Difference between revisions of "We need income"

Revision as of 15:28, 29 June 2007

1. Start for-profit "cover" business that rents out a place, but only uses a small portion of it. The rest is used for the Make Shop.
   1. Coffee shop
      • Coffee-serving robot
      • Bring/brew your own coffee in the shop.
        • Have standard coffee around for free use in case no one brings anything.
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      • Elaborate Rube Goldberg machine
      • Open 24x7
        • Caters better to our high-wakefulness customers.
   2. CoLo place
      • Rent out bandwidth/serverspace.
        • Initial server hardware
          • Proc: http://www.ewiz.com/detail.php?p=A64-6000CZ&c=fr&pid=330bef976bc8f6fd69cf3b63b5369349b21c95d8e0159cafb5c0e7168ed4b75f
          • Barebones: http://www.ewiz.com/detail.php?name=TS-B2925GV
          • Drive: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822148236
          • Memory(2x): http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231111
      • Provide services for other businesses in the area.
        • Offsite backups
        • Data recovery
   3.  ! a Coffee Shop
      • Serves caffeinated beverages other than coffee.
        • Huntsville might have enough coffee shops already.
        • Strages knows a lot about such beverages.
      • Vending machines instead of people.
        • No reason why we can't have a robot serving Jolt!
        • No one has to be there all the time.
          • ie. we don't have to pay someone.
      • Open 24x7
        • Caters better to our high-wakefulness customers.
   4. Run a fab lab
      • Options for fabrication machines
        • Reprap
          • Cheap
          • Can't do certain shapes or models
        • Stereo Lithography
          • Any shape you want
          • May be slightly more expensive
        • Three fab machines would be nice so that we can have multiple parts building at a time
        • Fab machines that are not in use could be utilized by the group, or one could be dedicated to the group and be pulled into use if necessary
        • Homemade CNC machines/mill
   5. Multi-Touch Displays
      • If we can actually get a Multitouch screen working to show off, local businesses would probably pay good money for them.
   6. Photobooth rental
      • Wedding receptions
      • Birthday parties
      • Outdoor events
2. SBA/Grant
   • Links to Grants and other info about SBA loans.