[sudo-discuss] Making Club Maté at Sudo Room for Sudo-Profit: A Business Plan

[Patrik D'haeseleer]

Great idea! I own a sodastream - if you happen to like drinking carbonated
water, it pays back for itself pretty fast.

If you're going to produce carbonated beverages in quantity, you could hack
up a DIY version pretty easily though:

http://www.popsci.com/diy/article/2012-06/how-make-your-own-home-carbonation-system
http://gizmodo.com/5893653/sodamod-save-money-on-sodastream-refills-with-a-hacked-paintball-canister
http://www.fizzgiz.com/competitors_and_diy_options.htm

Patrik



On Sun, Apr 7, 2013 at 9:52 PM, Max Klein <isalix at gmail.com> wrote:

>
> Club Mate[1] is a carbonated tea drink which is hugely popular amongst
> European Hackers. I thought about importing it, but that would imply
> $3/bottle[2], which would leave us with slim profit margins. Let's try and
> make 10% of sudoroom's budget through profits.
>
> I am committing up to $300 in funding to this, in an attempt to make 100
> bottles as a proof of concept. I need your assistance on any of the
> following sub-points. Accept to do the following or provide input on the
> wiki[3] and I'll write you a cheque as needed:
>
> ==Business Plan==
>
> Initial Funding: up to $300
> Target Sales: $200 - $300
>
>    1. Make it.
>       1. Buy sufficient raw mate
>       1. for 50L ~ 100 bottles
>             1. Assuming 500ml bottles
>             2. We could also use 333ml bottles
>             2. Brew it
>          1. Will we need a vat?
>             1. Do we have a vat?
>             2. Can a metal worker at sudo make us a vat
>             3. Spice it if necessary
>          1. Following this guide[4] maybe
>          2. Or allow adventurous sudoer to blaze trail
>          4. Carbonate it
>          1. Bobby, David Wild's roommate does this
>             1. Ask him nicely
>             2. Pay him
>          2. Buy a soda-stream
>          5. Transport it too bottler
>       2. Bottle It.
>       1. Use as many recycled bottles as possible
>          1. Put call out for more bottles
>             1. Pay a homeless person worst comes to worse
>          2. Use the sudo capping machine
>          1. I believe its in the closet
>       3. Labelling
>          1.
>          2. Rock paper scissors can do this
>       4. Transport it to storage
>       3. Store it
>       1. We might be able to use the sudo closet
>          1. Does it require refrigerated storage?
>          2. Do we have a refrigerator
>             1. Find one or many on CL Free
>             4. Sell it.
>       1. Target price $2-3/bottle depending on investment figures
>       2. Always at sudo, but also at specialized events
>       3. At Oakland Nights live
>       4. At an events night fundraiser
>          1. Sober
>             1. Games tournament
>             2. Debate
>             3. Hackathon
>          2. Mix it with alcohol
>             1. At a sudorave.
>             2. One of the planned Movie Nights
>             5. At art murmur.
>          1. Have this ready by May 3rd.
>
>
> If there are there any other members from other Hackerspace that you think
> would be useful, please forward this email.
>
> Cheers Max
>
> [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Club-Mate
> [2] http://club-mate.us/
> [3] https://sudoroom.org/wiki/page/Sudomate
> [4] http://blog.makezine.com/2010/08/12/how-to-homebrew-club-mate/
>
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