
INTERVIEW: Nathan Mergen, Chef/Owner of 107 State
#30: INTERVIEW - Nathan Mergen, Chef/Owner of 107 State This week is a departure from our regular format, so I hope you'll come along for the ride. I recently had the chance to interview Nathan Mergen...
30 Sep 20191h 26min

The Keys to Management and Marketing
#29: The Keys to Management and Marketing This is the third and final episode in a 3-episode arc where we've been talking all about Leadership, Staffing, and Training. Why? Because people run your res...
23 Sep 201915min

How To Build a Great Staff
#28: How To Build a Great Staff This is the second in a 3-episode arc where we're talking all about Leadership, Staffing, and Training. Why? Because people run your restaurant; people are responsible ...
16 Sep 201917min

Great Marketing Starts with Great Leadership
#27: Great Marketing Starts with Great Leadership This is the first in a 3-episode arc all about Leadership, Staffing, and Management -- three areas that I believe have a greater impact on your bottom...
9 Sep 201916min

Internal Marketing
#26: Internal Marketing Usually when we talk about Marketing we're talking about EXTERNAL marketing... SEO, paid advertising, e-mail marketing, social media... often forgetting about the equally valua...
26 Aug 201922min

Social Media Trends 2019
#25: Social Media Trends 2019 I want to take this opportunity to talk all about the changing trends in Social Media Marketing for 2019. If you're marketing your restaurant online Facebook and Instagra...
19 Aug 201919min

Process, Progress, and Secrets to Productivity
#24: Process, Progress, and Secrets to Productivity I am endlessly fascinated by the subject of creativity... and not just what it means to artists, but in business as well. Think of in terms of "prob...
12 Aug 201923min

Strategic vs. Tactical
#23: Strategic vs. Tactical Thousands of years ago the ancient Chinese military strategist, Sun Tzu, wrote this in The Art of War: "Strategy without tactics is the slowest route to victory. Tactics wi...
29 Jul 201916min





















