If you could own and operate your own business....

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  • missyjane824
    missyjane824 Posts: 1,199 Member
    I'd love to open a restaurant
  • geebusuk
    geebusuk Posts: 3,348 Member
    Well, I do have an automotive parts business. Not as great as I hoped.

    I do fancy opening a personal training studio (maybe with the option of a 'cross fit box' style thing - I've got half the equipment and it'd be nice to be able to justify buying more and actually making money out of it.)

    I had looked at buying a gym before I went into the automotive parts - suspect it'd have ended up better if I had, but such is life.
  • theCarlton
    theCarlton Posts: 1,344 Member
    Bed & Breakfast in Key West
  • Tw1zzler
    Tw1zzler Posts: 583
    A very cool toy store - or a local artist gift shop/gallery. There is a toy store near my sister that I HAVE to go to each and every time I visit her. Love that place.
  • lizlkbg
    lizlkbg Posts: 566
    A bar.

    One where I could officiate weddings/ funerals (I'm a Universal Life minister).
  • M______
    M______ Posts: 288 Member
    I have a home improvements company at the mo but in the future I'd like to have a musical instrument shop. Fully stocked with a huuuge showroom, I'd also like to teach piano and guitar in the future.
  • Timshel_
    Timshel_ Posts: 22,834 Member
    Trendy brewry and bistro.
  • Fish_Fuzz
    Fish_Fuzz Posts: 90 Member
    I would open an Inconvienience store. The gas pump hoses would be so short that your car would have to get really close to the pump and you'd have to get out of the passenger side door. The store would be consistant with outdoor temps to keep people from loitering, and youd have to pay with two different national forms of money. (I.E. U.S Dollar, mexican peso, or Canadian dollar, and Indian Rupee)
  • donthegeek
    donthegeek Posts: 58 Member
    A computer store with a gaming lounge for the kids to hang out in after school.

    I used to have my own software/consulting firm but my partner turned out to be incredibly shady and took off with the money. <cue sad face>
  • mitsi94
    mitsi94 Posts: 64
    I have been dreaming of opening a small restaurant with a drive thru window, that caters to healthy food. I would have options for low carb, low sugar, high protein, gluten-free, low salt, weight watchers, etc, etc. So whatever someone's dietary restrictions were, we would have something to suit them. I have found so many good recipes since I have been trying to eat healthier that I would love to share! I have been thinking if people could just get something healthy that they could eat in their car, instead of hitting the typical fast food places, it could be a popular place!

    Now, if I actually knew anything about running a restaurant, I might be able to make a go of it!
  • JessikaBlayne
    JessikaBlayne Posts: 1,457
    Photography
  • adancer59
    adancer59 Posts: 302 Member
    A dance studio!
  • HerBravado
    HerBravado Posts: 392 Member
    An art gallery. <3
  • jenilla1
    jenilla1 Posts: 11,118 Member
    I already do. I own and operate and ice cream truck and it's the happiest job ever.

    The one that drives through my neighborhood several times a day is kind of a beat up old van with smoke coming out of the tailpipe. It plays "La Cucaracha" and other wierdly inappropriate songs. It can be the middle of August and this dude is driving by playing Christmas songs or depressing stuff like "Send in the Clowns." It drives me nuts. :laugh:
  • belle_of_the_bar
    belle_of_the_bar Posts: 474 Member
    I already do. I own and operate and ice cream truck and it's the happiest job ever.

    The one that drives through my neighborhood several times a day is kind of a beat up old van with smoke coming out of the tailpipe. It plays "La Cucaracha" and other wierdly inappropriate songs. It can be the middle of August and this dude is driving by playing Christmas songs or depressing stuff like "Send in the Clowns." It drives me nuts. :laugh:

    Dude that's creepy. I swear mine is legit and clean and while I do have la cucaracha, I don't play it much. : )
  • jus_in_bello
    jus_in_bello Posts: 326 Member
    A bakery, a gluten free bakery. I'd have a little cafe area with some book shelves that would have a swap system, leave a book- take a book (No Twilight, Dan Brown, or E. L. James, seriously 50 Shades of Sh*tty writing will be banned from the building), and I'd like to have a big comfy chairs for knit nights, book clubs, fangirl meet ups, etc. *sigh*
  • Only1Mickee
    Only1Mickee Posts: 415 Member
    Cake store
  • itsjustdawn
    itsjustdawn Posts: 1,073 Member
    Cupcake and coffee shoppe. Not necessarily healthy but I wouldn't be promoting stuffing oneself with cupcakes either. But the occasional treat. I have my own little home cupcake business now and the more I do this, the more I wish I could open my own place.
  • KristinLeAnn252
    KristinLeAnn252 Posts: 136 Member
    I already own two businesses - a maternity/newborn/wedding photography business and also a web and graphic design business :) But in the future I would also love to own a coffee shop, a gym, a clothing store, a photography gallery, and a spa :) Plus, I'd love to get an actual store front for my two businesses now. But I'm working on that ;)
  • teagirlmedium
    teagirlmedium Posts: 679 Member
    A shop I live above and sell my hand made items. I would also like to sell items to people so that they can make their own stuff. It would be like a hobby store.
  • super_J73
    super_J73 Posts: 257 Member
    I work at a pet store that adopts out kittens/cats. I would love to own it.
  • Einahhh
    Einahhh Posts: 139
    I operate my own piano teaching business :)
  • seanezekiel
    seanezekiel Posts: 228 Member
    I already do! Its a comic/gaming store. nerd heaven.
  • jillyk89
    jillyk89 Posts: 240 Member
    A surf shop down on the beach!
  • CheriLMT
    CheriLMT Posts: 220 Member
    I would love to own a spa...they are so relaxing and people are so happy there!