The Restaurant Startup Blueprint

What this episode covers

You don't fail in your first year. You fail in the 90 days before you open.The lease you sign. The menu you price. The build-out you fund. The location you pick. The first chef you hire. Every one of those decisions locks in three years of math — and most first-time operators get them wrong before the doors ever open.The Restaurant Startup Blueprint is the 2-hour walk-through Al Kanbar — 25-year operator and founder of Silver Spoon Consulting — uses with paying clients to keep that from happening to you.What's covered:Market research and customer-fit work most pre-launch operators skipLocation strategy and zoning — the questions to ask before you tour a single spaceMenu development priced for profit, not just for tasteFinancial planning: build-out budgets, break-even covers, runway, and the numbers your investors actually look atThe key operational metrics every restaurant lives or dies by — and how to track them from day oneHow to build a trained team that performs when you're not in the buildingLive Q&A — bring your concept, your lease question, your menu draftThis isn't theory. It's the exact framework Silver Spoon walks paying clients through, condensed into two hours so you can apply it Monday morning.Bonus: every attendee gets the Restaurant Startup Checklist used in every Silver Spoon engagement. Yours to keep.

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