First Business venture

Year: 2003
Location: College.
Pardners: Two other crazy friends.
Investment: 1500 (80 me and 10-10 the other two)
Success: -200% (a rough figure)
Business: Chilli Stall.

During the college fest we put up the 'Chilli Stall' which supposedly was a huge success at some other college fest. It was similar to the 'Rose Stall' stuff where you dedicate a message to somebody/anybody and the rose stall guys/gals deliver it to the 'somebody/anybody' along with a rose (could be red, yellow or white) and then charge you a hefty amount for it.
Our chilli stall provided the same service but the messages were delivered along with chillis and at lower cost.
We had ....
Red 'Hot' chillis: If you had the hots for somebody
Green chillis: If you liked somebody
Simla mirch: If you desliked/hated/detested/pooh-poohed somebody

Businesss picked up really well the first day but the second day it faded away faster than it picked up and the third day we shut it down.
We were three OK looking guys trying to sell chillis where as the rose stall had nice looking gals taking down messages and someimes even helping in composing the message. This expedited our shutting of the Chilli stall.

Moral:
Business succesful somewhere need not be the same everywhere.
The parameters for a succesful business differ with places, people and time.
Presentation is as important as the product/idea.

Experience: Adventurous....insane ......... freakin crazy!!!!!