How to own & run a strip club

Surf's up! Sooner or later, you've got to get into the water and start paddling. The process of creating a strip club is an organic one. Each one is unique. You can imitate the aspects of other ones that you like, but ultimately you will have to strike out on your own. There are guidelines you can use, most of which are the obvious "duh" kinds. Take care of the dancers. Overcharge for drinks. Security is important, and so on. Given a choice between a girl with a beautiful face and a so-so body and a girl with an attractive face and a killer bod, which would you choose? I like dancers who are either voluptuous a la Marilyn Monroe or hardbodies, although both styles seems to have faded in popularity in Hollywood. You may find that another combination works for you. I think that plastic surgery works for most dancers because it produces equally sized breasts which don't sag, rarely found in real life. What some people believe are requirements are often preferences dressed up as requirements. Owners who have a middle-class club may have a realistic idea of what that area will support, or it may be that an upscale club falls outside their comfort zone. Some people believe they are only entitled to so much success or can only handle so much stress, and so limit their possible downside. One of the original owners of Apple Computer bailed out because he didn't want to be exposed to the liabilities involved in a corporation. You have to have a certain amount of tolerance for risk in any small business, or business in general. It is best to be honest with yourself and others about the amount you can handle. As Clint Eastwood opined in one of his Dirty Harry movies, a man has got to know his own limitations (women too, of course.)