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268 sats \ 11 replies \ @SimpleStacker OP 4h \ on: How many of you are small business owners? AskSN

As for me, I kinda want to start a coding camp for kids called Cypherpunks, that focuses not just on coding and computer literacy, but also on bitcoin, economics, and moral philosophy.

There's a lot of kids' educational businesses out there, and in the tech space they usually focus on coding or robotics, but yeah I wanted to do one more in line with a bitcoin ethos

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68 sats \ 8 replies \ @grayruby 3h

Online only or will you have a brick and mortar location?

I don't know about where you are but where I live kids extracurricular activities are very popular and lucrative businesses.

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51 sats \ 7 replies \ @SimpleStacker OP 3h

I would definitely want it brick and mortar. I know that's way more expensive and also limits the clientele more, but I don't want to run an online education business. If I wouldn't send my kids to my own business, I don't want to run it.

Also, California is infamous for being business unfriendly. I haven't done any of the math to test if this idea would be profitable / worth the time.

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68 sats \ 6 replies \ @grayruby 3h

Maybe you can find an existing space that is suitable and used for something else that you could partner with to host your classes once per week to test the viability of your idea before diving in.

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41 sats \ 5 replies \ @SimpleStacker OP 2h

That does sound like a good idea. There are plenty of brick & mortar shops for coding and robotics classes that would be well set up for something like this.

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68 sats \ 4 replies \ @grayruby 2h

I am big on testing your ideas and resolve before diving in head first. Might be a great idea but you might find you hate doing it.

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41 sats \ 3 replies \ @SimpleStacker OP 2h

I'm gonna end up teaching a class on bitcoin and next week the kids are all YOLOing into ETH, DOGE, and stablecoins

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68 sats \ 2 replies \ @grayruby 1h

I have hope the next generation won't be that dumb.

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68 sats \ 1 reply \ @bief57 3h

I really like your idea. If something similar were available to enroll my daughter, I wouldn't hesitate.

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1 sat \ 0 replies \ @SimpleStacker OP 3h

Yes, I think there would actually be some good demand for it. Especially if we offer some ~AI courses, too, ~lol, since every parent is concerned about that.

To do this well, though, I'd probably have to quit my current job and invest a lot of upfront capital. Not sure if I'm ready to do that yet.

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