@ramonoropeza
I would like to start a fundraising campaign and start my first bakery business in my own home. I still don't estimate how much I really need, but the goal is not for me to start my first business. The goal is to change my life and I am sure that many people can feel identified with my fighting spirit and not give up. However, I cannot find the correct way to carry out this campaign, the reason is because I would like everyone who supports me to receive something back beyond the satisfaction of having initiated a great change in the life of another human being ... Someone Do you have any idea? Thankful for all your opinions.
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I assume you can bake and ask around on how many customers you can count, at least need to make it worth the effort? Do you need equipment? Will people pick up or do you deliver at home (times of corona). Baking bread is easy, a kid can do it, what more will you offer? You need to make a budget first. Oven, gas, etc... What will you bake when and how many of it fit in the oven? The more the better. How will you lay hands on the ingredients, the basics needed (flour, salt, sugar)? Without a business plan and budget, you can not start anything.
Thanks for comment. The idea is to bake 400 to 500 loaves a week at first. A small but reasonable amount. If I definitely need machinery, however, only the essentials and the rest would be bought with the profits from the business. Specifically I need a small bakery oven and a kitchen assistant to knead. Also, trays about 6 or 8 to start. I see that I am not far from making a good proposal. Thank you very much for all your advice. I don't think baking bread is that easy when you need to bake in large quantities. It is a complicated job and in which you are exposed to high temperatures for hours. Here you can see several of the articles that I offered from my small apartment. https://read.cash/@ramonoropeza/exclusive-pictures-of-my-bakery-in-readcash-70d74c0c
I know how to is to bale and how it is to run a business. This is not about investing time in baking, you need time to clean up very well, wash your clothes, do the administration, buying and selling. That kitchen assistant is a person or a machine? How small is the small bakery oven you have in mind? If you ask me you need at least two and one assistant is not enough. What will you do if the power is shut off? Can you store enough ingredients. Will guarantee be given on the oven/tools you buy? I left you a comment at your other post. Good luck with writing your budget and business plan.
Okay, I understand what you want to tell me. To begin, I must clarify that it is (or will be) a small business from my home with ambitions to grow, which initially serves my neighbors. At this moment I am not working because I do not have an oven (And I do not have other more relevant things such as a kneader (or kitchen assistant). Why do I speak only of the oven? Because all the other processes I would do with my hands: kneading, forming , laminated ... I also manage sales, because they are my neighbors, so I make them through WhatsApp messages and I will take them to your house. I would not have invoices or anything because it is only a small business from my home, no There is no registration or anything. If I keep a small accounting recording everything: sales and customers, inventory purchases. Here it is not possible to acquire a credit due to the economic crisis and the Venezuelan government policies, but I already had my real bakery. In short, the idea is to obtain the necessary capital for me to be able to start a small sale of bread from my house for my neighbors. And from here, with a lot of work, patience and persistence, at the same time, to form a true bakery while I can give a better life to my mother and family.
I would write up a detailed proposal. How much money you’re looking to raise and what the money is going to go towards. Then you’ll have to decide how much of your business you’re willing to split with your investors. Start small and see how it goes.
It is the most difficult thing for me to know if I should pay off or sell a product to raise funds (it is also a possibility). However, being a small business, perhaps you can do it as a loan and using SLP tokens as a guarantee of payment. It's possible. But I am not convinced. As for the detailed proposal, I am already working on it.
it is good to see you are still fighting for your dream
Gracias por tu apoyo mi amigo! Saludos