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Perma space --- refreshed cafe / lunch spot / kava lounge --- for public meetups near lighthaven.
I approached Hazim a year ago and asked if he would be open to selling his business for 7k. Recently he offered to sell it to me for 100k. I think a purchase would be possible around 40k.
This would allow for grassroots gathering alongside more official meetups and conferences on the adjacent corner of Telegraph.
purchase business from current owner
negotiate reasonable rent (ideally percentage-based) with building owner
7/10 renovations: update furniture, make back area shoes-off squish zone, some menu experimentation
staff (might hire current owner), maybe azmyth??
have super vibey place that feels like home to ppl working on stuff at lighthaven + neighborhood + other
business purchase (est. 40k)
renovations (est. 30k)
initializing costs (est. 30k)
stretch: staffing investment (40k)
stretch: buildout garnish (20k)
me (prev. personal assistant), elizabeth (prev. cake-cafe barista), azmyth (mysticloak)
I started Gratified (gratified.com) 1.5 year ago with 100k+ personal funds and have served at wedding, protest, conferences, parties, workshops (drinks mentioned in multiple sfstandard articles)
invited back by Inkhaven, Eleos ConCon, Sentient Futures Summit
first brick-and-mortar inside SF Main Library
recurring paid service at Oakland Air Museum
low traffic/revenue, in-person doesn't matter for our topics, people prefer to meet online
not enough attention to give (betty and I are running cafe in SF and azmyth has other work options)
business isn't planned correctly, undesired themes/menu, fail to organize labor well
someone else takes it on, raison d'etre/vibe shifts, storefront closes
brings together the wrong people for the wrong discussions and bad vibes proliferate
No money has been raised by Gratified in the last 12 months.
There are no bids on this project.