Opening a Business in the Philippines

The business (Billiard Academy and Internet Cafe) is really coming together. Painting is complete and the pool table is set up. It's really nice. In fact, I got my first student and have been able to give the lessons on it. I have wanted my own table for many years and I can hardly believe that I actually have one. I guess all I needed was to come to the Philippines, lol. Who knew?

I've been able to practice undisturbed several times and I can already see some improvement in my game, which as you can imagine pleases me a lot. I figure it will take about a month to get back to where I was when I was playing in tournaments back home. The computer desks and front counter are being built (at the carpenter's home) and will be finished and delivered next week. I found a good deal on the computers online in Cebu City. I now plan to check out the local computer suppliers armed with the quote from Cebu. I hope to find a comparable deal here in Dumaguete.

If I can't secure a good price here I  will buy the ones in Cebu and have them delivered also (hopefully) next week. The A/Cs will be installed on Tuesday. We have 2 refrigerators coming, courtesy of Coke and SanMiguel (a popular beer company).

To open this same business in the States, I suppose it would cost at least 3 or 4 times as much (but then many times the projected gross sales would  be needed, lol). The same bottle of beer would sell for $2.50 to $3 and here the price Maricarl can charge is around 70 cents. In the States I charged $25 for a pool lesson... here it will bring about $3.25, lol. But then, that same $3.25 will take me and Maricarl out to dinner. Anyway, when everything is complete I will take some photos and post them here. If you have any questions about opening a business here (or anything else), just post it as a comment. I'll reply also as a comment.