The Restaurant Business Start-up Guide (Real-World Business) [Paperback]

Paul Daniels (Author)

Book Description

Series: Real-World Business | Publication Date: July 25, 2008

Newly updated for 2011! Written by specialty food service guru Paul Daniels, The Restaurant Business Start-up Guide is a must for anyone starting a restaurant. Paul has taken his extensive experience in this field and made it available here for the first time. The book connects to a special Internet site where readers can get updates and download specific software and eBooks that assists users in starting and running a restaurant. The book includes: Professional advice, sample business plan, revenue forecasting, organizational tips, financial advice, location selection, leasing tips, negotiation tips, detailed business checklists, and much more!

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About the Author

Paul Daniels is a restaurant consultant with more than 25 years of experience in specialty food service.

Product Details

• Paperback: 240 pages
• Publisher: Venture Marketing (July 25, 2008)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1582911037
• ISBN-13: 978-1582911038
• Product Dimensions: 10.7 x 8.4 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #239,787 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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51 of 55 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Solid Business Start-up Concepts, May 1, 2002

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Casper Winsor (San Jose, CA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Restaurant Business Start-up Guide (Real-World Business) (Paperback)

I purchased this book, wrote my business plan and within two months had financing. Within three months, I had analyzed the best site, based on demographic profiles spreadsheets that are at the Web site that goes with this book.

This book got me to my goal. I am a restaurant owner now. I recommend this book to anyone wishing to start a restaurant.

15 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Vague and misleading!!!, June 6, 2009

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Tom Denney "Arch2Bee" (Chicago, IL USA) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: The Restaurant Business Start-up Guide (Real-World Business) (Paperback)

First the CD-rom does not come with the book as you might think by reading the description above. It is available to order for [...]. Having accessed the website to look at what was available I found NO sample business plan specifically for restaurants under the restaurant side of the site. I had to click on his other book title in order to find a generic business plan, and I do mean GENERIC plan, that is there, and is once again, only a 10 day shareware product. "If you use BUSINESS PLAN MASTER to help develop your business plan and don't pay for it, you are already starting your business out on a bad note." you will need to pay up another $44.00. The employee scheduling tool (also a 'pay me more' shareware) is so lame I laughed at it. I could build a better scheduling tool in Excel, and you should be able too also if you are considering starting a business, which would then give you the power to share with accountants and import/export data. The suppliers list is nothing special you could not find by a few simple web searches. Over all I am very disappointed in this purchase and am considering sending it back. There is nothing useful in this book you can not find for free on the Small Business Association website, or other helpful sites. if you cant find it free on the internet by doing a little searching you rally ought to consider waiting tables for a bit before owning and running your own restaurant.

23 of 29 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Value!, March 29, 2003

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Desmond Jacobs (Novato CA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Restaurant Business Start-up Guide (Real-World Business) (Paperback)

This is the best ... bucks I ever spent!
I bought this book. Registered it. Logged on to the Web site that comes with the book. Edited the sample business plan; and got financinig. All within 3 weeks.

Simple. Clean. Concise. Got for it!