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John Westra started his own Repair Caf\u00e9 in Amsterdam two years ago. The Repair Caf\u00e9 Foundation starter kit was essential. “I don’t want to reinvent the wheel”, says John. Thanks to the practical information and tips in the starter kit<\/a>, he didn\u2019t have to.<\/p>\n

John decided to start a Repair Caf\u00e9 after his trolley case, and a coffee machine broke. He was about to replace them, but that didn\u2019t sit well with him. “I wasn’t raised that way, so I started to repair them myself. While googling, I came across the Repair Caf\u00e9s.”<\/p>\n

He first visited some Repair Caf\u00e9s in Amsterdam. He liked that so much that he started a Repair Caf\u00e9 himself, as there wasn’t one in his neighbourhood yet. But how do you get something like that off the ground?<\/p>\n

Ready-to-use solution<\/h4>\n

That’s where Repair Caf\u00e9\u2019s digital starter kit<\/a> helped. John knew about making repairs, but there\u2019s more to opening one\u2019s own Repair Caf\u00e9. “You can start something, but how do you get the word out? How do you get people to come?”<\/p>\n

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A detailed manual<\/h4>\n

Besides logos and other documents, the starter kit also contains a detailed manual on how to start a Repair Caf\u00e9. Martine Postma, the creator of the Repair Caf\u00e9s, says: “It answers all the questions you may have, such as how to find a venue and how to collect the necessary tools. Suppose you want to open your Repair Caf\u00e9 in a couple of months, then the manual will tell you what can and must already do and how to do it\u201d.<\/p>\n

Order the starter kit<\/h4>\n

Would you also like to start a Repair Caf\u00e9? Then order the digital starter kit now<\/a>.<\/p>\n

A lot of people have preceded you: there are hundreds of Repair Caf\u00e9s in English speaking countries alone. They also started from scratch, but you\u2019re already halfway there with the Repair Caf\u00e9 starter kit.<\/p>\n

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