Yesterday (Thursday) I attended another SCORE seminar. This one was the “Business Plan Workshop”. Interesting, but not a lot of new information as I’ve been researching business plans for what seems like forever now. One template that I was already using is nearly identical to the sample the instructor used. Still there was plenty to [...]
Things are moving forward…albeit a bit slowly. But, they are moving forward!
Our letter of intent was accepted (yea!) and the lease is currently being drafted. Soon we’ll receive a copy to review, correct, change, etc which we’ll then submit back to the landlord’s agent. I imagine there’ll be a bit of back and forth as [...]
My head is spinning. In a good way!
I received Dave Wallace’s excellent Specialty Retailer’s Handbook this week. Dave own’s six stores (The Fantasy Shop) in the St. Louis, MO and surrounding area and has been in business for over 20 years. His knowledge and experience are vast and he was kind enough to put it [...]
Just a very brief update today. We’ve filed our “Letter of Intent” today. Now we wait until the property owners review it, agree or disagree to our terms and then the lawyers get it to prepare the lease. Very exciting!
Stay tuned!
