OP mention his dad owns a Ding Tea… if you visited a Ding Tea….you know the answer…

Saw in your one of your replies that it’s Ding Tea. Had 5 acquaintances (friends of friends) open them all over So Calif. Only one made it past the second year because they have a prime location accessible by tourists from Disneyland and Knotts berry farm. The owner that made it past the second year opened two more with one in a wealthy suburb and one in a new mall really close to Knotts- both are closed now. Like others said you are going to to have to do a lot of the traffic driving yourself and tweak the ingredients/men to make better boba drinks because from my research the franchise don’t do anything for the owners. All the locations were in great areas with good anchors and great traffic. Ding tea is getting killed by Meet Fresh and Sharetea (and other better franchises).

Yep, different fancy donut brands/franchises popping up everywhere- reminds me of the fancy cupcake craze that raised prices on them too.

Second this. Used to be $6 for a dozen now it’s like $15-$20 for six small thin fancy donuts

The wholesaler may require an agreement to not sell their products to liquidators. If not, there is nothing stopping you, but if the product is not in high demand or does not move quickly - the pawn shops may not even buy from you or if lucky offer you cents on the dollar for them.

Subleasing and co-working spaces is nothing new and been around for ages - he was just able to fool investors that it was tech like innovation.

The money is in all the data Tesla is collecting and their charging infrastructure - which can sell or license to insurance companies, other car makers, and self driving software companies. When we buy/drive a Tesla - we just paid to be a data collector and beta testers.