I'm always keeping an eye out for the next big thing. I've told people I know to keep me in the loop for investment opportunities. Finally, a friend tipped me off on something that seemed like a gold mine. Little did I know, it was a fool's gold mine.
My friend alerted me to an investment that seemed like a good bet. The investment was bringing a Tim Hortons to Las Vegas. I thought it would be a great addition to the city. We pooled our money together and had prospectors go and find land to build it on. The first issue was the piece of land was not on the strip. That should of been the first warning sign for me to get out of the deal, but I thought maybe it could still work. We advertised all over, trying to get hype building. We advertised like crazy, but the construction on the buliding got delayed by months. The hype was dying down when we finally opened after a year and a half. We had a decent showing for our grand opening, but we never got our footing down. We couldn't get customers to switch from starbucks and we weren't getting tourists leaving the strip to come either. The location and the delays killed the deal before we even had a chance. Needless to say I lost my investment.
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My friend alerted me to an investment that seemed like a good bet. The investment was bringing a Tim Hortons to Las Vegas. I thought it would be a great addition to the city. We pooled our money together and had prospectors go and find land to build it on. The first issue was the piece of land was not on the strip. That should of been the first warning sign for me to get out of the deal, but I thought maybe it could still work. We advertised all over, trying to get hype building. We advertised like crazy, but the construction on the buliding got delayed by months. The hype was dying down when we finally opened after a year and a half. We had a decent showing for our grand opening, but we never got our footing down. We couldn't get customers to switch from starbucks and we weren't getting tourists leaving the strip to come either. The location and the delays killed the deal before we even had a chance. Needless to say I lost my investment.
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