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Re: Two Cool Points of View

Wally Bock — Wed, 06 Dec 2006 14:55:16 -0000

I love reading interviews with Batali because he's one of those folks who seems to be able to see the simple structure of things and undestand simple princples. He once described the restaurant business this way: "We buy food. We fix it up. And we sell it at a profit."

Re: Two Cool Points of View

steve — Thu, 30 Nov 2006 13:50:38 -0000

What I don't understand is that before you're a small business owner, you try to become one for the riches of selling your idea at a later time...so why is it so hard to let go? Is it that after all your hard work and after gaining success the idea of selling or letting go seems irresponsible? Or just completely out of the question.

Re: Two Cool Points of View

Sanjay Kumar — Thu, 30 Nov 2006 10:47:17 -0000

I'm not surprised. They both seem very down to earth. I heard that Liz was helping to judge a small business contest the other day along with Carolyn Kepcher from The Apprentice:

http://www.cnn.com/2006/TEC...

Re: Two Cool Points of View

getvendors — Wed, 29 Nov 2006 12:32:19 -0000

You are right on that part. But I will be also curious to find out how these successful folks find the right people to do the job. In the corporate world, the philosophy of "Hire people smarter than you" works provided your stock price is soaring or you are talked a lot in media but when it comes to small business, you need someone who believes in slow and steady approach. Many of the small businesses we interact have just given up on the front of finding right employees and they are just inviting trouble by overloading themselves with almost every single task.

Re: Two Cool Points of View

mydailyslice — Tue, 28 Nov 2006 18:59:03 -0000

I couldn't agree more. Being in the same situation, I was terrified of giving up control that I had worked so hard to get. But then I realized I could mentor someone to have the same passion, and eventually would have more time to...um...golf!