Helen Johannesen: Ownership Isn’t the Win You Think
07/28/2026
What if owning a restaurant isn’t the win you think it is, but a risk most people misunderstand? Helen Johannesen didn’t just step into ownership,
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Brendan and Bianca Shah: Collaborate, Don’t Compete
07/24/2026
What if the smartest thing you can do with your single biggest advantage is hand it to the competition? Brendan and Bianca Shah run Chado
You Don’t Sell Food and Beverage. You Sell Seats. And That Changes Everything.
07/21/2026
What industry most closely parallels the restaurant business? The airline industry. Delta sells seats. So do you. Before you can optimize anything, answer one question: are you in the manufacturing business or the experience business? Most restaurants are confused, and that confusion is killing profitability.
Jeremy Lett: The Product Failed, Not You
07/21/2026
What if the real thing holding your restaurant back is your refusal to trust your own taste? Jeremy Lett spent 26 years at Bloomin’ Brands
Seth Gerber: Your Restaurant Is a Factory
07/17/2026
What if you can’t actually manage your people, and every hour you spend trying is the reason your restaurant won’t scale? Seth Gerber co-owns MIDA,
Ben Leventhal: Your Guests Didn’t Leave, They Forgot
07/03/2026
What if your guests aren’t choosing your competitors, they just forgot you exist? Ben Leventhal has spent 20 years building the infrastructure that connects diners
Rob Herold: This is the secret to delegation
06/30/2026
What if the most valuable thing you could do for your restaurant is make yourself unnecessary? Rob Herold has operated a single Chick-fil-A in Bowie,
Rachel Cope: The City Nobody Wanted
06/26/2026
What if the city everyone dismissed as a chain mecca was actually the smartest place to build a restaurant empire? Rachel Cope didn’t wait for
How to Build a Restaurant That Can Scale Without Breaking: Jeff Fenster, Everbowl
06/23/2026
What if the reason you keep breaking your own promises is that you’re relying on willpower to keep them? Jeff Fenster is the founder of
Kyle Willis: The Busy Trap
06/19/2026
What if you are the biggest obstacle to your restaurant’s growth? Kyle Willis, VP of Growth at BELAY Solutions, has spent years watching high-capacity operators