Just considering right now, but who has been in the strip club business and what warnings and advice do you have?

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Originally posted by F1098

Oh hush up girl ! Work on getting the ATM machine for the joint. Thats where the real money is.

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"Eight dollar service charge??!!!!" *sees hot floozie getting nekkid* "I accept".

Anygirl is probably right. Aside from all the other considerations you're going to have a HUGE liability insurance to cover, and it still won't absolve you if one of your employees or even a customer in many cases, does something stupid.

There are a lot of businesses I think would be fun. This isn't one of them. I think I'd spend so much time worrying about whether or not I had done my due diligence to keep out drugs, hookers, under-aged people, illegal booze and whatever else that I'd find no time to ever actually enjoy the business or the customers.

Lawyers up the ass and they won't come cheap. They'll want to get paid because bad news: They already know all the hookers in town - they defended them in court. Conforming to local laws, city laws, county laws and state laws. Boy, that sounds like a fun way to spend 16 hours a day - all with a pair of tits right next to me that I don't have the time to touch and can't spare the mental focus to look at.

God forbid one of these stoned out, whacked out, boozed out idiots (dancers or customers) slips and hits their head.

God forbid a fight breaks out, or I have overzealous bouncers, or some tough guy high on molly wants to make a point after he gets kicked out for grabbing someone's ass.

And of course I'd just love having to constantly reassure my wife/girlfriend that I wasn't sticking my dick in everything that worked for me. And if I was single it'd be even worse, because I would in fact be trying to stick my dick in everything that worked for me, in which case I can now add STDs to the list of shit I'm worried about.

Bartenders stealing from the bar or giving away too much booze, incompetent or easily bribed doormen, security guards, employee theft...

Holy fuck, man. I'm as horny as the next guy, but running a bar is tough enough. Add nudity to it and you're just plain stupid - especially if you've never run a bar before. Don't do it, dude. Open a game store. If you want tits, hire the 19 year-old down the street once a month.

If you open a strip club as your first business, I hope God's with you.

You'll need him.

^what a negative nancy

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Originally posted by EricLindros

^what a negative nancy

The girl in his avy sure is cute though.

Thanks for all the tips. As I said, it was just a plan. All of the feed back has been helpful.
Now, the 64k dollar-pound question: Are there any businesses that are lucrative that don't have the same headaches. I really don't want something that is basically just like my current 9-5 job after all the bullshit is accounted for. You know-- I want to make sure i'm getting some real cheddar for my efforts. Any thoughts?

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Originally posted by Hadrian23

Thanks for all the tips. As I said, it was just a plan. All of the feed back has been helpful.
Now, the 64k dollar-pound question: Are there any businesses that are lucrative that don't have the same headaches. I really don't want something that is basically just like my current 9-5 job after all the bullshit is accounted for. You know-- I want to make sure i'm getting some real cheddar for my efforts. Any thoughts?

So you're asking us if there are any super easy businesses to run that will make you tons of money and won't require your regular 9-5 hours?

Good luck with that.

I'm just amazed that the poster thought the strip club was a practical business model at all

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Originally posted by F1098

I'm just amazed that the poster thought the strip club was a practical business model at all

Well it certainly can be, but I think you have to be knowledgeable about the industry, plus have the business knowledge to be able to get a business to be successful. I just haven't come across very many people who started a successful business when they haven't worked in that area for a long time, at least a few years. You don't start a general contracting company if you don't know how to be a general contractor. So you probably shouldn't start a strip club if you've never worked in the strip club industry. Or at least with bars.

All in all : Get your appetite out - eat at home - generally speaking !!

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Originally posted by Sugarpie

My suggestion is don't eat the food.

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Originally posted by Hadrian23

Thanks for all the tips. As I said, it was just a plan. All of the feed back has been helpful.
Now, the 64k dollar-pound question: Are there any businesses that are lucrative that don't have the same headaches. I really don't want something that is basically just like my current 9-5 job after all the bullshit is accounted for. You know-- I want to make sure i'm getting some real cheddar for my efforts. Any thoughts?

There is no easy money businesses out there or we would all open one up. If you want easy, stay working as an employee. Owning any business is a huge headache and chews up all your time, expect 20+ hour days trying to make it work.

I didn't read all the comments, so I apologize if this is a repeat. But, for obvious reasons, DO NOT allow their boyfriends/husbands in the club. I dated a stripper for a while and after some of the stuff she told me, I was ready to tear some heads off.

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Originally posted by Phaxmeone

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There is no easy money businesses out there or we would all open one up. If you want easy, stay working as an employee. Owning any business is a huge headache and chews up all your time, expect 20+ hour days trying to make it work.

Thanks for all the tips to everyone. As to the sitting on my ass and letting all the money roll in...
What I was really aiming for was what would be the most lucrative for the 20+ hour days? I mean, why work a 20+ plus hour day for a business that nets you what you would be earning flipping burgers or stirring sewage at the water treatment plant? That's kinda where i was going.

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