel?

Off topic :I’m about ready to acquire
25% ownership in a business I’ve been iinvolved with for a decade plus. We
Will need to consider a total re launch.

 

[mayfly]

Hey! What's the business?

 

[teleme01]

Hopefully in the guitar industry

 

[Rick]

I think you can start a "conversation " and invite people in on it. Though I've done one person at a time. Use the email icon and see what happens. Always fun to start something new. If you can try to limit your losses to your contributions.

 

[Spud]

I too have a business opportunity. This guy on the street was trying to recruit me to do some "slangin'" and "bangin'" or something, I wasn't really paying attention, but seemed very lucrative. He said it wasn't just a job, it is an adventure.

 

[TBurst Std]

It’s now what we would consider a social media company. And that may be the direction we take it to. Started off as a website catered to men with content and direct connections to various businesses we partnered with. Sort of a concierge business.

 

[TBurst Std]

Issued cards with membership dues and while it offered professional connections, it also would auto remind, order, deliver stuff. Like on your anniversary or her BDay

 

[TBurst Std]

The business started in 2007. I didn’t have the coin to invest at that point, but I was a non invested partner and created content for them as well as consulted. It’s been dormant for over a decade (a shame).

Anyways currently the ownership is 50/50 between my best friend and a friend. The friend has always been the stumbling block to do what we wanted. Finally got him to offer a buyout price. My best friend and I will split it, and I will own 25%.

 

[TBurst Std]

 

[TBurst Std]

Hopefully in the guitar industry

I already have a side gig consulting a music store. They won NAMM Dealer of the Year this year

 

[TBurst Std]

NAMM 2024 Dealer of the Year Feels Duty to ‘Take Care of the Musicians of Our Community’ | NAMM.org

On the banks of the Ohio River sits Jeffersonville, Indiana, the home of Maxwell’s House of Music. Owner Mark Maxwell has been running a music retail store since he was a young boy. When his father finished up a gig in the late 60s as a drummer in a band on The Dick Clark Caravan of Stars, he...

www.namm.org

 

[TBurst Std]

Mark was the first friend I made when I moved to Jeff (Jeffersonville) back in 2021. Have been consulting them on inventory control, maximizing ROI, somewhat external ventures (example: Music Lab) and other items. Been doing so for about 2 years.

I was quite glad that Mark won the award. When I went in to congratulate him, I was humbled when he said I was part of the reason he was able to get it.

 

[TBurst Std]

If I get an influx of cash that I can capitalize it, I’ll open up a sister shop in the greater Elizabethtown KY area as that’s where I’m looking to build a house.

 

[TBurst Std]

And Mark at Maxwell’s is not only the owner, but a very solid guitarist and even better singer. Fronts the main local band.

 

[TBurst Std]

An oddity. One of the guitarists (stage right) is the husband of my wife’s good friend for decades , even before my wife and I met. Odd how it all comes together.

 

[Spud]

Playing devil's advocate here, be sure of your competition, today's relevance, and how much you value this friendship. Could lead to back slappin good times or degenerate into infighting.

 

[TBurst Std]

Thank you for that. Something I always consider. I’d hate to lose a friesndship over a business venture. The Spud is wise!

 

[Spud]

Thank you for that. Something I always consider. I’d hate to lose a friesndship over a business venture. The Spud is wise!

very occasionally

 

[teleme01]

Thats a hell of a band

 

[TBurst Std]

I sit in with them at times. Thank you.