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Back with another Business Juice deep dive that'll make your accountant smile.

Ready to get uncomfortable with how much money flows through downtown bars?

Because if transforming empty venues into packed speakeasies sounds better than your cubicle, you’ll love today's Fun to Run Business.

Corporate teams drop $5K on forgettable dinners while craving actual experiences.

Today's breakdown: Speakeasy Cocktail Workshops, turning history lessons into profit margins.

This separates entrepreneurs from employees.

Stop watching others monetize nostalgia.

Grab the blueprint and dominate the experience economy hiding in plain sight.

Time to shake things up…

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Your procrastination, your invoice.

Friday feels different when you run a business you actually want to wake up for

While everyone else plots their weekend escape, you're thinking about that new climbing route.

Or the axe-throwing league you're launching.

Or how to make your play centre even more brilliantly chaotic.

These aren't "laptop on a beach" dreams.

They're real-world joy factories where community happens, endorphins flow, and profit follows.

Businesses that are as much fun to operate as they are to visit.

Here's one that's been stuck in my head: Speakeasy* Cocktail Workshop

[Reference: A speakeasy is a private, illegal bar, especially one that operated during Prohibition in the United States (1920-1933). The name comes from the need for patrons to "speak easy" or quietly to avoid detection by authorities. These establishments were hidden, often behind secret doors, disguised as other businesses, or in backrooms, and required a password or special handshake for entry.]

🧠 The Big Idea

Three nights a week. That's it.

Twenty people. Velvet ropes. Secret passwords.

You're teaching cocktail history Thursday through Saturday, sleeping until noon, and clearing $474K annually.

Let’s Break it Down:

$150 admission

Γ— 20 spots

Γ— 120 nights

= mortgage solved, boss fired, life upgraded.

Not to mention, 10/10 on the cool scale. Interesting people, lubricated by cocktails sharing stories with you as their host. Awesome.

Here's what everyone misses - exclusivity beats accessibility every time.

Big bars fight over foot traffic. You're selling out workshops a month in advance to people begging for invites.

Those finance directors making $180K? They're tired of explaining cryptocurrency at wine bars. Give them something actually interesting to discuss Monday morning.

πŸ‘₯ Customers & Problem

Who: Downtown professionals, 28-45, earning six figures, spending $2K monthly on "experiences" that all blur together

Customer segmentation showing the primary target markets for the speakeasy cocktail workshop business

Problem: Every bar feels identical - same drinks, same crowds, same forgotten conversations

Your edge: Velvet rope psychology, education disguised as entertainment, stories they'll actually remember

πŸ’° Potential Revenue

  • Month one: $40,860 annually (48 events Γ— $851 average, 69% contribution margins)

  • Year one buildout: $158K - operating at 60% capacity because you're still learning

  • Cruising altitude: $474K - split between public workshops (50%), corporate bookings (35%), and consulting gigs (15%)

Insider math: December corporate bookings hit $500 per head. Q4 alone covers Q1 expenses.

πŸ›  Bootstrap Game Plan

  • Before lunch: Text three event spaces: "Need Thursday nights for cocktail education series. Split revenue?"

  • After lunch: Order barware kit on Amazon ($200). Skip the fancy stuff initially.

  • By dinner: Post in one LinkedIn group: "Testing speakeasy workshop concept. Ten spots. DM for details. Application only, spaces limited."

  • Weekend: Scout competitors. Note what's boring. Do opposite. Different is better than better.

  • Monday morning: Invoice your first corporate client for December's holiday party.

Sweet spot: Cap at 120 annual workshops. Referral only - bookings 6-12months in advance. Payment upfront. Scarcity drives demand. Burnout kills businesses.

πŸ’ΈGetting Your First Dollar

"I teach executives how to make $30 cocktails. Your next team event could actually be memorable. Interested?"

Uh oh... you need to be a paid subscriber to find out the full launch plan..

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πŸ”« TODAY'S WEAPON: ClickUp

Build systems that scale while you sleep.

What you're probably doing: Juggling seventeen browser tabs trying to track twenty guests

What you could be doing: Automating 80% of operations so you can focus on mixing drinks

Time to switch: 19 minutes (including your first β€œwait, it does that?” moment)

Damage: Free forever (cheaper than one spilled cocktail)

The 3-Step Heist:

  1. Deploy workshop templates that clone themselves for each event

  2. Set triggers that message guests, track RSVPs, and handle waitlists

  3. Connect payment tracking so you know profit margins before midnight

Why this is stupid good timing:

Your competitors are burning hours on admin work that should take seconds. ClickUp’s workflow automation means setup once, profit forever - exactly what you need when managing intimate events.

The real reason I'm telling you:

Everyone thinks they need five different tools. You need one that actually works. Forms for bookings, automations for follow-ups, dashboards for decisions. Stop collecting software subscriptions, start collecting revenue.

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Most founders quit the moment they get bored - that's why they stay broke chasing shiny new ideas every 3 weeks.

The real money isn't in the dopamine hit of a new project, it's in pushing through the boredom when your cold emails feel repetitive and your product iterations feel endless.

Common ideas are what everyone pitches in the first meeting; uncommon breakthroughs only come to those who stay in the arena after the excitement dies.

πŸ’Έ Boredom is where amateurs quit and professionals compound - sit with that sales process until it becomes a money machine.

🍸 Memories print money.

Education entertains.

The real opportunity isn't disrupting hospitality.

It is resurrecting forgotten experiences that screens can't replicate.

Become the theatrical entrepreneur who transforms empty spaces into packed venues through curated intimacy.

Success belongs to experience architects who create moments, not analysts debating from coworking spaces.

πŸŒ™ Keep mixing tomorrow's memories,
Mr. Juice

πŸ§ƒ@trybizjuice

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