FULL COMP: The Voice of the Restaurant Industry Revolution

Josh Kopel
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Sep 24, 2021 • 34min

How to Disrupt & Innovate: Joe Jackman, founder of Jackman Reinvents

Change is hard.  Becoming irrelevant is harder.  Today we chat we Joe Jackman who wrote the book on change.  Joe walks us through what real change can look like in our businesses, creating a blueprint for disruption and innovation within an industry that desperately needs both. You can pick up The Reinventionist Mindset wherever books are sold. ________________________________ CLICK HERE to Chat with Josh Free Download: 5 Steps to Achieve a 15% Net Profit We have a lot more content coming your way! Be sure to check out the FULL COMP media universe by visiting: FULL COMP Restaurant Marketing School The Playbook Industry Town Halls
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Sep 21, 2021 • 32min

Leading by Example: Steve Samson & Hans Luttman, co-founders of Rossoblu

So many restaurant owners have desperately fought for survival over the last 15 months.  Why? Is it for the money or the glory? Because both have been in short supply... We do this to serve a higher calling, and the best of us light the path forward. Today we chat with Chef Steve Samson & Hans Luttman, partners and operators of Rossoblu in Downtown Los Angeles. Together, they share what it took to create a hit, the effort that went into enduring the pandemic and how those experiences have impacted their path forward. For more on Rossoblu visit https://www.rossoblula.com ________________________________ CLICK HERE to Chat with Josh Free Download: 5 Steps to Achieve a 15% Net Profit We have a lot more content coming your way! Be sure to check out the FULL COMP media universe by visiting: FULL COMP Restaurant Marketing School The Playbook Industry Town Halls
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Sep 17, 2021 • 26min

What We Can Learn From a Franchise Model: Dennis McKinley, founder of The Original Hot Dog Company

Imagine, if when you started your entrepreneurial journey, you were provided with a plan for guaranteed success. Dennis McKinley did and he shares that plan with us today. Dennis became a franchisee in his early 20's. He took that playbook, improved upon it and today sits as the franchisor of one of the fastest growing restaurant chains in the country. In today's conversation we take a peek inside that playbook for strategies we can implement in our own businesses. For more on Dennis' concepts visit https://www.emergingfoodfranchises.com ________________________________ Sign Up for Our Weekly Newsletter Book time on Josh's personal calendar We have a lot more content coming your way! Be sure to check out the FULL COMP media universe by visiting: FULL COMP The Happy Mouth Morning Show Restaurant Marketing School The Playbook
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Sep 14, 2021 • 33min

The Business of Being a Chef: Nick Brune, founder of Full Time Chef

Nick Brune calls himself a chef but I'd call him a culinary entrepreneur. The reason being is that he's as interested in the business of food as he is in cooking it. In today's far reaching conversation we cover the path he took to master the business of hospitality, how he's applied those lessons to build multimillion dollar F&B businesses and how he's sharing those lessons with the world. To learn more about Nick and to learn more from Nick visit https://fulltimechef.com ________________________________ Sign Up for Our Weekly Newsletter Book time on Josh's personal calendar We have a lot more content coming your way! Be sure to check out the FULL COMP media universe by visiting: FULL COMP The Happy Mouth Morning Show Restaurant Marketing School The Playbook
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Sep 10, 2021 • 26min

The Power of Focus: Kevin Tan, founder of Snackpass

Have you chosen your customers or have they chosen you? In an effort to achieve profitability many of us refuse to clearly state who is and who is not our target customer. Kevin Tan chose a different path. In having a maniacal focus on his target customer, he's built a platform that's grown to over half a million users in just a couple of years. What's his revolutionary idea? Skipping the line at restaurants. Today we talk about why such a simple solution has gone viral and how we can use the same strategies to create virility in our own restaurants. For more on Snackpass go to https://www.snackpass.co ________________________________ Sign Up for Our Weekly Newsletter Book time on Josh's personal calendar We have a lot more content coming your way! Be sure to check out the FULL COMP media universe by visiting: FULL COMP The Happy Mouth Morning Show Restaurant Marketing School The Playbook
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Sep 7, 2021 • 32min

The Shortest Route to Profitability: Chip Klose of Restaurant Strategy

Can we make more money today? Like right now? Are there simple fixes to the problems we've been suffering from as an industry for the last, I don't know, 1000 years. Most of us don't make enough money and today we're talking with Chip Klose, who's trying to fix that. In our conversation, Chip lays out some simple, easy to execute tips and tricks for scaling profitability and our overall online presence. For more on Chip, go to www.chipklose.com ________________________________ Sign Up for Our Weekly Newsletter Book time on Josh's personal calendar We have a lot more content coming your way! Be sure to check out the FULL COMP media universe by visiting: FULL COMP The Happy Mouth Morning Show Restaurant Marketing School The Playbook
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Sep 3, 2021 • 29min

Best Practices from the Best Restaurants [PART 2]: David Ross, Brian Seitz & Chef Anthony Hamilton of Restauranttopia

I'm not crazy. There are definitely people that make an absolute fortune in this industry. They're just few and far between and and many haven't been willing to share their recipe for success. But you can learn a lot from observing the masters at work. And that's the vantage point from which the team over at Restauranttopia views our industry. They're working with the best in the business to create extraordinary results and today David, Brian and Anthony share the tactics and tools used by the best to create unstoppable restaurant brands. To check out more on David, Brian and Anthony go to https://restauranttopia.com ________________________________ Sign Up for Our Weekly Newsletter Book time on Josh's personal calendar We have a lot more content coming your way! Be sure to check out the FULL COMP media universe by visiting: FULL COMP The Happy Mouth Morning Show Restaurant Marketing School The Playbook
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Aug 31, 2021 • 34min

Best Practices from the Best Restaurants [PART 1]: David Ross, Brian Seitz & Chef Anthony Hamilton of Restauranttopia

I'm not crazy. There are definitely people that make an absolute fortune in this industry. They're just few and far between and and many haven't been willing to share their recipe for success. But you can learn a lot from observing the masters at work. And that's the vantage point from which the team over at Restauranttopia views our industry. They're working with the best in the business to create extraordinary results and today David, Brian and Anthony share the tactics and tools used by the best to create unstoppable restaurant brands. To check out more on David, Brian and Anthony go to https://restauranttopia.com ________________________________ Sign Up for Our Weekly Newsletter Book time on Josh's personal calendar We have a lot more content coming your way! Be sure to check out the FULL COMP media universe by visiting: FULL COMP The Happy Mouth Morning Show Restaurant Marketing School The Playbook
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Aug 27, 2021 • 43min

Restaurant Marketing That Works: Matt Plapp of America's Best Restaurants

The future of restaurant marketing is the current state of marketing in every other industry: data. Marketing is no longer about compelling diners to come to our restaurants, it's about compelling them to give us their contact info so that we can start a conversation. Today's marketing strategy is more about them than it us about us. Leading the charge into this brave new world is Matt Plapp, a seasoned marketer who's practicing what he preaches by offering more value than he's taking. Today we discuss his most recent effort, the book Restaurant Marketing That Works, in which he lays out the strategies and tools he uses to help restaurants scale to massive proportions. By the end of today's conversation, you'll have the plan you need to market like the big guys do. You can buy Matt's book "Restaurant Marketing That Works" on amazon today. ________________________________ Sign Up for Our Weekly Newsletter Book time on Josh's personal calendar We have a lot more content coming your way! Be sure to check out the FULL COMP media universe by visiting: FULL COMP The Happy Mouth Morning Show Restaurant Marketing School The Playbook
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Aug 24, 2021 • 30min

The Future of Fine Dining: Jenner Tomaska & Katrina Bravo of Esmé

There's a new breed of restaurateur and it's pretty exciting to see. A younger generation bringing the best of the past together with a new vision of the future. Today we chat with Chicago power couple Jenner Tomaska and Katria Bravo in the weeks before the opening of their new restaurant. These two cut their teeth in some of the best restaurants in the country and today they're sharing the lessons from the past that helped them create the future of fine dining. For more on Jenner Tomaska and Katria Bravo go to https://www.esmechicago.com ________________________________ Sign Up for Our Weekly Newsletter Book time on Josh's personal calendar We have a lot more content coming your way! Be sure to check out the FULL COMP media universe by visiting: FULL COMP The Happy Mouth Morning Show Restaurant Marketing School The Playbook

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