I want to start my own little baking business but ...????

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I have ZERO income right now. I have 2 loans to pay off and no money to pay them off. I went to culinary school and can bake really well and was thinking of opening up my own baking business from home. But when i called city hall they told me that in my area the zoning laws do not permit me to run any business of that nature. The only business i can do from home according to my zoning laws is just office type of work. I have ZERO money to get a loan to rent out a kitchen space. How do i go about setting up my business if i have no money and cant get a loan cuz i already have 2 under my belt??? Is there any other way i can try and get capital for it???? Im REALLY DESPERATE TO DO THIS!!! Any ideas???

Answer 1

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Maybe if you know some one in the restaurant biz that they would barter Kitchen time for baked desserts for their meals... This way you get kitchen time and the restarurant gets free desserts. PLUS you can claim fame to the desserts made for that restaurant.

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I wanna thank you guys all for answering. They were all EXCELLENT answers & i had a tough time choosing the best answer.
tmweber, you understood my situation EXACTLY and came up with a great solution for my situtation. no loans or money needed, GENIUS!! Gregory, excellent ideas. THX A MIL

Answer 2

You really should try working for someone before you start your own business of that nature. You'll need a lot more than $0 to start a bakery. The best you could hope for is to find someone going out of business and get them to throw in all of the equipment with the sale of the building, then just apply for a loan through the bank and buy the building. But right now is a really bad time to be starting businesses, the economy is crap.

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Answer 4

I believe you should start off working for some one until you get things under control, and be very patient because many doors can open if you become good enough at what you do. Then what I suggest you do is try to rent, lease or buy a small piece of property through a partnership with a close and reliable friend/ relative or a couple of friends and relatives so that you wont have to pay as much for that property and you might not have to put it under your name, and finally I believe that you should hire yourself as the baker of the store that you open up with your partners and then slowly start to build off of that. There you have it.... your steps to success.
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Answer 5

Ok, this seems to be a common situation. Did you hear about the business guy who went to business school and read a book about business? Nor did I....

Since you have the ability to bake and wish to do so, with zero income. City hall has its rules and if you been around long enough they have a tendency to amend amendments when they become inconvenient. So, where does this put you, a situation that is positive I believe, do you agree? Good.

To derive income from nothing more than a talent you require customers. How does one go about seeking customers? Seek them out? Since you have the basic baking tools, solicit and deliver from your home to their business around your area a lunch order with desert, keep it basic and usually this will work especially with a corporate type enviroment.
If you have a fax, hand write in black marker a menu a few days in advance and are willing to deliver their lunches.

Since, you have taken culinary classes you have the imagination and know how to spruce up a average sounding lunch. Do not overwhelm yourself, slow, deliberate decisions will always enhance the quality of your talents.

What I am saying is this? What determines what a small business is? Opposed to five or six lunches a day a person may prepare and deliver. Pricing must be competitive and remember you will probably be more expensive than fast food but your talents will make up for that, it is not only I who would pay more for very good food. People will buy fresh large uncut loaves of bread, cookies, pastries, cakes, remember one does not need to produce large quanities to make a dollar. Understanding the value of your product and yourself will bring your venture slow success and be proactive, be sure to manage your money and charge appropriately to be profitable, do not sacrifice your profit.

Why do I think this will work, well, I am aware of someone who started this way, single mother of two, she did it out of necessity and that lead to her own bakery business.

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