Although I took the day off I wanted to jump on here and thank the man that really inspired me to begin in my candy career. His name is Steve also aka Candyman and this is his blog. I just started reading his blog about 10 days ago and I have already read every single post, most of them twice. He has great information and his blog really gives you the confidence to start. In his most recent post he mentions me in a nice little article and links to this blog, thank you.
ON A SIDE NOTE:
I talked to my friend Katie last night. A beautiful girl, 24yrs old. She just quit her job at a non-profit organization where her job was basically asking people for donations over the phone. So I prospected her with the thought of her getting vending locations for me and she loves the idea. She thinks that getting locations will be easy for her and she has no fear of asking, she rocks.
A QUESTION:
Does anyone see a problem with making this a full time business? Can anyone see a reason that I can't scale this business up to say 500+ machines?
Toss me a quarter,
Candyman Can
P.S. I started eating some of my damn profits today. M&M Peanuts, mmm.
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My name is Robert. I graduated from the University of Central Florida with my B.S.B.A. My specialty is business finance. After my first 10 machines find homes and I get this business down I'm going to leverage as much money as I can to buy more machines. You can call me the Candyman. - Cataloging my experiences from Day 1.
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- Robert Neil Patterson II
- Naples, FL, United States
- An entrepreneur at heart; I have owned many businesses through out my young life. Before vending I was a PowerSeller on eBay with sales exceeding $20,000 a month. I did this while in college so it was sort of a mess. Anyway, it's risky, scary, and a lot of work, but fun. It's not as easy as people make it seem. I have also written a book on Stock Options. It's called Stock Options 101. I have sold over 200 copies on eBay for $3.99 (I don't sell it anymore) and if you want a copy I will be happy to send it to you. It is in PDF form so I can email it to you. Obviously, I have traded stock options before. I like risk and love great reward. I think one reason I like the vending business is because it's a risk for me to go in and sell. By the way I have 100 of my own bulk machines in Naples, FL. Check out http://www.kickstartlocations.com/forum for my Bulk Vending Forum!
2 comments:
Hi Robert,
That is a great idea getting Katie to work on locations for you. Yes you can grow it to 500. There is a guy I have spoken to on email, Ronnie Talent. I have an article on his Getting Vending Locations program which is very good. He actually grew his business to 400 machines in about a year and a half. It is possible. My suggestion is to start a spreadsheet and log your locations, dates, addresses, contact phone numbers etc. and always back this file up somewhere else. A master spreadsheet will keep you organized as you grow and you will have all the information in one place.
I love your excitement. Go for it!
Hey Steve,
I think posting on each others blogs will help us both a lot, getting more readers etc. Anyway, I would love the article on Ronnie Talent if you still have it. My email is robertnpatterson@gmail.com I want to grow fast but I'm worried about low volume locations, I'm pretty sure I can find locations but I don't know if they will be all outstanding performers. I guess I figure even if I only averaged $5 in profit per machine I would still be making one hell of a return on investment. Talk soon.
Regards,
Rob
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