Month: June 2016

Scott Youkilis, a member of the Schedulefly community, talks about the restaurant business…

Scott owns Hog & Rocks, a highly successful restaurant in San Francisco. He’s also opening Loma Brewing Company in Los Gatos, CA in just a few weeks. He took time to speak with us about his nearly 20 years in the business, and discussed everything from culinary school, to raising money for a restaurant, to […]

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Great advice from Meherwan Irani, a member of the Schedulefly community

Meherwan Irani and his wife, Molly, started Chai Pani in Asheville, N.C. in 2009. Today there are two Chai Pani locations and three other concepts under his watch. Meherwan tells his inspiring, refreshing, unconventional story on our Restaurant Owners Uncorked podcast series, and here are a few of his comments… On the types of people […]

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The inspiring story of Van Nolintha, a member of the Schedulefly community

Van Nolintha is in Raleigh, N.C. and owns Bida Manda with his sister, Vanvisa. The term “bida manda” is the Sanskrit ceremonial term for father and mother, so the restaurant was named to honor their parents, who instilled a love of food in Van and Vanvisa and taught them that food can bring people together. […]

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Great advice from Sean Scott, a member of the Schedulefly community

Sean Scott owns Subculture Coffee, with locations in West Palm Beach and Delray Beach in Florida. When Sean and I spoke for our podcast we talked about about everything from the trust and relationships formed between coffee buyers and the farmers they source their beans from, to the risks of bad weather harming coffee bean […]

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The moment I had to accept that what I was doing wasn’t working

Nothing I was doing for Schedulefly was working. It was 2010, and everything I had tried since the fall of 2008 had not panned out. Rather than continue to convince myself patience would pay off, I needed to get uncomfortable and try something different. For nearly two years I had tried doing what I knew: […]

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