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How to Get Started is an excerpt from
Burgess Enterprises comprehensive instruction manual,
Sidewalks
to Skywalks, Landing A Location for your Espresso Cart. Have fun learning the first
steps in starting your
espresso business.
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Your Checklist for Success |
Use this checklist to mark your progress toward finding a winning
location. Determine the type of site you want and can
effectively handle (i.e., indoor, outdoor, seven days per week, five
days per week, mostly mornings, all day, etc.).
•Pick no less than 5 possible locations
•Evaluate these five possibilities using the site evaluation worksheet
•Evaluate the areas surrounding these five possibilities
•Contact the Health Department representative who can get you the
information you need to determine your commissary needs
•Contact the City Administration (if you hope to locate on city
property) to determine the steps you will have to take for approval
•Make contact with the landlords of your two favorite choices
•Get an appointment to present your idea to the landlords
•Study the materials provided so you can answer questions
•Practice what you will say and how you will answer questions with a
friend
•Prepare a proposal and material to leave with them
•Follow-up, follow-up, follow-up!
•Pursue Health Department approval for your business. If they
need more detailed specifications for equipment, contact Burgess
Enterprises so that we may get that information to them.
•Get the lease signed! (congratulations!)
•Order your cart and equipment
•Make sure all contracted work is being done on time, electrical wiring
(contact Burgess if there are any questions), commissary
modifications, etc.,
•Finalize with the Health Department; file the applications needed
•Contact the city for business application and other necessary
materials; complete the required paperwork
•Apply for all licenses and permits; meet with your accountant to
set up your bookkeeping
•Prepare site for cart delivery
•Choose vendors for needed supplies and establish accounts with them
•Shop for supplies and one-time purchases (refer to suggested inventory
list in Sample Tools section)
•Make appointment for final Health Department inspection (when cart
delivery date is confirmed)
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