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		<title>Need Bar advice! Raleigh, NC</title>
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				<title><![CDATA[Here`s a site that`ll at least g]]></title>
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				<description><![CDATA[Here`s a site that`ll at least get you started on "How to Write a Business Plan."

Don`t forget that you can always visit the SCORE site, as well as the
Small Business]]></description>
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				<title><![CDATA[
  Well put CraigL. I don`t kno]]></title>
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				<description><![CDATA[
  Well put CraigL. I don`t know if everyone who ever starts a business should write a business plan, but I think for a bar, you defiantely shuld. You could take the customer`s point of view from when he/she walks into the bar, until they walk out. Y]]></description>
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				<title><![CDATA[Writing a business plan is only ]]></title>
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				<description><![CDATA[Writing a business plan is only threatening when you`re intending to
present the plan to heavy-duty financial lenders. They may be
investors, venture capitalists, bank loan officers, or whatever else,
but they`re used to making people freak out. :-)]]></description>
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				<title><![CDATA[
  Was the book specific to the]]></title>
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				<description><![CDATA[
  Was the book specific to the restaurant/bar business or just general? 
  I wouldn`t mind knowing the title, I may have to get a hold of a copy. Would it be smarter for me when I get to a point where I actually have something, to collab]]></description>
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				<title><![CDATA[All great points !&#160; I`ve wr]]></title>
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				<description><![CDATA[All great points !&#160; I`ve written 2 business plans for friends. I bought a `how to` book about writing business plans and I`m glad I did these myself. Writing the plans myself forced me to look at all aspects of the businesses and many things I would h[...]]]></description>
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				<title><![CDATA[Hi Chase,What I`d suggest would ]]></title>
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				<description><![CDATA[Hi Chase,What I`d suggest would be to use your interviews and discussions with the contacts and friends you have in the business, to create the overall outline of the business plan. If you use a template for a plan, it can work...but it also can gloss ]]></description>
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				<title><![CDATA[
  Wow, I definitely didn`t exp]]></title>
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				<description><![CDATA[
  Wow, I definitely didn`t expect to get such sound advice back on my post. Definitely opened up some things I haven`t thought about yet. Its all much appreciated. Alright, so I`m going to open just a regular bar now, or pub, without the other label]]></description>
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				<title><![CDATA[I read your post and for the fir]]></title>
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				<description><![CDATA[I read your post and for the first half, was skeptical. Running a
successful bar is one of the most difficult enterprises. It looks easy,
but it`s a real problem.

Then I read that your wife has run several family establishments
already. Assum]]></description>
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				<title><![CDATA[
  Welcome and come back safe !]]></title>
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				<description><![CDATA[
  Welcome and come back safe !
  &#160;
  I`ve been in the bar business, as an employee and it`s a tough business but the owners I`ve worked for have all been very successful. I would suggest getting to know some owners of ba]]></description>
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				<title><![CDATA[
  &#160;&#160;&#160;Alright, m]]></title>
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				<description><![CDATA[
  &#160;&#160;&#160;Alright, my name is Chase. Soon enough, I`ll be getting back from another tour in Iraq, and out of the military. And I can`t think of a better idea than opening a bar. Specifically towards the motorcycle enthusiast crowd in centr]]></description>
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