Offers advice on opening a restaurant, including site selection, marketing, staff management, menu pricing, kitchen organization, and cash overages.

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A recent survey by the National Restaurant Association found restaurateurs to be hard-working, affluent, and optimistic, but only 50 percent said they would do it all again. Despite the hard work, the restaurant business can be one of the most fickle and difficult businesses to break into. Why? People get into it for all the wrong reasons. Voil`! The Complete Idiot s Guide to Starting a Restaurant, Second Edition, is here to provide the recipe for success. How do you decide how much money it will take? When do you know you re succeeding - or failing? If you re succeeding, how do you successfully expand? Focusing on these kinds of business questions, this book takes a practical approach, giving the readers the nuts and bolts from deciding on a table layout to taking inventory of their bar.

The recipe for a successful restaurant, now revised! In this revised edition, aspiring restaurateurs will find everything they need to know to open a successful restaurant, including choosing a concept and location, creating a business plan, finding the cash, and much more. New content includes information on tips, tip-outs, and reporting for the entire staff, choosing the best POS system, setting up a bar and managing the wine list, and making the bottom line look good long-term. -Restaurants are a high-risk venture, but starting a bar or restaurant is still one of the most popular new business ventures (Cornell Univ/Mich State) -Overall industry sales are projected to hit $476 billion for 2005, a 4.9% increase -The industry employs a workforce of 12.2 million in more than 900,000 restaurants nationwide (National Restaurant Assn.)

Provides advice on opening and running a successful bed and breakfast with information on such topics as drawing up a business plan, setting guest policies, getting listed in guidebooks, and developing a Web site.

Every dream has to start somewhere! With the shaky economy and unemployment rising, more and more people are trying to find alternative ways to start businesses out of their homes. But what is the right home grown business? What skills are necessary? What will it really cost and how much money will it generate? All these questions and more are answered in The Complete Idiot's Guide® to Low-Cost Startups. • Expert author with over 30 years experience in the area • Ways to determine which business is right for you-and the most effective to start • Great, innovative ideas from hi-tech service to low-tech selling • Practical nuts and bolts advice on starting and running the business • Solid information about costs, financing, taxes, and organization

When stuff rules a person's life, it's Georgene Lockwood to the rescue. Her revised handbook shows how to organize paperwork, food, clothing, and shelter systems and how to win the money wars.