The Blog
Clarity in writing.
Field notes from twenty-plus years of coaching independent restaurant owners. What works. What doesn’t. What the noise is hiding.
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Restaurant Owners Manage 11 Stages to Overcome Challenges
Restaurant owners are uniquely challenged in the small business segment and the hospitality industry segment. In the latest episode of my podcast, “The Restaurant Prosperity Formula,” I’m touching on those challenges and their best solutions.
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Restaurant Management 101 for Independents
Restaurant management 101 is how chain restaurants kick independents’ butts. How do they do it? And more importantly, how can you do it?
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Restaurant 101 and Other Concepts for Independent Restaurant Success
Restaurant 101 and Other Concepts for Independent Restaurant Success – five tips to get the same success chain restaurants experience.
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Restaurant Accounting Tips to Build Cash Flow and Security
Restaurant accounting requires a special touch. In this latest episode of The Restaurant Prosperity Formula, tune in to hear Anne Gannon, CPA, and I talk restaurant accounting tips, restaurant cash flow planning and so much more.
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Running a Restaurant to Have Cash Flow During a Pandemic
Many of you know exactly the panic you experienced in week three of this pandemic when the cash was gone and the pivot hadn’t come or hadn’t generated sales yet. Let's talk about cash flow and how to make a plan for it.
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How to Manage a Restaurant – 5 Tips from Successful Independent Owners
How to manage a restaurant is a common search term on the Internet. Restaurant entrepreneurs tend to always be learning new things and trying to improve their businesses. Here are five tips I’ve gathered from the very successful restaurant owners I’ve coached.
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Restaurant Manager Training Tips to Build a Stellar Management Team
Building systems will transform your restaurant business, but the only way you can get it all done is to have a management team in place to do the work. Here are three restaurant manager training tips to build a stellar management team.
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Restaurant Checklist to Manage Managers – Podcast Episode 4
Your restaurant checklist to manage managers – really, many checklists – is the principle foundation of a strong management team. Learn more about this principle foundation: restaurant checklists.
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Restaurant Management Tips for When to Fire a Manager
A common question is how do I fire a restaurant manager? Read this to learn to the key to knowing when it's time to pull the trigger and fire a manager.
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Cash Flow Budget for Restaurants in COVID
Going forward, as states and cities open up with varying restrictions, it’s very important for a restaurant owner to have a 12-week cash flow budget. Unlike an annual budget where you are looking to create a plan to be profitable, your 12-week budget is all about survival. Here’s the process.
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