Score Business WorkShop 

Lessons Learned Starting and Running Restaurants and Food Services (Oakland)

WorkShop Fee ($45)

Planning on a Food Service Business?

Overview: The future looks bright for the food-service industry and, whether you want to serve fast food, steak, pizza or coffee, the journey to launching your own food establishment service can be difficult. A hard reality is that many restaurants fail during their first year, frequently due to lack of planning. Take this class and make sure you are on the right track!!

 Lessons Learned Starting and Running Restaurants and Food Services:

What do you need to consider when you start a restaurant or food service business? Learn from three SCORE Counselors who have successful track records owning their own food service businesses. They will present the lessons they have learned and also answer questions. Some of the planned discussion topics include:

• Why, what, and how do you research as you prepare your business plan?
• What are the various kinds of opportunities you might consider?
• How much money will you need and where might you get it?
• What is a business plan and why is it so important to your success?
• How do you get and manage the people you will need to run your business?

SCORE Mentor Panel

  Ken Weber              Norman Pearl               Peter Slosberg