Ingredients for Success: How to Start a Restaurant

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Think Local First Event

@ Busboys and Poets/ 5th and K

Developing a food business requires the right ingredients for success. Think Local First DC has whipped up a day full of panels designed to help aspiring restaurant owners gather the critical knowledge needed to succeed in this demanding space. With the expertise from the Think Local First Board of Directors, participants can expect a lively, engaging, and thought provoking day that will equip them with solid skills and connections to help bolster DC’s sustainable local business community.

Join Us
APRIL 3
8:30 to 5:00 p.m.
Breakfast & lunch provided
Busboys and Poets, 5th and K

Agenda:
8:30-9 Networking
9- Welcome from TLF
9:20-10:30- Panel: Nuts and Bolts of Getting Started
10:30-11:30- Panel: Financing and Leases
11:30-12:30- Panel: Creating, Branding and Marketing Creative Concepts
12:30- Lunch/Break
12:45-1:45- Panel: Greening Your Restaurant Plan
1:45-2:45- Panel: The Food- Where You Get It and Who Cooks It
2:45-3:45- Panel: How to Hire the Right Staff
3:45-4:45- Doing Business Locally
4:45- Closing Remarks