I had an idea to start a new type of library coffee shop. The library has hyper limited selection, similar to the Amazon bookstore. Only great books, remove the noise. The library runs the perimeter of the shop. The middle is dedicated to coffee. The coffee has embeded analytics and statistics. How many cups of each have been ordered today? Stats are displayed as well as most favorited beverages. Seating is picnic style so you are forced to make friends. Business model is like a Costco membership to keep out the trouble makers. How terrible of an idea is this?
Iโd go if itโs doubled as a plant shop. In fact Iโve always fantasized about having a coffee shop thatโs also a mini nursery. Two of my favorite things in the world!
Everyone likes succulents, I just don't find they have the retention I'd require for such low margins
I noticed a lot of people love other indoor plants now, like pilea, monstera, pothos, etc. put them in little cute pots and all the girls will buy them.
So you want to capture a market of people who are usually associated with the words anti social and force them to socialize with other people.
I want to argue but these are pretty valid points
Not true. I go to Starbucks to work almost everyday. I see these regulars who are older retired men whoโd go and converse with other people. I was surprised to see quite a few of them.
I think there is a need for something between a coworking space and Starbucks and it has the potential to be successful; it all comes down to can you price memberships at a point where you profit and still are attractive to enough people.
All I want is the ability to reserve a place to sit before I travel there.
I strongly stand against this policy, due to a civil engineering professor I had who hated reserved parking. It's complex to explain, but basically it comes down to ebb and flow, almost fluid dynamics. You only need parking for 80% of an apartment building, due to people always coming and going.
I get that, I guess I'd just like to reserve a place to sit ~30 minutes in advance so I don't show up and there are no good spots left and I have to leave.
Dude, why would you let an idea out into blind, let alone into ether?
Ideas aren't worth much. Implementation is King
Serve beer rather than coffee. No books. 72โ TVs too. Serve wings. . . So yeah make it a sports bar.
Bar that opens early, is a craft coffee shop in the morning, craft beer bar in the afternoon and evening, and also has coffee-alcohol combinations for in between... Irish coffee, coffee stouts, etc. Call it Coffee Bar. Not sure if the games normally start at the right time, but youโd pull business from pubs that stay open odd hours to show soccer games in other parts of the world and then do American sports at night.
This already exists in Seattle (The Elliott Bay Book Company) without your fancy analytics. Granted it is more library than coffee shop.
Hard to get readers to pay to use a private library when they could just buy the books on kindle for $8. Regular libraries carry recent bestsellers, it's just they're checked out for the next 6 months. I always thought casual readers liked buying hardcover books to build up their ego collections.
our public library here has a coffee shop inside it. i doubt its profitable. another nearby library has a full cafe attached but not actually inside the library itself. then thereโs printers inc. in downtown MV. coffee upstairs bookstore downstairs. they just closed last year
The biggest reason I shop at Costco instead of Walmart isn't the prices, it's the people. Public vs private makes all the difference in the world
Really hot!! Only thing is forcing on making friends ๐
Yeah it's polar for sure, I'm just tired of everyone staying inside and watching Netflix alone. I want people to be more neighborly and build a sense of community where I live.
You've got a good idea except forcing me to make friends. Make it social or make it about books. Dont do both