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Sam (crazy candle person) ✦
@samantha
Looking for more advice please! The shop that I'm at offered to rent me space to do candlemaking workshops. The unfortunate thing about candlemaking is that it costs a lot to set up, so for my first workshop (the owner agreed for me to do 4 of them) I will barely break even or be at a slight loss. Should I do it anyway? I feel like I need a stronger local presence, but one of my values is money out money in (spending money should lead to X% more money). The margins are thin compared to what I'm comfortable with. I'm nervous I can't sell enough tickets too. My biases tell me it doesn't scale well but I need to increase my luck surface area..
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ted (not lasso)
@ted
no, there are lower cost (in terms of energy most of all !! and money) higher return ways to increase your local presence and visibility similar to how you partnered with people and communities on FC, i think you could find people or groups that would love to integrate candles into what they do (events, parties)
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Sam (crazy candle person) ✦
@samantha
You are right Ted. It may not be worth the upfront investment for me - and I don’t see a path to retention with these particular customers.
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