u/B-ontheblock

Help! I am done with my 9-5 and want to create my own business. I am thinking of a business that is based on creating pop-up events.

The idea of the business is to create small & intimate pop-up events. I feel people are craving for connection and meeting people in more organic ways or just looking to have fun outside of work. I would make local events like flower bouquet making, or cozy pumpkin painting, or blind date with a book night. I would work with possibly cafes or something to start out and they would be ticketed events. I would get the so supplies myself and the money for this would come out of ticket price and I would also hope to make a profit out of the ticket price. My motivation for this business is that I too am sick of staring at a screen all day from work and want to be able to create genuine experience with people from all over.
Scaling this would be maybe then be extending services to corporate events possibly. But I think I am ready to take that jump into entrepreneurship.
Does this seem like a good business idea and what should I consider in the long term? Is this a business that I can grow?

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u/B-ontheblock — 6 days ago
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For context I am 27 F and I work as a data analyst. I am grateful for my job, I WFH and I love the flexibility truly which makes it hard to let go because to be honest its comfortable in certain ways. I have worked in the office and commuted before, so I know that is not the issue here because I much rather WFH if its between commuting to an office to do the same job.

Since I work as a data analyst all my work is on the computer, but truly I feel like my brain chemistry has been altered by the constant screen time, I have developed severe dry eyes, my brain fog has increased, I feel unable to concentrate on regular everyday tasks. And to be honest the work is just not fulfilling.

I just can't see myself doing this for the rest of my life and feel like my life consists of a screen. And not to mention the pressure to use AI for all my workflows now and basically become a mini engineer. I just don't find it fulfilling to use AI to optimize my workflow because whats the point then. Great I can chat into a chatbox or use claude code to do the bulk of my work for me or whatever but then when do I use my brain.

I just feel like there is more to life and ideal scenario would be to travel the world and make money off of that (but I don't want to become an influencer) or idk become my own boss atleast. Open a coffee shop and interact with people and life idk. IDK what I would be doing if was not in corporate America. I just feel stuck and part of a system that is hard to escape from. Anyone else feel this way?

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u/B-ontheblock — 10 days ago