Thursday, March 19, 2009

flowers


Loads of people start up and opperate their own businesses. If they can do it, I can do it. I will be opening 5280 CityFloral. 5280 City Floral will be an eco-friendly flower shop that will occupy a simple and posh retail space (Chipotle meets Jamba Juice). The most important thing to me when making purchases is clear, up front prices. So that's what we'll have!
I'm going to minimize our environmental impact by using electronic record keeping methods, high efficiency coolers, and eco-friendly vehicles.
Using a Costco Wholesale model of business by offering only the best selling/most popular products at the lowest possible price.
I've got the plan, most of the budget, and am beginning market research. This is something that I really want to, and you only regret the things you don't do. I worked my way through college as head of the Costco flower department, and I've done all the accounting for The Federation. This is something I can totally do. I've had dreams on and off that I was back doing the flowers and Costco, and I'm always really happy that I'm back there in the dream. Here's to dreaming.