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Jeff Gothard is the Co-Founder of KIC Hospitality, a hospitality consulting service based in Austin, TX. Jeff Got his start in the business/management world as a District Manager at Blockbuster in hollywood from 1999 to 2005. He then decided he wanted to open his own restaurant but without any hard experience in restaurants, he needed to work for great restaurant industry companies first. He then worked for Schlotzkys as a Franchis...

Charles Internicola is Founding Partner and CEO at Internicola Law Firm based in New Jersey. Charles began his law career about 20 years ago always with the aim of specializing in franchise law. Charles is the host of the podcast, Win Big at Franchising Podcast, and he has his YouTube channel as well, Entrepreneurs Kick Ass. 

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C.K. Chin is the founder of Chintertainment. C.K. got his start in the nightclub business as a bouncer who quickly decided it would be better for everyone if he introduced a little more hospitality to the bouncer/door guy position. He then became a bartender and eventually the GM. He then became a marketer for that nightclub and soon was doing marketing for other service industry businesses as well. C.K. currently is a part of 3 re...

Ben Bridwell is the President of Chargebacks911. Chargebacks911 specializes in helping businesses manage and prevent chargebacks, which are forced reversals of customer transactions by their banks. They offer a range of services, including identifying the root cause of chargebacks, helping merchants fight illegitimate chargebacks, and providing tools for chargeback prevention. In this Restaurant Unstoppable Network workshop, Ben wi...

Evan LeRoy is a Co-Owner at LeRoy and Lewis in Austin, TX. Evan was featured on the show back in 2018 for episode 582. Back then, LeRoy and Lewis was a food truck that began in 2017, a year prior. The brick and mortar LeRoy and Lewis opened in February of 2024. This year, the restaurant won a Michelin star! 

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Jason Carrier is the owner of Mama Betty's Tex Mex located in North Austin, TX. Jason began hospitality his career in his early 20s working as a door man for bars in Austin. He loved the job, treating the position like a gracious host instead of an intimidating bouncer, and eventually went on to open his first bar in 2002, and at least 11 bars at various times. In 2020, he owned 5 bars that all shut down during the pandemic and dec...

Steven McAloon is the Co-Founder and Partner at KIC Hospitality, based in Dallas, TX. Steven is from Wales and got his start in overseas hospitality companies like Whitbread, Costa Coffee, Schlotzsky’s and others, all revolving around franchising. He and his partner started KIC Hospitality, a consulting company, a few years back. 

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Chris Florczak is the CEO of Risen Restaurant Group. Risen consists of one concept with four location and a fifth soon to open. The concept is Rise, originally located in Dallas and opened in 2008. Chris got his start with an internship at Hillstone Group and he quickly was given a job offer and worked there for 16 years. In 2016, he was offered the COO position at Rise and in 2021 he became CEO and the umbrella group, Risen, was c...

Samir Watter is the COO at Layne's Chicken Fingers based in Dallas, TX. Samir joined Layne's in 2021 when there were only 7 total locations. Before that, he held impressive roles and big franchise companies like Denny's, where he worked for 10 years starting as AGM until heading the opening of 30 locations by the end of his tenure there. He also worked for La Salsa for 10 years as director of ops, where he opened 30 locations for t...

Thom Crosby is the CEO of Pal's Sudden Service, HQ'd in Kingstwon, TN. Pal's Sudden Service was first opened in 1956 in Kingstown, TN. Thom came on board in 1981 to help them grow. Thom's experience prior to Pal's was in corporate McDonald's and corporate Long John Silvers, as well as a franchisee with Wendy's. Today Thom is the CEO of Pal's and the company has 31 locations. All but 2 Pal's locations are drive-thru only. 

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Zane and Brandon Hunt are the co-founders of VIA 313. VIA 313 is a Detroit-style pizza chain. This is The Hunt Bros. third time on the show. They first joined us for episode 560 in 2018 and again in 2021 for episode 826. In 2021, they had 5 locations and today they have 24! 

Interested in McClaskey Excellence Institute as recommended by the Hunt Bros.? Check it out here: https://www.restaurantunstoppable.com/mcclaskey-institute

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Matthew Mabel is a consultant, advisor, coach and President of Surrender, Inc. Surrender is a hospitality and management-consulting firm based in Dallas, TX. Matthew was last on the show for episode 518! For this in-person workshop, Matthew will take the listeners through growing restaurants in three different major and specific phases of growth.

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Garrett Reed is the CEO of Layne's Chicken Fingers. Garrett got his start in the real estate business right out of college as a site selector for Radio Shack in he 90s. By the early 2000s he had moved on to Starbucks where he served as Real Estate Director for the east and west coasts. In 2005 he started his own real estate business and in the mid-2010s he began the search to own a restaurant brand and/or franchise. He bought Layne...

Michael Praver is the founder of fundingfundingfunding.com

Michael's company specializes in helping businesses secure capital without the stress of traditional lending. Their mission is to help businesses secure fast, reliable, and customized funding solutions that empower businesses to thrive. 

This workshop covers How To Get Funding with expert Michael Praver. Workshops can be found every Thursday in the Restaurant Unstoppable po...

Rachel Cope is the Founder and CEO of 84 Hospitality based in Oklahoma City, OK. 84 Hospitality consists of 4 concepts in 10+ locations in and around OKC. The brand started with Empire Pizza and the newest restaurant is Elizabetta, a fine-dining restaurant in OKC. They also operate Empire Slice, Burger Punk, and Goro Ramen. Rachel was previously on the show for episode 778 in 2021.

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David DeLorenzo is the CEO and Owner of Bar and Restaurant Insurance. David DeLorenzo specializes in bar and restaurant insurance, but he is also a speaker, author, coach, as well as host of a mastermind and more than one charity organization. On top of all this, he has been an owner of 13 restaurants in his career. David was previously on the show for episode #1087 about a year ago!

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Zack and Silvana Walters are the Owners/Partners at Sedalia's Oysters & Seafood located in Oklahoma City. Zack and Silvana are married and met in 2017. Prior to 2017, Zack went to culinary school and eventually opened his own butcher shop/deli in LA in 2010 with a partner which was very successful. He left that venture in 2016 to work in another restaurant where he met Silvana who worked FOH there. Silvana lived in NYC and worked F...

Jeremy Julian hosts the Restaurant Technology Guys podcast and CRO at CBS NorthStar. With 20+ years in restaurant tech, he shares insights and interviews experts to help operators use digital tools to improve efficiency and guest experience.

This workshop covers Jeremy's "3 Reasons Restaurants Fail with Technology Onboarding." Workshops can be found every Thursday in the Restaurant Unstoppable podcast feed or on YouTube. Most have ...

Scott Marsh is C.O.O., Partner, and Director of Operations at The Jones Assembly in Oklahoma City, OK. The Jones Assembly is a 1,600 person capacity concert venue with a full-service restaurant and cocktail bar. The Jones Assembly opened in 2017 and is a part of the Social Order hospitality group. Scott pivoted early in his career from music/artist management to concert venue management. 

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