I was talking to a customer and was saying, "Some stores have 'cockroach' ability to survive anything."
Before anyone objects, I include myself in that number. Common denominators, are:
a.) Single ownership.
b.) Niche business.
c.) Catering to hardcore fans, who hang out and spend money, akin to a Cheer's bar where "Everyone knows your name."
d.) Side street locations, humble fixtures.
e.) Low to Moderate income.
Fair enough?
Other businesses are like big Fluffy Pandas. Cute and adorable and pretty to look at. But located in a environment that is being decimated.
Is that too harsh?
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- Duncan McGeary
- I'm Duncan McGeary, owner and/or operator for the last 39 years of Pegasus Books in Downtown Bend, Oregon. These days I'm writing books as well as selling them. I'm the comic book guy. But even more so, I'm a book book guy. Books of all kinds. Big books and little books, children's and adult, fiction and non-fiction, hardback and paperback and trade paperback and graphic novels. Books with more words than pictures and books with more pictures than words. They are all part of the book world to me, and I love being surrounded by them every day.
5 comments:
OK. Explain the apostrophe in your headline. :-)
Pandas looks weird?
O.K. I changed it.
Re: Is that too harsh?
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No. You are not greedy. Unlike some others.
Summit 1031 Liquidation Plan here:
http://www.juniper-ridge.info/summit1031.liquidationplan.pdf
I think "b" is the real key -- you've found your niche. It's a small one, but big enough for you to eke out a living in it. There are plenty of businesses that meet the other four criteria and go belly-up anyway.
Find a need and fill it -- trite advice, but true.
Simple rule: An apostrophe is NEVER needed to form the plural of a word. Never, ever. Under no circumstances.
An apostrophe is used to form the possessive of a word (the panda's ear, the duck's bill) and to form contractions (can't, won't, couldn't, wouldn't). NEVER to form the plural. Period.
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