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Restaurant Problems: Time Temperate Abuse
May 15, 2013
In the past two weeks of operation at my new restaurant, I have had to throw out 10 pounds of pulled duck, 30 pounds of chicken breasts and 8 pounds of chicken livers. Why? Not because my freezer or cooler are functioning improperly. They are at 0 and 40 degrees Fahrenheit as they should be. [...]
View PostSmall Business: What Happened to Innovation, Creativity, and Flexibility?
May 15, 2013
Innovation, creativity, and flexibility have become a small business battle cry in the last few years – and appropriately so. We found (find) ourselves in new and different economic territory where what may have once worked no longer works (or as well.) When faced with the new or different, logic will tell you that you’re [...]
View PostHow Social Media Can Ruin Your Small Business
May 9, 2013
A better title for this post might be “How you can ruin your small business on social media.” Sure, social media is the best thing since pre-sliced bread when it comes to marketing your small business. However, it is a HUGE mistake for small business owners to blur the lines so much between personal and [...]
Making Sure You Get Paid Doesn’t Make You “The Bad Guy”
May 4, 2013
Many small business owners will fess up to the fact that they didn’t realize part of owning a small business meant they needed to learn how to sell – not to mention overcoming their own personal prejudices about “Sales” in order to do so. But there’s something a lot of small business owners are even [...]
Choosing The Perfect Employee: Auditions and Probations are Key
April 27, 2013
The last time I had to audition for a position in a restaurant was in the 1980s. I thought the chef for whom I would work was somewhat eccentric until recently when I found I was in the same position—auditioning chefs for just the same reason. There is no way to know if the chef [...]
