Preparation should be made before opening a coffee shop _ experience sharing of opening a coffee shop

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A few years ago, I often received "Xiong Da, I want to open a coffee shop." In the past few years, I have seldom walked around in cafes, and while my popularity has declined, there have also been fewer such questions.

Usually, when I receive this kind of question, I have a high chance of calling back directly, when I know that the other person has never had relevant experience, simply out of "boredom with my current job and longing for a cafe." But usually I don't say directly, "you don't fit. Do you want to think about it again?" "such a response, to be honest, will only be annoying and make the other person think that you are targeting him.

People are very strange creatures, and they usually change paths occasionally when they encounter difficulties, but when we have a psychological mentality of "that's what I want", when we encounter difficulties, you only want to break through, even if objectively speaking, it's a kind of bad advice, but you don't necessarily listen to it. After he feels that he has been targeted or looked down upon, the emotion of wanting to take a breath is easy to make people go in a strange direction.

I am well aware of this state of mind, because I desperately wanted to leave my job at that time, so I quit handsome and went to open a cafe. So, I usually go one step further and say, "well... Would you like to try to find a part-time job in a cafe? "usually, people with no relevant experience are less likely to want to open a coffee shop after they have tried a part-time job, XD.

Because they come into contact with the most practical side of the cafe: boring.

Opening a coffee shop is a boring job, because the "interesting" part of a coffee shop belongs to the guests. How interesting a cafe is, the staff in it have to bear the relatively "boring" part.

Most people find cafes interesting because you are not the one who cleans up, organizes inventory, brews coffee, makes desserts and deals with problem customers every day. The people in the store help you deal with these things. When you walk into the store, all you have to do is to "enjoy" the music, coffee, space and chat with people here.

When you change your position from a guest to a boss, you are being pulled from the world you originally enjoyed to the world of giving. Not everyone can adjust this change.

In addition, every industry has their hard work, your original work may be hard, so is the coffee industry. If you just want to change your environment out of dissatisfaction with your original situation, I would advise you to find a better salary in the same industry, otherwise rashly changing your job will only add to your own trouble, unless your family property cannot be defeated. Otherwise, don't do such a thing casually.

Although everyone says that the industry is full, convenience stores, chains and ordinary small stores are killing each other like this, which is already the Red Sea in the Red Sea. But I still think this is an industry that can be invested in. It may be difficult to make a lot of money, but it is enough for a person or a small family to settle down.

The premise is that you can stand the boring part of the cafe, practice your basic skills first, at least find a coffee shop with mature technology and correct mentality, extend it to three or five years, and at least be promoted to the management class if possible. Seriously practice the basic skills of the store, really know the difficulties encountered in the operation of the coffee shop, but also know how to deal with it, and constantly modify the prototype imagined in the original mind until it can be put into practice.

One of the seniors I know once said, "if you can't help your boss make money, how can you be sure that you will make money by opening a store?" "this society is very realistic and won't cut you some slack just because you own a coffee shop.

Although making coffee is not a big deal, there are a lot of people who jump in blindly and leave in a mess. If you do not have any relevant experience, such as across the mountain, at least be prepared before jumping into the pit, I think it is a more prudent approach.

If you are already in it and enjoy it, then I have nothing to say!

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