Starting a business - One Story
Of all the types of businesses to start and be successfull at, restrauants are one of the hardest to make successfull -
I know because I worked in one for 6 months and between employees that don't want to work/work hard, breakage, wrong
food served, orders that take forever, etc. I heard of this
woman who did start one and made it a Success!
I only wish I could remember the name of the restrauant. I
heard about this bout 10 years ago and it has stuck with me.
She waitressed at this nice family restrauant for 12 years.
She wanted to own her own but also wanted it to be a success. For 10 of those years she watched what worked and
what didn't, she watched what type of people they hired and
got to know them, she watched all the mistakes that happened
and the people that made them, she watched management and saw what styles worked and didn't and who were creeps and who really appreciated the employees, she also saw why food spoiled and why there was waste, AND she saved her money.
When she wrote her business plan(back then you needed one),
she wrote it from a different perspective. She wrote it from how she observed what didn't work and what did. The bank was amazed at her and her plan. She got the loan with
no problem.
After 12 years she was set to open her own. She did all the
initial hiring and knew how to read people and who was telling her a far fetched story and who was really going to work. She knew how to cover every nook and cranny. She opened her restrauant and it was a success from day one.
Although I am not a 'attention to detail' person because I feel that you can get soo bogged down in the details that you miss site of the big picture - IF you don't lay a Good
Foundation at the start, your asking for problems soon after.
I know because I worked in one for 6 months and between employees that don't want to work/work hard, breakage, wrong
food served, orders that take forever, etc. I heard of this
woman who did start one and made it a Success!
I only wish I could remember the name of the restrauant. I
heard about this bout 10 years ago and it has stuck with me.
She waitressed at this nice family restrauant for 12 years.
She wanted to own her own but also wanted it to be a success. For 10 of those years she watched what worked and
what didn't, she watched what type of people they hired and
got to know them, she watched all the mistakes that happened
and the people that made them, she watched management and saw what styles worked and didn't and who were creeps and who really appreciated the employees, she also saw why food spoiled and why there was waste, AND she saved her money.
When she wrote her business plan(back then you needed one),
she wrote it from a different perspective. She wrote it from how she observed what didn't work and what did. The bank was amazed at her and her plan. She got the loan with
no problem.
After 12 years she was set to open her own. She did all the
initial hiring and knew how to read people and who was telling her a far fetched story and who was really going to work. She knew how to cover every nook and cranny. She opened her restrauant and it was a success from day one.
Although I am not a 'attention to detail' person because I feel that you can get soo bogged down in the details that you miss site of the big picture - IF you don't lay a Good
Foundation at the start, your asking for problems soon after.
