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Jordan is the founder and CEO of 7shifts , a team management platform that helps restaurants manage their workforce. 7shifts began as a simple tool to help his dad manage the work schedule at his Quiznos franchises and has since evolved into one of the leading restaurant team management platforms. 7shifts is used by over 35,000 restaurants worldwide and trusted by over 700,000 restaurant professio...

Roger is the  Founder and C.E.O. of restaurantrockstars.com and the Restaurant Rockstars Academy, an online tool to help restaurant owners and managers crush it in the restaurant business and the host of the popular restaurant/business podcast: The Restaurant Rockstars Podcast. Every week he interviews industry leaders, owners, operators, suppliers, and technology companies to bring you the b...

After attending business school at The University of Delaware and going to Grad school at the Culinary Institute of America, Aaron Ratner put his education and experience right to work. Immediately after graduating the CIA in Napa Valley, Aaron opened up The Blue Chicken based out of Smorgasburg in NYC. After a successful launch, Aaron continued to expand the brand until March of 2020. When the Pa...

Charles Bililies is the Founder & CEO of Souvla, a group of Greek restaurants with locations throughout San Francisco. A Greek-American, Bililies comes from a family tradition of restaurateurs and is deeply passionate about the hospitality experience. Bililies brought Souvla to life through his innovative fast-fine approach, blending fine dining aesthetics, service standards, and detailed touchpoi...

John is the founder of 211vc, an investment company supported by founders, CEOs, and senior executives in restaurant and restaurant tech companies. 211vc invests in promising and purposeful consumer and consumer tech companies, especially seeking opportunities to leverage technology to empower the hourly workforce. Pepper has been an angel investor since 2014, with investments in more than 30 star...

A veteran hospitality operator and entrepreneur, Kevin Cox has opened more than seventy restaurants within the urban and suburban markets of New York, Los Angeles, and New Jersey. After a short stint in commercial real estate, Kevin found his home in the hospitality industry with Umami Burger. In less than three years, Kevin wore many hats as Umami grew into one of the most popular restaurant grou...

Having left the path of a software engineer to choose a more "people-oriented" role, Chad landed a partnerships role at a restaurant technology company. He quickly fell in love with both the job function and the industry he was serving. Years later, after having worked for and partnered with companies providing online ordering, loyalty, reservations, and point-of-sale, he saw the coming tidal wave...

Your restaurant’s location is more important than your menu and the food you serve. I’ve seen it repeatedly, where an operator identifies a space and signs a lease simply because it’s second-gen, seems like the right size, with reasonable rent. The reality is that there are many more important factors to consider, such as visibility, accessibility, competition, the demographics of the neighborhood...

Eric Huang grew up in a Chinese restaurant in New York. Like most first-generation Asian immigrants, his parents (*ahem) strongly encourage him to steer clear of the restaurant industry. In fact, they wouldn't even allow him to cook at home! Instead, he was introduced to classical music training and had to keep his fingers safe for the cello. Practice made perfect, and Eric was accepted at the pre...

Brendan Sweeney is the man with the plan at Popmenu. Popmenu is a full-service marketing and customer engagement platform built for independent restaurants of all sizes. The cloud-based SaaS platform helps restaurant owners give potential guests everything they need to make a dining decision by way of custom-built websites and patented menu technology. Popmenu powers the consumer experience for th...

Exclusive Sponsor PlateIQ - Save 25% off your implementation fess, by requesting a demo, and mentioning the show - click here to get started. 🍽 Pick up my "One Page Business Plan Builder" here. A "recovering restaurant owner" specializing in the strategic growth of emerging restaurant brands across the country. Kyle’s insider perspective of what it means to be a restaurant owner operator day-in an...

Stratis Morfogen has been an innovator in New York City’s hospitality scene for decades. His new book, "Be A Disruptor" provides an unconventional, real-world education for any entrepreneur by sharing how he beat the odds in the cutthroat, mob-influenced New York City restaurant world. Morfogen teaches readers what he has learned about finding business opportunities in any situation, starting new...

As a restaurant owner, you know how important it is to stay on top of your bills. PlateIQ works with over 20,000 restaurants across the country, helping them manage and  automate the full life cycle of the invoice process  -  from General Ledger coding up to and including bill payment Plate IQ uses OCR “ Optical Character Recognition ” and Deep Machine Learning to eliminate manual d...

Troy Hooper and I met on Clubhouse, and I quickly learned how his 30 years of experience in hospitality was going to make him a fantastic guest on the show, and a friend.  His extensive knowledge, and passion for the industry come through every time he speaks!  Troy has  built several concepts from the ground up, and also redesigns and rebrands existing restaurants and hotels....

Restaurant Coach with more than 20 years of experience in the industry. A proven track record for developing and implementing systems, programs, and initiatives that diversify revenue streams, increase efficiency, and improve overall profitability. As host of the Restaurant Strategy Podcast , I’m able to impact thousands of operators each week; as a consultant and coach I currently work with dozen...

Steve Raggiani grew up in his family’s Italian restaurant, worked every job from bus boy to line cook. He started giving critiques to the kitchen at age 6. Now he’s got +12 years of experience in building culturally-relevant brands like Airbnb, Adidas, Espolón Tequila, Google Play, and Live Nation to name a few. The future of marketing is driven by experiences, fueled by data. He knows how to...

Sharing authentic NYC experiences is what @itsyaboymikeoffical is all about. Whether it’s the best kept secrets on where to eat, exciting local events or the eccentricities of city life, It’s Ya Boy Mike keeps followers entertained with entirely unique and entertaining content. Building on his growing influence, Mike welcomes opportunities to work with brands and marketing agencies to promote new...

Hassel Aviles has 2 decades of foodservice and leadership experience in the hospitality industry primarily in restaurants, events and entrepreneurship. Early in her career she created Toronto Underground Market (TUM), a large-scale food and beverage festival and incubator designed for food entrepreneurs, chefs and home cooks. From 2011-2014 there were 25 TUM events each one was attended by thousan...

While living in California, Joe Fontana discovered Nashville hot chicken and was taken by the spicy and trendy recipe. After writing a business plan, the Villa Park native moved his family back to Chicago and two years ago opened the first Fry the Coop in Oak Lawn. The company generated sales of $1.8 million last year and projects revenue to nearly double this year to $3.5 million. Fry the Coop em...

Jeffery Weitz has been a General Contractor in both California and Oregon for the past 30 years, and is currently the owner and principal broker for North Rim Commercial Realty. Jeffery and his team specialize in the development of investment retail, hospitality, office & Industrial properties in Portland OR. Check out the North Rim website here . 🍽The National Restaurant Owners Network: https...

You can't talk about Garden Catering without talking about their Chicken Nuggets. Their nugget history begins in the mid-1970’s, when the original owner, Lou Iandoli and his business partner opened Garden Poultry in the heart of Greenwich, CT. In 1978, grabbing hold of an opportunity to grow and expand, Mr. Landoli opened under the name of Garden Catering on Sound Beach Avenue; which is now known...

Laura Green M.Ed, is the Founder of Healthy Pour. Healthy Pour advocates for mental health and wellness initiatives in the food & beverage industry through consultation, presentations, research, and trade engagement. Consultation is rooted in education and available in various capacities: non-profit advising and educational development, organizational leadership training, systems development,...

Benchmark Sixty is the only service provider in the hospitality space that uses a GROWTH strategy. Rather than focusing on ways to SAVE labor dollars, cut in order to a percentage, Founder & CEO Jim Taylor and his team use a proprietary method based on increasing productivity and out put. JOIN THE NETWORK! The largest and fastest growing NETWORK of independent restaurant owners is just getting...

George Atterbury is a partner at a new restaurant landing in Miami this November – Klaw. Klaw is the newest concept opening in Miami Fall 2021 that will offer diners the epitome of the surf and turf experience. With the culinary program headed by Chef Tim Elmore, the King Crab served at Klaw comes direct from the rough waters of the artic ocean in the north of Norway straight to the sunny coastlin...

Tiffany Helton is the Co-Founder of Stuft Burger Bar and Online Restaurant Academy . She is a veteran hospitality professional and is passionate about helping others. JOIN THE NETWORK! The largest and fastest growing NETWORK of independent restaurant owners is just getting started! As loyal listeners of the show, I am offering FREE LIFETIME membership until Friday, March 4!  Click HERE to joi...