The right personality with a weak resume can be filled in. That's the employee who will become great. — Jon Taffer Copy Share Image
Most people who get into the business are social animals by nature, but do they have the financial abilities to manage a… — Jon Taffer Copy Share Image
Pushing for excellence is a fight. You have to fight to hire the right employees, fight to get the supplies you need,… — Jon Taffer Copy Share Image
Great negotiations happen when people are relaxed, so a relaxing environment is important. A high-energy environment tenses people up. It closes them… — Jon Taffer Copy Share Image
You ever see a bar with 200 beautiful women go broke? But I've seen a lot of bars with great DJs go broke. — Jon Taffer Copy Share Image
I'm a really happy guy. I have a great career, a wonderful wife and family. — Jon Taffer Copy Share Image
The whole point of a bar is, I look in your eyes, you look in my eyes, we've never met each other… — Jon Taffer Copy Share Image
It's easy to be good when things are great; it's tough to be good when they're not. — 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
