#12. [Video] Restaurateur Colin Ambrose on Estia's Little Kitchen, Business Strategies, and Why You Should NOT Open a Restaurant No Matter What Winners Only Club Hosted by LuLu Romano

YouTube: https://youtu.be/FkizlPGe-dQ



Episode highlights



00:00-00:56 Intro

1:16 Employee’s well-being

7:54 Entrepreneurship, career change, personal growth

10:35 Breakfast Connoisseur  

16:49 Sustainable farming practices

18:59 Definition of Winner vs. Loser

19:25 Pride vs. Vanity

24:19 Why Mexican?

28:42 Family Background

30:00 Ruben Bravo

35:33 Carlos

36:32 Miguelito

36:50 Julia

36:57 Raul

38:28 Polish the stone

39:38 White guy running Mexican restaurant 

42:39 Patrick Donahue

45:26 Zone diet

47:28 Charlie Palmer’s table with Jessica

52:23 Next opportunity: Old Stove Pub

54:07 Working at other restaurants 

55:36 Advice for entrepreneurs

58:26 Favorite cooking shows

1:01:16 Julia Child

1:04:47 Best & Worst aspects of serving the Hamptons

1:09:57 Restaurant owner vs. Restaurateur 

1:12:34 Don’t try it

1:16:17 Creative strategies

1:18:40 Business strategies

1:22:20 Colin’s business strategy

1:27:19 Opinion on 9-5ers

1:31:29 Future dreams

1:33:43 Fishing fellowship

1:36:40 Eliza Chapman

1:41:03 Golf and Fishing

1:44:55 Thank you