Starting Up

In the almost 6 months that I have owned United Kitchen I have interacted with at least 100 potential food entrepreneurs. Of these, about 30 completed the paperwork to be able to start working out of my shared kitchen. And of those 30, maybe 10 have become regular users of the kitchen. So what happened to those other 90 concepts? Maybe a few decided to rent at another kitchen, but for the vast majority I can only assume that they either found the paperwork too overwhelming, lost motivation, and decided against opening their business.


Now I understand, life gets in the way and sometimes the timing just isn't right. I am not judging those 90 people, I'm sure they are great people.

What I really want to focus on is those 10 people.
I'm applauding those 10 that stuck with it.
The 10 that made it work. That didn't let whatever obstacles they might have been facing stop them from following their dream.
Those 10 people are the people that I want to work with. I will do anything and everything in my power to help those 10 people.

Those cheesy motivational quotes have some truth to them -
You miss 100% of the shots you don't take.
Half of success is showing up.
People of accomplishment rarely sit back and let things happen to them, they go out and happen to things.

Half the battle is getting started - I can help you with the rest :)