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What Site you should Choose..Restaurant Expert Witness
Choosing the Right Restaurant Site Understanding the requirements behind site selection Determining accessibility and traffic Determining preliminary space requirements Choosing and securing the site that’s right for you Sealing the deal Where is your restaurant? Your...
Taxes and What you need to know about them…Restaurant Expert Witness
Taxes Can Be Taxing: What You Need to Know I once met a tax expert for the IRS at a restaurant. The moment I found out who he was I told him my name, Eckniv Rewerb, and my occupation: back-up singer for Bozo the Clown. After these formalities, we had a wonderful...
Product Quality…Restaurant Expert Witness
Standards of quality must be more than just words. Product guarantees are important. After determining product specifications, you must inform your vendors of your expectations of quality and then hold them to delivering at or above those standards. During negotiation...
Develop a Restaurant Funding Plan…Restaurant Expert Witness
The funding plan, called the money plan by some, is a set of strategies for targeting the right amount of money from the right sources, at the right time, for the right price. Be sure to examine all the sources you can and then you can build your money plan. First,...
Injuries Happen … Restaurant Expert Witness
Slips and falls, cuts and burns, lions and tigers and bears. Oh my! Injuries happen at an alarming rate in some restaurants and hardly ever in others. How is this possible? The office of OSHA (Occupational Safety and Health Administration) states that the difference...
Starting from scratch … Restaurant Expert Witness
Starting a restaurant from scratch takes a lot more planning, designing, and developing than buying an existing restaurant does. A new restaurant requires you to do everything that has already been done in an established restaurant. You must establish the business...
OWN IT OR FORGET ABOUT IT! . . . by Restaurant Expert Witness – Howard Cannon
Have you ever wondered if you might be the type of person who could be financially successful at owning your own business? Most people have at one time or another. In fact, I hear people nearly every single day of my working life tell me how much they dream of owning...
Don’t Give Up! … with Howard Cannon – Restaurant Expert Witness – Howard Cannon
Howard Cannon has spoken at many industry events, corporate gatherings, culinary institutes, universities, and high schools across the country and around the world; and, through the use of passion, humor, memorable analogies, industry know how, and...
If you fail to plan then you plan to fail… By Restaurant Expert Witness – Howard Cannon
The journey from your wonderful and exciting restaurant idea to serving your first customer is a trek that requires commitment, stamina, willpower, and creativity. It also requires a plan. This journey can be one of the greatest learning experiences of your life, and...
What gets those taste buds tingling? …By Restaurant Expert Witness – Howard Cannon
Whether you’re planning to start a restaurant in New York City or Teardrop Wyoming, you’ll find plenty of opportunities. All of the great ideas have not been done quite yet. Even if your idea has been done before, you can always compete by outperforming the...