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Clean Bathrooms and Small Menus: Here's How to Run A Successful Restaurant, According to An Industry Insider

Entrepreneur.com

Hes worked with some of the biggest restaurant companies, such as The Smith & Wollensky Group, Restaurant Associates/Patina Group, Le Meridien Hotel Group, and more, and opened his own consulting firm JK Consulting in 2008. What lessons from successful chains can small independent restaurants learn from?

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The 9 Leadership Principles That Carried Me From the Sidelines to the Suite

Entrepreneur.com

I grew up in El Paso, a first-generation Mexican-American kid who learned early on that nobody was going to hand me a seat at the table. Some I had to learn the hard way. I read every business bio I could get my hands on, shadowed the veterans in the industry and learned not just what they did but how they thought. Its defiance.

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Can’t We All Just Get Along?

Success

Shortly after moving in, we learned that our property was part of a coyote highway. According to 2008 data from the U.S. The frantic messages were from a homeowner who had moved from an urban area into a newly developed subdivision in the country. I was a farm kid.

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Is a College Degree Really Worth It?

Success

Someone interested in the trades has a host of training options that can help them learn valuable skills and land a good job. Photo courtesy of Amanda Monreal (on the job at Marathon Petroleum Corporation in Long Beach, CA) Amanda Monreal received her automotive certification just before the 2008 housing crash.

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How to predict the future with Jane McGonigal

TED Talks

Future forecaster and game designer Jane McGonigal ran a social simulation game in 2008 that had players dealing with the effects of a respiratory pandemic set to happen in the next decade. And what can we learn from this experiment to predict—and prepare for—the future ourselves? How did she do it? How did she do it?

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4 Powerful Lessons We Can Learn from Famous Amos Founder Wally Amos

Success

What I’m doing really,” he told The New York Times , “is combining everything I’ve ever learned in life—my business college training, my show business background, my promotion experience—and applying it to selling these cookies.” Amos exemplifies how to think outside the box … err, cookie jar. “I

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Anyone Can Learn Sales—Here’s Where to Start

Success

You’ll be amazed at how much you can learn just by observation. What matters is that selling skills are there to be learned. While it’s true that you must not be afraid to talk with people, it’s even more important that you learn to listen. Learning to Sell. Learning to sell isn’t difficult.

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