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Opening a Bagel shop abroad

Hi everyone, I'm a Serbian guy that whats to open a Bagel shop back home in Belgrade. I've been staying in New York for a month now and am completely in love with the bagel scene here. Bagels practically don't exist in Europe (especially in Belgrade, Serbia). I'm flirting with the idea of opening Belgrade's first Bagel shop, but I'm a bit hesitant considering that most people don't know what a bagel is. I'm also worried about the baking process in a place where no one has seen a bagel. How hard is it to make a good bagel? Is it a skill that is hard to pick up by bakers who never made a bagel? Should I maybe consider a franchise/partnership with a bagel shop from here? what would be their incentive in a a thirdish world country? Should I maybe approach an employee and ask him if he's interested in sharing his knowledge and consulting me through the process for a fee. I'm a young guy trying to start my first business. Any advice would be highly appreciated. Thanks

Amazon is poised to announce an acquisition of the MGM as soon as Tuesday https://t.co/rQzQ6XHD4W

Does anyone have a good sample voicemail message for line that will never be picked up?

I have a business line that I use all the time for outgoing calls, but now has become fairly useless for incoming due to all the spam calls. And since caller ID is not useful anymore, I never pick up. I don't want to ditch the phone number, I just want to have a short professional voicemail that says basically that the line is never going to be picked up, so leave a message. Has anyone heard a good version of this that was professional and inviting? I searched online, but I see mostly samples for call centers, and they aren't quite right or they are too long. Ideas? Thanks

Question about PPP loan and sole proprietorship

Sole proprietor. No employees just me. Personal Bank Account 1099 income last year of 80k Three businesses under my personal account All existing prior to COVID Business 1 - doing fine but is shaky because of Covid Business 2 - not making money because covid has people pulled back from its services Business 3 - not making money due to Covid migration I get 8k month on Business 1. Pays all the expenses for everything. Business 2 and 3 make nothing. If two businesse under my social and personal account are not doing good, but one is and im not broke can I still get PPP because the other two are affected? Also Ive never paid myself a salary I just kinda love out of that personal account for ten years. I hate dealing with all that corp paperwork crap and would rather not be bothered by it. Thanks a lot!

Breaking news: EU countries agreed to ramp up sanctions against Belarus and ban its state airline from the bloc after the Minsk regime triggered global uproar by intercepting a Ryanair flight https://t.co/k8Mh5KZytE https://t.co/WloOoPHZ0x

Please Help, I Want to Start a Hobby Shop

I want to start a hobby store but I have no Idea what I need to even get started any and all advice is met with thanks!

Making yourself available to your employer 24/7 is neither necessary or beneficial. https://t.co/3KSDM1iVpJ

What is your biggest issue running a small business?

For me, time. Always working everyday from 7am-12am. I have no life besides work.

This Silicon Valley investor shares her advice to entrepreneurs https://t.co/k7WyZWome1

A new Florida law regulates how Facebook, Twitter, and others moderate speech, with fines for banning candidates; the law exempts companies that own theme parks (@dmccabe / New York Times) https://t.co/RZkD3344dT https://t.co/KMaUrPajVa

Square is preparing to offer checking and savings accounts, taking direct aim at banking behemoths such as JPMorgan https://t.co/Ub2IoC0TvA

Google business verification

So I verified my business through google a couple weeks ago. I just got on the my business app which I check daily and it won’t let me see any of my analytics or make changes and wants me to verify my business again through the mail with the postcard they send you. What the hell??

Loneliness is threatening our physical health, our well-being, and our livelihood. https://t.co/hnIbEWOi9E

Roman Protasevich is at the centre of a global diplomatic dispute pitting Belarus against the EU, the UK and the US, after the Vilnius-bound plane he boarded in Athens on Sunday was diverted over Belarusian airspace at the order of President Alexander Lukashenko himself. ⁠ ⁠ The activist was arrested as soon as the plane landed in Minsk.⁠ ⁠ Protasevich is a prominent opposition voice against the Belarusian government, working for a variety of media groups in his home country, and becoming the editor of Nexta, one of Belarus’s main independent media groups.⁠ ⁠ But his involvement in the anti-Lukashenko movement began years before last summer’s mass protests. ⁠ ⁠ Click on the link in our bio to read more about how Protasevich rose to prominence in Belarus and what his arrest means for the country.⁠ ⁠ 📸: REUTERS/Stringer⁠ ⁠ #ft #financialtimes #Belarus #Protasevich #EU #Ryanair #Putin #Lukashenko

Just published: front page of the Financial Times, UK edition, Tuesday 25 May https://t.co/ICbGg9zmfI https://t.co/50NU1XoZUZ