Re: [sudo-discuss] Making Club Maté at Sudo Room for Sudo-Profit: A Business Plan

I am cc'ing miloh, who I know from noisebridge & who has extensive relevant experience, in case he has time to advise or jump in :) mediumreality.com On Apr 7, 2013 9:53 PM, "Max Klein" &lt;isalix(a)gmail.com <javascript:_e({}, 'cvml', &#39;isalix(a)gmail.com&#39;);&gt;&gt; wrote: > > Club Mate[1] is a carbonated tea drink which is hugely popular amongst > European Hackers. I thought about importing it, but that would imply > $3/bottle[2], which would leave us with slim profit margins. Let's try and > make 10% of sudoroom's budget through profits. > > I am committing up to $300 in funding to this, in an attempt to make 100 > bottles as a proof of concept. I need your assistance on any of the > following sub-points. Accept to do the following or provide input on the > wiki[3] and I'll write you a cheque as needed: > > ==Business Plan== > > Initial Funding: up to $300 > Target Sales: $200 - $300 > > 1. Make it. > 1. Buy sufficient raw mate > 1. for 50L ~ 100 bottles > 1. Assuming 500ml bottles > 2. We could also use 333ml bottles > 2. Brew it > 1. Will we need a vat? > 1. Do we have a vat? > 2. Can a metal worker at sudo make us a vat > 3. Spice it if necessary > 1. Following this guide[4] maybe > 2. Or allow adventurous sudoer to blaze trail > 4. Carbonate it > 1. Bobby, David Wild's roommate does this > 1. Ask him nicely > 2. Pay him > 2. Buy a soda-stream > 5. Transport it too bottler > 2. Bottle It. > 1. Use as many recycled bottles as possible > 1. Put call out for more bottles > 1. Pay a homeless person worst comes to worse > 2. Use the sudo capping machine > 1. I believe its in the closet > 3. Labelling > 1. > 2. Rock paper scissors can do this > 4. Transport it to storage > 3. Store it > 1. We might be able to use the sudo closet > 1. Does it require refrigerated storage? > 2. Do we have a refrigerator > 1. Find one or many on CL Free > 4. Sell it. > 1. Target price $2-3/bottle depending on investment figures > 2. Always at sudo, but also at specialized events > 3. At Oakland Nights live > 4. At an events night fundraiser > 1. Sober > 1. Games tournament > 2. Debate > 3. Hackathon > 2. Mix it with alcohol > 1. At a sudorave. > 2. One of the planned Movie Nights > 5. At art murmur. > 1. Have this ready by May 3rd. > > > If there are there any other members from other Hackerspace that you > think would be useful, please forward this email. > > Cheers Max > > [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Club-Mate > [2] http://club-mate.us/ > [3] https://sudoroom.org/wiki/page/Sudomate > [4] http://blog.makezine.com/2010/08/12/how-to-homebrew-club-mate/ > > _______________________________________________ > sudo-discuss mailing list > sudo-discuss(a)lists.sudoroom.org <javascript:_e({}, 'cvml', > &#39;sudo-discuss(a)lists.sudoroom.org&#39;);&gt; > http://lists.sudoroom.org/listinfo/sudo-discuss > >