Are you just thinking about owning a restaurant or are you ready to act?

Have you considered the consequences? There are the obvious consequences ... and also the invisible list of consequences and barriers which cause many to look back and say: "If I had only known...I may not have bought a restaurant," and “Why didn't anyone tell me about this stuff ....?"

By reading this book you will be better able to understand and prepare for the issues that lie under the surface of restaurant ownership.   What you read in this book are not secrets, and given enough time and effort, you could research them on your own.  If you are better prepared or warned with a "watch out", your odds of success goes up. You will also find much of what is covered could apply to many types of businesses.   

If you are better prepared, wouldn't you say your goals could be more properly set?    

  "A goal properly set ..... is halfway reached?"  Zig Ziglar 

Either I will convince you to pause & ponder and rethink whether restaurant ownership is truly for you OR the resources and tools you find in each chapter will help you prepare for success and overcome the invisible list of obstacles that many in the industry whine and complain about after they are surprised by the truths of restaurant ownership. 

Just in case you need to have a list of the more obvious obstacles, check out the list fromother websites in the appendix.  This alone may leave you breathless and running to a simpler business concept.  OR you may give a sigh of relief since the resource is now at your fingertips?

This is not a book of lists, to-do's, recipes, and food.  They are easily acquired for free.  It is not a "how to" book for starting or opening a restaurant.  The Internet provides information on these topics at low or no cost. There are more than a few who will say: “Hey, buy a restaurant! You can do it!” 

Use the glossary and index in the back of the book. 

When you finish reading the book, use the checklist in the back to determine how prepared you are.   

I will be giving this same checklist and resource to my close friends and family members who, on occasion, say “Mike, I think owning a restaurant is a good idea”. Hopefully, I can save them, too.