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Favorite success quote or mantra:

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In this episode with Pedro Shanahan we will discuss:

Learning how to manage people
Reaching out to people you know
Raising money
Dealing with insurance when you have a fire in your restaurant
Getting a public adjuster
Scaling
Empathy vs. compassion
Implementing extended training hours for staff to learn while at work
Alternative business models for restaurants

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Knowledge bombs

Which "it factor" habit, trait, or characteristic you believe most contributes to your success?
- Open and flexible
What is your biggest weakness?
- Time management
What's one question you ask or thing you look for during an interview?
- Compassion
What's a current challenge? How are you dealing with it?
- Choosing the right opportunity
Share one code of conduct or behavior you teach your team.
- Compassion
What is one uncommon standard of service you teach your staff?
- Learn one thing new about someone every day
What's one book we must read to become a better person or restaurant owner?
- Kris Plachy's Female Entrepreneurs Podcast
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What is something restaurateurs don't do well enough or often enough?
- Check in with their team
What's one piece of technology you've adopted within your restaurant walls and how has it influence operations?
- Social Media - Peridot Consulting
Name one service you've hired.
- Basecamp - Project Managing Database
If you got the news that you'd be leaving this world tomorrow and all memories of you, your work, and your restaurants would be lost with your departure with the exception of 3 pieces of wisdom you could leave behind for the good of humanity, what would they be?
- Build a community around you
- Take care of yourself
- Compassion

Contact info:

Rossoblu website

Superfine Pizza website

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