Hello,

I am a young man (22) who has always been interested with owning my own business, and lately, my instincts have been pointing me in this direction. I would like to open up a paintball range where people can come, have fun, and shoot each other. The population in my city is around 500,000 and there are only 2 other places that I would be competing with (which are 20+ miles away) I would be starting this business with my father, but neither of us has any experience with this sort of thing, but we would be completely passionate about it. We would have a small shop in the front where we would sell and rent equipment/supplies/????. I was thinking about rehabing a large wherehouse, but then again, I think having something outside with trees would be fun as well. (I live in california so the weather would only be bad for about 2 mo. out of the year)I need help in the following areas:

Funding - what would be the best way to finance something like this?

Marketing - other than the teenage market, any other things I might be missing?

Suppliers - I've never owned a business where I had to contact suppliers, any ideas?

Any advice would be greatly appreciated!!!! Thanks a bunch!

Sincerely,
Royce Sanders
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