Occasionally I look back at old blog posts of ours and just nod my head. It feels good to have stayed the course and resisted the urge to add more and do more and hire more for fear that we would not keep growing. I honestly believe that most company founders and owners would have […]
Read MoreHere’s part of our interview with Rayme. You can listen to the whole interview on our Restaurant Owners Uncorked podcast series on iTunes. How did you get started in the restaurant business?I started Proto’s Pizza with my partner at the time, Pam Proto. We opened five Proto’s Pizzerias together. We started with one in Longmont, […]
Read MoreSometime in the spring of 2007 my boss walked into my office and took a seat. He, being a real straight to the point guy, asked me “What is your plan with Schedulefly?”. I responded with “Man, I don’t know. I don’t have one”. He then asked what it would take to get it ready […]
Read MoreJess Killeen and her husband Ed own Grassburger, with locations in Durango, CO, and Albuquerque, NM. What started as a transition to grass fed beef for their family of five led to an idea for restaurant. When the couple sat down to write their business plan, neither of them had restaurant experience. Four years later, […]
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