Don't build a bar for yourself. Build it for your customers. It's all about them: the walls, the finishes, the textures, the food, the beverages, literally everything has to be for them. — Jon Taffer Copy Share Image
If your main reason for opening a bar is to have somewhere for you and your friends to hang out, then build a bar in your basement, and stay out of the industry. — Jon Taffer Copy Share Image
I think success is a relative term. If you're a caveman, success is capturing an elephant. Success is achieving better than the norm. Success… — Jon Taffer Copy Share Image
In my extensive experience, I can honestly say that Sculpture Hospitality's inventory solutions are world class and, by far, the most comprehensive in the… — Jon Taffer Copy Share Image
In the bar and restaurant industry, you're always one idea away from your next quarter-million. — Jon Taffer Copy Share Image
I think everybody thinks they can have the next $100 million venue. I think there is a bit of arrogance in that. — Jon Taffer Copy Share Image
A bar is a factory, a marketing organization, and a service organization all in one. — Jon Taffer Copy Share Image
Honestly, if I could be anything, I'd love to be a small-business authority type of person. — Jon Taffer Copy Share Image
In the worst of our recession, bars were making money. Every bar can make money. If they're failing, it's not because of the president… — Jon Taffer Copy Share Image
Leadership cannot be taught. Either you're a leader by the time you're 12 years old, or you never will be. — Jon Taffer Copy Share Image
