Open a Shop
Should you open this business?
What this risk check helps you evaluate
Open a Shop helps you evaluate whether the main assumptions behind this decision are strong enough before you commit more money, time, or energy.
Key assumptions to verify
- - There is enough real demand to support the decision.
- - Fixed costs do not consume the operating margin.
- - Customers can find, enter, buy, and return.
- - The investment can be recovered within a realistic period.
- - The business can survive slow or uncertain months.
Warning signs
- - You are relying on optimism instead of observed data.
- - Revenue assumptions are not connected to cash flow.
- - Rent, payroll, or transfer costs are fixed while demand is uncertain.
- - You cannot clearly explain why customers would return.
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