[dfeojm-zlib]

I would find a better (defensible) business model that's better than a restaurant that anyone can open. ER's have zero intellectual property and anyone can start such a business for little investment. Do something else (hard/er/expensive/tedious for most people) that lends itself to greater monopolization by you, and that's profitable. (Build something defensible and profitable that customers love.)

[braythwayt]

I wrote some books.

Books are completely indefensible. There are billions of the things, and new ones get written all the time. I made some money. I was and am very happy to have written books.

Is writing books a good business? Perhaps not, if viewed through the “The world is divided into unicorns and NOOPs” lens. But I don’t look at the world through that lens.

See also: Making music, opening a social pub, running a day care, organizing festivals or conferences...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lifestyle_business

[TheSoftwareGuy]

Not everyone needs to be a billionaire monopolist, I think most people can be happy with a solid consistent income

[EForEndeavour]

Would your advice to anyone interested in building an escape room not to build an escape room?