Join us in cutting ✂️the red ribbon on our brand new studio🥳 , joined by restaurant expert David Scott Peters⭐! David knows how restaurants work, and with a book📖, podcast🎙️, and a hefty resume💪 of speaking engagements and seminars🗣️, David Scott Peters teaches restaurant operators how to cut costs✂️ and increase profits📈 with his trademark Restaurant Prosperity Formula™. Sitting pretty in the podcast studio 🎧 Matt and David discuss subjects like, strategic thinking, and what it means to be an owner.
Problem-Solving Your Way to Profit with Josh Kopel
He’s a podcaster 🎙️, a restaurateur 🍽️, a tech pioneer 📲 AND… he’s sharing his insider secrets 🤫 with us. He’s none other than Josh Kopel! Throughout his 20-year career, he’s managed venues ranging from the Alligator 🐊 Bayou Bar to Hollywood nightclubs, bars, 🍸 and ultra-lounges. In response to the devastation he saw in his own businesses and the industry, Josh created Full Comp 🎙️ with Yelp in 2020. Get your notebooks 📓 ready as Matt and Josh drop some nuggets of wisdom!
TikTok On The Clock ⏰ With Cali BBQ
Come on over to the golden ☀️ state as Matt makes his way to Cali BBQ 🍖 in sunny San Diego, California. Shawn has his hands in digital media 📲 as the host of Digital Hospitality, a weekly business and marketing podcast. So let the sunshine 🌞 in as Matt and Shawn discuss:
📲 Taking advantage of TikTok
📲 Keeping up with the changing technology
📲 Starting TODAY, not tomorrow
📲 Making sure that you’re not the problem
📲 Utilizing free social media platforms
📲 Not being afraid to post
Table Talk With Billy Gene
Description: Billie Jean is not my lover 🎶 … wait, wrong Billie Jean. 😂 Correction, ➡️➡️ Billy Gene IS marketing! This week Matt sits down with Billy Gene so they can get to the good stuff. With over 10 years 😱 of digital marketing under his belt and over 140,000 students in 75 countries, 📍 Billy Gene is a wealth of marketing knowledge. 🧠 During their sit down the pair take a deep dive into:
🎙️ Billy Gene’s number one tip
🎙️ Switching up your roles
AND MORE!
Donut Forget Your Roots
Winging It With BW3 Founder Scott Lowery
What pairs perfectly with every game 🏈 day party? Wings, 🍗🍗 that’s what! Matt got to catch up with Scott Lowery, one of the founders of the beloved Buffalo Wild Wings restaurants. 🤩 Scott and and his brother turned business partner established BW3’s back in the 1980’s 📅 and have learned so many lessons along the way. Some of those lessons include:
🍗 When to open your second location
🍗 How to find investors
🍗 Finding the right space for your restaurant
🍗 Coming up with a catchy name
Taking Time Out For Your Customers
We’re visiting Chapel Hill’s 📍 resident place for a late night bite 🍔, Time Out! Matt and owner Eddie Williams take a load off to discuss how Eddie always has his customers in mind. 🧠 The pair dive into topics like:
➡️ Always being “on” as a restaurant owner
➡️ Relating to your customers
➡️ Understanding you customers’ needs
➡️ Serving quality food no matter what
➡️ Being open 24 hours, 7 days a week
➡️ And of course, selling chicken bones!
Keeping Things Consistent with Brooks’ 🍔
We’re in Charlotte, North Carolina 📍 this week as Matt visits David Brooks, owner of Brooks’. 🍔 With almost 50 years under their belt, Brooks’ has become a staple in their community. 👪 Throughout the years David has established a consistent menu 🌭🍟 and proved that he and his restaurant are here to stay. During their interview Matt and David dive into:
🍔 Loving what you do everyday
🍔 Why they DIDN’T put their logo on their sticker
🍔 How they became a Charlotte staple
And More!