Anyone who follows Here in Idaho knows I'm a little bit crazy. I get excited about projects, get started, never finish, then get excited about something else. It's what I do.
So I wanted to invest in real estate...but guess what? I've got a buck fifty to my name so it's not going to happen. Fair enough. Then I had an idea. An awesome idea. A way to make a little change AND teach the youngins about business. Here it is:
A CANDY MACHINE.
That's right. You heard me. The kids and I are starting a vending business. By 'business' I mean one machine, in one location, that will probably only make five dollars a month. Irregardless, it's a good idea. Because the kids will help pick out the machine, price the candy, scout a location, run the numbers, service the machine, count the money, deposit the money and be little entrepreneurs. Start-up will be less than two hundred dollars and the kids are PSYCHED. Ava, God bless her, even had the idea for a penny pressing machine...which we can't afford at the moment but might be a worthwhile goal. Personally, I want one of those gravity tunnel machines that you see at museums. A girl's gotta have goals.
So you don't have to be a homeschooler to teach your kids about money. This will be a side project, probably only requiring our attention one Saturday a month. But can you imagine a better way to teach about enterprise? I can't. And if you read this entry over at Here in Idaho, you know I'm all about preparing our kids to be self-reliant.
We hope to be able to buy this machine next month. I'll keep you updated.
Tuesday, August 28, 2007
I had a dream. I had an awesome dream.
So I wanted to invest in real estate...but guess what? I've got a buck fifty to my name so it's not going to happen. Fair enough. Then I had an idea. An awesome idea. A way to make a little change AND teach the youngins about business. Here it is:
A CANDY MACHINE.
That's right. You heard me. The kids and I are starting a vending business. By 'business' I mean one machine, in one location, that will probably only make five dollars a month. Irregardless, it's a good idea. Because the kids will help pick out the machine, price the candy, scout a location, run the numbers, service the machine, count the money, deposit the money and be little entrepreneurs. Start-up will be less than two hundred dollars and the kids are PSYCHED. Ava, God bless her, even had the idea for a penny pressing machine...which we can't afford at the moment but might be a worthwhile goal. Personally, I want one of those gravity tunnel machines that you see at museums. A girl's gotta have goals.
So you don't have to be a homeschooler to teach your kids about money. This will be a side project, probably only requiring our attention one Saturday a month. But can you imagine a better way to teach about enterprise? I can't. And if you read this entry over at Here in Idaho, you know I'm all about preparing our kids to be self-reliant.
We hope to be able to buy this machine next month. I'll keep you updated.]]>&pD=Tuesday, August 28, 2007'>
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6 comments:
That is an awesome idea!!! I hope that you find an awesome location and make millions of dollars.
Candy machines are actually quite lucrative..it is basically either quantity or quality. Get a shit load of machines out there or just get one in a pristine high traffic spot.
My brother has a few, he makes some pretty decent change out of it.
That is FREAKING awesome. You'll make a boatload of money if you have good candies.
how do you go about finding a location? Just start asking stores or something?
Apparently finding a location is the hardest part. Especially in a small town. But you know I'll be showing up with my cutie-pie babies and telling them it's their machine. So I figure I can get Ava to do a little dance or something and we shouldn't have a problem finding a place.
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