Are you a dog lover? Then creating a more dog-friendly restaurant or coffee shop could be your path to increasing profit.

Over the past 20 years, we’ve seen a steady “humanization of pets.” This is a fancy way of saying we treat our furry friends more and […]

It’s the age-old question haunting every small entrepreneur, who can’t get their concept for the next great small restaurant in their neighborhood out of their heads. You’ve got the idea. You’ve picked out a name. Maybe you’ve even been daydreaming about logo ideas and menu designs. But sooner or later, […]

The dream almost always starts with a logo. Long before many of us start hammering out the specifics of a business plan, doing market and demographic research on the town in which we plan to open our business, or figuring out where we’re going to raise the capital we need […]

Planning to open your own crepery or waffle house? We’ve got a giant is of suggestions to help you come up with a memorable name for your little crepe shop. We’ve also compiled a list of successful crepe brands so you can get a sense of what’s already working in […]

You’ve named your business. You’ve secured the financing you need to get started. Maybe you’ve even started sketching out a few menu ideas, or identified a signature dish that’s going to set your restaurant apart and generate a loyal local following.

But there’s a major part of launching your business that’s […]