Owning a Café

This Section of Owning a Café contains the knowledge base intended for would-be Internet café owners to serve as their guide in understanding the basic tenets of the business. It is hoped that the contents herein will help an Internet café owner in his pursuit for excellence and/or survival in the highly competitive internet cafe industry in the Philippines.

The current contents of this section are as summarized below and will be updated as new knowledge base gets posted in the blogs. You will have to click the image or the title to reach the complete article on the subject.

A. Overview & Definition of Terms - This section of the website will contain the ABC’s in  planning, organizing, leading and controlling an Internet café business. In short, this section will deal on “managing a café” in order for an investor in the business to not only recover his investment but to make reasonable return of investment (ROI) as  well . . . read the rest of the article.

B. Opening a Café Business - After knowing the kind of customers you would have and the business model (type of café) that you would like to engage in, your next step in the set-up of the business is to consider the following factors . . . read the rest of the article.

C. The Café As A Call Center - Way back in the early years of this decade, I was one among the first group of café owners who studied the conversion of cafés to call centers during the period of the day that require such activity. We called the project then as ICD/CCN (Internet Café by Day, Call Center by Night) as most call center operations are done during night time here. . . . read the rest of the article.

D. The Café As A Computer Learning Center – This is a continuation of my blog about the business opportunity meeting I had wherein the above subject was discussed. The presentor is an experienced administrator of a technical-vocational (Tech-Voc) school with complete accreditation by TESDA (Technical Education and Skills Development Authority). He showed his expertise . . . read the rest of the article.

You can post your questions and comments about the above articles on the pages of each of them.