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what exactly is "Internet Cafe" ?
a cross breed of Starbucks and computer lab?
I love brain exersize, well, here is what I would like approach this problem
first of all, the area where you oepn your business is the most important thing, search carefully and find a good deal
second, don't open a cafe for cafe's sake. what I would focus on, is the value of that piece of real estate. and use the profit of internet cafe to cover the expanses
depends on your customers, there are generally two kinds people: 1st peopl who would spend whole day in front of computer, 2nd people who drop in to check emails, but mainly for the drink
since it is a coffee shop, americans tend to drink a lot of coffee during morning and work breaks. i suggest make a member card kind thing, the card holder will have unlimited access to internet between 7:00 am to 11:00 am every day. of course, those are the second kinda people. (you make money from drinks)
for the first kind people, you make money from their length of using internet. just charge them, say "if you use internet for more than 5 hours, you get a free drink or something..."
anyway, the real management is much more complex, and my ideas may not work, and some may work. you must do it yourelf. and one tip is: dont trap your money.
once you earned some profit, use it, move the money out and invest on a new Internet Cafe. and I strongly recommand to FOCUS ON REAL ESTATE
by the way, San Francisco's land property had rockected folds since 1998, if you can find (of course, you have to look REAL hard) a good deal there, you can expect to make a lot
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