Wednesday, November 01, 2006

~ mission: impossible ~

its really the above or i think thts how this is goin to be. well its spilt in two ways. im not expert in any, but i do know a thing or two about wht i wanna put. the idea is to make $$$ and have fun, dont say u can have only one of them. how my equations work is, work = $$$ = increase in fun option. but then again, how much of work is it goin to take to make $$$ and will it affect the current fun options? well all things set aside, im determined in making this happen but not sure how.

option1: Coffee house cum Club
daytime it would be a coffee house. not just a coffee house with your regular chill down and laugh n some music. this will be medium for showcasing artwork(no matter wht the medium) of those need of wall space or floorspace or hang up.. just about anything. apart from piped sound, jukebox to do a lil shake shake or kick back n listen to somethin soft of your choice. wifi for those wanna break those minycomposed keyboard in ur lappie. couple of pcs for quick check on mails or blog about the place. magazines on travel, living, fashion & IT, Daily news paper for some of the common. a pool table is must n only one, sign up for a game style, its goin to be a regular 9footer, blue ground and some heavy cues(thts how i like it) or u can bring your cues. floor spacing is fixed(no move around furniture), elevated space for DJ/band(in house & guest DJ's, bands can use the stage to do gig anytime), upstair seating for VIP or day time open to everyone, bar and coffee serving are wud be the same, liquor is only for the club or otherwise display. centeric dance floor(fibre glass flooring), leather couches(goin to be expensive), modern club music with mostly hiphop, r&B being the main, rest is wht goes on the flow. it would be a 20hr hotspot from 10 in the mornin to 6 the following morning. coffee house would be 10 in the mornin to 8 in the night and 8.30 turn it to pub probably band playin or even chill out lounge for with jukebox music, till 12/1/2 depending on the crowd( this is for the weekdays) weekends(friday, sat nigh) coffee house wud be from from 4 - 6 in the morin(sat n sun mornin) and then the normal coffee house 10 - 11, club wud get happenin from 11 - 4/5. sunday nigh usual pub/lounge style. Special nights would be themed. private party servings as well. cover charged not overly priced, F&B to be managed at moderate level for clubs . F&B for coffee house offering most the market standard or customer request. i dont know if you can call this a mini plan or even of that sort. this is just a thought which needs a lot of financial plannin and marketing skills with those in the field of f&b n entertainment. sh*t i shud be a consultant, then i can get this all done, ppl wud buy it, i cant do this on my own.. !!?!?!?!

option2: design production house
this would alot of skilled creative people on different aspects of design. im talking about mainly clothing(branded under the house name or private labels and marketed outside), fashion accessories, graphic(ad for print, corporate or non profit). doing this would be most viable start up option. Clothing, fashion and graphic to be all intrigated into one block of business as it design compliments clothing and fashion and likely around each other. Clothing to be done on individuals design's, team tags, more over personalised clothing under the house brand or as premium nonbranded clothing, same goes for accessories. Accessories would be designed and produced according to requirement. im looking for the newest trendiest design to be punched out. doesnt matter if its sultry or over covered its meant to match the personality and taste of the client. so anything goes by. this would be foundation of business. since there is not alot of sme with binding of the three, hope to catch all of them together. its meant to be base plan thats al. maybe break it down later. No duplicates of other branded accessories or clothin, entirely should be of the house/personalised. Graphic design to be for multi platform serving just about any print/web/interactive medim. would be solely for support for the clothing and accessories designin and marketing tools (ad's n other).

im kinda reluctant to publish this as im writing. it happens to be dreams of mine, can shatter can never come true or might see rich guy do this. but as for all i'd like give this a try, this is somethin i havent seen in sl. its going to be a huge success if i can even get the finance for this kinda project. the second mission is the most viable, as most of us are equipped with the adequate pc power/skills, it would just need about for coming to together with the resouces. dont know how venture capital works in sl. that was the other option i was looking at, but i clearly dont have the entire experience. i've just got the creativity for such a project and vision to see it happen.

so with fingers crossed and hopes on high. choose the mission which thrills you..

this wouldnt self destruct so don wory you can sit on the page n ponder on that n leave you words to be marked.

13 comments:

Priyantha Bandara said...

First of all I must say that both of these ideas are good and energetic. Both of them can jump start with a quite a lot of budget but will cater different kind of audiences. The first idea needs lots of pretty face and posh front line but the other one needs more talent and machine power. So there is very little similarity in between the two. How ever I believe the second one is easier to start up but will take some time to attract customers and gain confidence. The fist one on the other hand can have a boost start but might become a usual hot spot after some time.

So it’s up to you to decide which one should go first. The ultimate target should be the both as far as I see it. And when u need help you can count on me.

Indyana said...

Dream on, child! And don't worry about dreaming....big things happen and start from them.Both your plans sound really good.Hard to choose one.But, be realistic in getting around this. My eldest always talks big abt future plans in life, and sometimes I pull him back down to earth, but also realise that the burning desire to succeed must not be quenched but should be channelised realistically, through diligent work....so keep to it!

~ lo$t $oul ~ said...

FM: i have the different sides of me, one the young engertic 24/7 party hard, play hard kinda personality, the other being making a foundation for the future of me and other likes. non of my father's(my father n my uncle) wre business magnets...but they survived untill shutting down 6feet below. they had family n all. but there was nothing to their to name, i wanna build somethin i which i can leave for my son/daughter or anyone with the passion n drive for reachin heights. thats wht i ultimately seek in this. in my time to create that would stand out being always the rebel im.

Indi: good to have you back, hmm im still a lil one in the open world, but i think i've aged enough to take up real challenges life has to kick in nutsac with!! being realistic of getting around this, thts why im looking for professional and dream alikes.. so any help would be much appreciated. whts in my power is to start off with the second option... and then kick into entertainment. its about survival, thats the nature in anything...

Lady divine said...

both are great ideas Lost soul....but first of all find out what has more demand and potential here... there's so much you need to do to evaluate the two options and see what's best to do here in SL..The first one would cater to a limited crowd of people. The second one would require a lot of talent and knowlwedge which i don't think is a problem to find here in a IT generated world!

I too think there would be more demand for the 2nd one and you need to start with the more profitable sectors first like clothing and then eventually move into others coz core activies need a lot of focus to settle before you get into other..if u start everything at once, there would be lack of focus and things wouldn't look that good as it would be one big mess..... i can go on and on talking about this and im really interested in your ideas!:)

~ lo$t $oul ~ said...

LD: i do understand the gravity of things thats about to shape up. Well the lack of personalisation in terms of fashion/accessories is not much in colombo. i would be just serving uptight clientele, whos got fashion sense and wants to add thier personal touch to wht they wear. i hate huntin for jeans and im not goin to pay 5g for just a pair of denim which im goin molest, torment and rape day in day not(ok not literally, thts wht happens to any guys jeans :D) so u know we should be able to make anythin. i hardly see anythin with a microscopic logo, thts how i want to be, i don wannabe walk around AD/promoter of some brand which i bust ma pocket for...?!?!? this is goin to revolution of brands... marketed with the right image of clothin nonbrander. im goin to make NON BRANDED the next big thing, thts ma vision.. what you say, is it feasible to market in col or is it too brand/fake conscious?? or are there ppl who like my idea of stlyin??

Lady divine said...

hmmmm....ur idea will go but with a limited crowd of people. u see, the world is about branding now. it's big brands and well known brand that people go for...coz that's what adds to a lifestyle of a person as well as living standards.
we need to see which would work out best and what majority demands for. if u cater to a big brand and have smaller brands or non- brands as well on a side level, that would be better coz when ur catering to good brands, you need to adhere to product specifications to meet expected quality levels. once this has been established, then u can have smaller ones with brands or small brands and the perception that people will have is 'high quality' know what i mean?

people are not just price consious, but brand and quality consious as well.
eg: Kia and Hyundai cars are manufctured by the same company rite? Kia to higher end and Hyundai to the lower end (some ranges). but without fear Hyundai is marketed well and trusted. and the reason is obvious. i knw we're not talking about such large scale but i'm just tryin to put s point across to you....

so what do u think?

~ lo$t $oul ~ said...

well my intention is to do CREATE YOUR OWN BRAND style of clothing. i know its rare and few are in that line of taste. but BRANDS wre not born, they wre built. isn't thats how you wre taught in business school. sorry i totally suck at marketing perspective. im not talking about a full on 100% profit making entity, it would be for the art n designin. they wy i design in my free time is so differnt to wht col has at the moment, wht im sayin is bring in a few of like minds and professionals, strategize a business model, mine is sketch of how i want to run a company. I'm talking about creating brands at the same doing more of personalised. its true n fairly a small percentage would like that, but we need to make the awareness and market it with the right talk n walk of how the company functions. how many times have you walked away from a blouse/skirt/wht ever for tht matter for a small piece of article on that apparel that you didnt like. you could go with in-house productin for base design and then work on any style or module/print/wtever you want on that. tailoring and spoiling your fashion taste... ;-)

Priyantha Bandara said...

Well u have thought a lot of this stuff dude. And that how you should be doing it. Practicle problems will come up for sure but once u lay hand on it, its no return. I think u will need lot of help from Thaksh in this case.

Mr. Evil said...

Ado koheda giye??!?!? Your silence is deafening !!

Indyana said...

Where are you? Everything o.k?

Thackshila said...

LS... You're missing for a week now...

Priyantha Bandara said...

Yeeeep. Wonder whats going on!

~ lo$t $oul ~ said...

Evil: just saw ur post of going away, i was actually banned from using the net and yet im back again with the sneaking acc :D

Indya: i've been around, never able to get online would you believe that. well it happened.. everythin is ok for now i think so.. heheh thanks for the lookout

Thaks: yes mate. they managed to shackle the lion not for long though

FM: im back, what can i say...

ICHE: thanks.. figuring out the best is the hard part.

all: i didnt know so many ppl had interest in my scribbling, it feels great... ok im not goin to be too mushy now :D