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Say things weren't going to well for you but you were in a position where you might have say healthy seed capital to open a business & the opportunity to do this anywhere you wanted. What would you do? I'm thinking of the likes of say a mountainbike touring company in nepal or similar.

Just looking for other's ideas to help spur on my creative juices & formulate some plans.


 
Posted : 28/04/2010 11:10 pm
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A few posh log cabins in the hills near decent trail centres/natural trails with a bit of private land with your own well maintained northshore & DJs.

Provide some guiding & maybe skills (if you good enough) courses.

Link up with a local activity group to offer a wiider range of services for things like stag dos....

tis what I'd do.

I also liked the idea of frame building but that seems more of a hobby than a profitable enterprise.


 
Posted : 28/04/2010 11:20 pm
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A few posh log cabins in the hills near decent trail centres/natural trails with a bit of private land with your own well maintained northshore & DJs.

Beat me to it!


 
Posted : 28/04/2010 11:21 pm
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I'd go for basic but functional etc and increase the numbers coming through the door. Maybe a camping barn as well.


 
Posted : 28/04/2010 11:31 pm
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Log cabin/chalet somewhere in the alps (or pick any location with 'proper' seasons/mountains) would be favourite with me. Bikes in the summer and snow in the winter = income for most of the year.


 
Posted : 28/04/2010 11:40 pm
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Log cabin/chalet somewhere in the alps (or pick any location with 'proper' seasons/mountains) would be favourite with me. Bikes in the summer and snow in the winter = income for most of the year.

Would be nice. Stayed at a chalet in Chamonix last year, and it cost the owner 3 million Euros! Charging £2.5k a week, he'll be just about covering his mortgage I reckon.


 
Posted : 29/04/2010 1:05 am
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That's ok if you want to rough it.

I had a lovely couple of weeks [url= http://www.forbes.com/2007/12/14/ski-world-property-forbeslife-cx_mw_1214realestate_slide_4.html?thisspeed=25000 ]In this little log cabin[/url]

...........................in my dreams 8)


 
Posted : 29/04/2010 7:20 am
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I love these.

http://www.beaverlogcabins.co.uk/department/euro_hut/

About £7k each.


 
Posted : 29/04/2010 8:42 am
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New 'office' ?

My folks have a little log cabin in the back garden and it's ace. I could quite happily live in it 😮


 
Posted : 29/04/2010 8:53 am
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I gather there's big business in bearings.


 
Posted : 29/04/2010 8:59 am
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A woodward type facility with added uplifts somewhere warm like southern Portugal/Spain.


 
Posted : 29/04/2010 9:17 am
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Another 'what DT78 and sofatester said'. Sounds like you'd like to be abroad? Guess you'll need to get your research and exploring hat on ... lots of travel/ guiding operations our there so you'd want to find your niche..


 
Posted : 29/04/2010 9:52 am
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lol! @ photoshop on the beaver log cabin site, looks like they hover 😉


 
Posted : 29/04/2010 10:27 am
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They should do for that money!


 
Posted : 29/04/2010 10:31 am