In the next 10 years my spouse and I plan on opening up a restaurant/cafe. I need to learn the 'business' side of it and I've started college, however I think it's not going to help as much as on-the-job-training. What would you recommend??
Getting a job as a manager and ACTUALLY use these next few years doing hands-on learning?
Or..
Go to college? And get 'ojt'.
2007-02-09 13:36:50 · 5 answers · asked by me 3 in Business & Finance ➔ Small Business
ok if your going to do in the next ten years u better first establish yourselves finacialy..make sure u have the money or the ability to get a loan. im just going to give u some general advice to it..
1.make sure u have a good location wherever ur goiin to open.
2.you want to be the owners..be ready to learn to control this buisness
3. no distactions..this will take up a lot of your time. it is a dedication of 7 days a week.
4 as for college..get those papers in handy and get some training...but again nothign beats actually workign there....in a few yrs of workign u will get all the training u need.
2007-02-09 13:59:26 · answer #1 · answered by nycgreekguy004 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Well, if you are over 21, try to get a job managing a night club, a bar or managing a restuarant in the evening. You can go to college at the same time. The main reason that I think college is something that you really should have is because, most likely, you`re going to need a loan to start the place and a bank would be reassured by the fact that you got some formal education; that way they`re sure that you have some clue of what you`re doing. However, the more experience the better, so if you can become a manager somewhere that wouldn`t conflict with college, that would be a really good thing. I would say go to college first, because you already know that you will learn the basics, depending on where you work, you can`t be sure you`ll learn everything as a manager. Maybe try an associates degree (two years) in business and then managing for a while.
2007-02-09 22:05:12 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
These days you can take classes in entreprenuership, restaurant and hospitality, management etc. You need to learn this information and it is much cheaper to learn it when the class costs $200-1000 instead loose the $100,000 it takes to start a restaurant. Your idea for a place will be better refined, you'll know more people and you'll be in a much better position to make a go of it after school.
Get jobs at a couple different kinds of places, a national chain like Outback or Chili's, you can learn about systems at McDonalds better than any other place, and also a family or sole owner place. School combined with this exposure will be invaluable at the bank, with suppliers and customers.
Good Luck,
Dana B
2007-02-09 22:40:28 · answer #3 · answered by planningresult 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Nothing beats hand on experience. May I suggest getting an entry level job as a cook "the heart of the business" and then move on to dishwasher, busboy and then waiter, for this is what you will be doing the most in your own business. You will be the chief cook and bottle washer unless you can grow to more than one location.
2007-02-10 01:22:17 · answer #4 · answered by Gary M 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2007-02-10 07:25:38 · answer #5 · answered by dinbandhuroy 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋