During the early days of a start up you want to make sure as much capital as possible is kept on the table. At the same time you want to make sure you have enough energy and nutrition to carry out a 14 hour work day.
My question is, what is the best way to do this? I’ve worked with entrepreneurs in the past who in the early days of their business subsisted off tins of beans. While I do think legumes hold the key, tinned beans alone won’t sustain you for long.
Is it possible to feed one person for a week on the equivalent budget of a tin of beans?
Black bean soup
4-5 healthy servings
Celery 90c
Carrots 50c
Onion 50c
1 cup Black lentils 80c
Water
Stock cubes 75c or real stock (free)
Salt and pepper
If you can make it go 5 meals you have a whopping recipe for 69c per serving.
Pumpkin lentil soup
4-5 servingsPumpkin $2
Onion 50c
Celery 90c
Carrot 50c
Yellow Lentils 80c
Stock cubes 75c or real stock (free)
Not a huge fan of pumpkin soup but I’ll eat it if I have to. Not going to lie, this type of diet requires some sacrifices. $1.09 per serving without bread.
I could go on forever, but these are two example recipes that cost less than a $1.20 can of beans.
So the key to a successful enterprise diet, it seems, is having a lot of pre-made stock & legumes up the wazoo.
Needless to say the entrepreneur’s diet is a legume-centric vegetarian diet. The same as baked beans.
If I assume 21 meals in the week, such a diet should get me through at about $19-20 per week and can mostly be made in my slow cooker.
The real challenge with the entrepreneur’s diet would be staying on the diet until the business makes a profit – but boy, would that give you motivation to make a profit.
