Hmm, the donation thing sounds like a good idea. How would you recommend doing it?
Sorry, I'm just having a hard time trying to figure out exactly what I'd be offering at the benefit.
Also, I do know that there's probably enought business for the cigar/wine side, since there are quite a few of those type of retail locations in the Columbus area catering to the high-end consumer, and they appear to be doing well, although none of them are exactly what I'm searching for.
My girlfriend is an accounting major, and has apprenticed at a bakery for over a year, so we're discussing possibly working together to form a small "market" type of thing: Her bakery/patisserie in the same building as the (working title) Mahogany Club Gentleman's retreat, and Rossi's spirits and smokes boutique. All separate entities, but working together: the club buys booze and tobacco from the boutique, the bakery provides items for both, and all three work together on promoting it as a high end destination, with the possibility of renting space in the future to other compatible high-end businesses.
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