There's a lot of coffee shops nowadays, I'm thinking to start one
Hi, I'm 36(M) and have been really in to coffee for as long as I can remember, Like been collecting coffee drippers for a long time (areopress, v60, vietco, flair espresso, moka pots), and I even convinced most of my friends to enjoy black coffee. Most of them always ask that I start my own pop-up coffee shop, since I work from home, I have at least 6-8 hours free every day.
My main background is actually in tech. I built apps and websites for businesses like this, and then I eventually transitioned to marketing. It's really boring now, sa work and looking for an outlet, and if kung maka-add siya sa income ko, that would be best.
I'm planning to open up a small pop-up coffee cart by June (I'm assuming it will be a hard hill to climb, and I'm not even optimistic, but I want to try). I'm planning to start a coffee bar for an event, then siguro mag-open ng coffee cart near my place. May dalawang school na malapit samin, so I assume foot traffic is not a problem. Then, and un sila sa lower middle class (not judging, but these are what my research says), and may parking space naman sa harap namin, which I feel ung magging advantage namin, plano ko dun ko patambayin mga future customer namin, ang challenge ko is may isang coffee shop na well established na dito samin like my tatlo na silang branch and malapit samin namin ung main.
What I did to start is gumawa ng business page, and for now, it's a vlog for coffee enthusiasts, 2 weeks in, and at least I have 300 likes (without even having a storefront and a legit business), for now, affiliate links lang ang ginagawa ko. Eventually, when I reach 2k followers, dun ko na sasabhin na mag-oopen ako ng coffee shop, so may following na.
My family has a 32 sqm place, but I don't see it being used in 3-6 months since mag-rerenovate din kami, siguro by next year pwde ko rentahan sa parents ko. Pero now coffee cart and coffee bar business ang plano ko.
Would you give me advice on how I would win this uphill battle?