So, what should I do now?

[Cain]

Yeah, this idea for the food you have sounds intriguing.  I wont ask though, until its all up and running.

[Triple Zero]

Good for you ECH!

Just about the idea, incredibly awesome ideas often seem to be a sign of the times*, so if you are gonna gonna wait implementing it until next year, someone else might have the same idea and walk away with it?

*think of all those inventions invented nearly simultaneously, I seem to remember Taleb gave some explanation as to why this is in Black Swan.

but then, your idea might be something exclusively elusive. just saying don't sit on it too long

[East Coast Hustle]

I'm not too worried about it. Even if someone else has the idea, they have to be able to implement it and that can be tough. I already know how to start up and run a small food-based business, and how to write a business plan that a bank will find finance-worthy, I just need one more year to have the money to buy the truck outright, then I can use that as collateral and get a small loan for start-up (permits, lot rent, initial inventory, propane, etc.)

I've done this before, so I've got a pretty good sense of what will or won't get approved, even in current economy. And since the amount of the loan I need is only about half of the value of the truck, worst-case scenario is that I lose everything, have to sell the truck to pay off the loan and still have a few grand leftover from the sale of the truck to finance my next brilliant idea.

[LMNO]

Well, selling custom Jenkem shots on the street doesn't have much overhead, and it sure is a seller's market. 

Good luck!

[Triple Zero]

ECH,

[Cainad (dec.)]

Sounds like you finally got yourself a plan there, ECH. Best of luck making it work, man.

[Jasper]

This is happy news, best of luck pulling it off!