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How to Start, Run & Grow a Successful Restaurant Business: A Lean Startup Guide
Let’s start your restaurant legacy right now, right here!
National chains and single independent restaurants all started with an individual and an idea. A concept. A dream.
Small ideas can grow into big business. Who would have thought that a guy with a milkshake machine could start a hamburger empire? A pizza made in a garage would start today’s pizza wars? A guy with a pressure-cooker would start a fried chicken phenomena?
Business ownership has always been part of the all-American dream. Restaurants are the largest entrepreneurial opportunity in America for starting the dream.
According to Restaraut.org, the industry stands as This is about time you make your longtime dream of opening your own restaurant a reality. It’s not as hard as you think. Remember opportunities are being taken by someone every day, waiting another day means you are passing up another opportunity.
Good Luck!
National chains and single independent restaurants all started with an individual and an idea. A concept. A dream.
Small ideas can grow into big business. Who would have thought that a guy with a milkshake machine could start a hamburger empire? A pizza made in a garage would start today’s pizza wars? A guy with a pressure-cooker would start a fried chicken phenomena?
Business ownership has always been part of the all-American dream. Restaurants are the largest entrepreneurial opportunity in America for starting the dream.
According to Restaraut.org, the industry stands as This is about time you make your longtime dream of opening your own restaurant a reality. It’s not as hard as you think. Remember opportunities are being taken by someone every day, waiting another day means you are passing up another opportunity.
Good Luck!
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267 pages, Paperback
Published September 29, 2017
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June 9, 2021
The typos, grammar, misspellings and general bad writing could be overlooked if this book contained concrete content or advice, but it does not. This *might* be considered a primer to the restaurant industry for someone completely uninitiated, but it most certainly will not help you start, run or grow a restaurant, much less a successful one. Most sections read like the first free result in a Google search.
January 11, 2023
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March 26, 2024
Not what I was hoping for. This was more of a broad stroke around types of restaurants and some basics around starting up a restaurant. Nothing around running or growing. The content does not match the book's title. Most of the information was Captain Obvious. And the tone and message was rather pessimistic. If you are contemplating starting a food place, don't waste your time here. If you want some surface material, might be ok.
March 28, 2019
Probably not enough details here to actually guide you through starting a restaurant, but it was a good overview to help me understand it for a client project. Really should have had a copy editor to rein in this guy’s use of sentence fragments, but it’s still one of the most informative books I’ve read for Kindle Unlimited so far.
November 29, 2019
This book didn’t give any advice on starting a restaurant. It just basically spoke about the different types of restaurants available, for example “McDonald’s is a fast food restaurant because they prepare food quickly for people in a hurry”. The book title and cover look superb but the content was 👎🏾
This book was a waste of time and money!
This book was a waste of time and money!
February 4, 2020
I knew it was a snake when I picked it up. Pretty weak sauce click bait title for people looking to dip a toe into investigating a restaurant business. I started this because my sister started a Great Harvest Bread franchise in Orlando and I wanted to understand their situation a little better.
September 7, 2021
Not worth reading. Unedited and factually incorrect.
April 4, 2024
One of the most poorly written books I have ever read. If you are thinking of opening your own restaurant, do not start here,
December 7, 2025
Great Read
Very good and informative book. Logical opinions presented with very strong reasoning. I will be using this as a resource for developing my plan.
Very good and informative book. Logical opinions presented with very strong reasoning. I will be using this as a resource for developing my plan.
July 9, 2020
It’s Alright
Alright but filled with anecdotal stuff, a bit out of date at this point, and very much focused towards either higher end or franchise.
Alright but filled with anecdotal stuff, a bit out of date at this point, and very much focused towards either higher end or franchise.
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