Wake up and smell the coffee! (Biz Idea)

Some time ago a young guy and gal in a large city went to many job interviews without landing a job. The reason almost always given by the job interviewer was that the guy and gal were too inexperienced. After hearing this much too often they decided to start a small business.

Here's what they did.

They went to a "war surplus" army/navy store and purchased a water tank, the type used by firefighters to fight forest fires. (Note: this was a water and not an air tank) They took their tank to a mechanical shop and had it insulated and then lined with stainless steel. They also had the nozzle shortened. After the modifications they had their tank inspected and passed by their local health department.

They then started their new business by filling their tank with fresh coffee and hitting the office district in their city. Very soon they were pulling profits (not revenues) that totaled almost $2,000. per week. With their afternoons and week-ends off and hundreds of dollars in their pockets our guy and gal decided they didn't want to work for anyone else. Today if you wanted to start a similar business you could completely bypass the water tank modification process and simply use several of those large insulated coffee dispensers so commonly seen today in cafes. Although, two people operated this business it could easily be operated as a one-person business. And overtime a "chain" of mobile cafes could be developed by the one-person business operator by establishing a brand name and franchising the concept to others.