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Great story about sticking to your ideals, and how to manage growth. I think it's amazing how easy it is to enter the food business compared to selling software
by tjarratt 17y ago
Great story about sticking to your ideals, and how to manage growth. I think it's amazing how easy it is to enter the food business compared to selling software.
If you make food, someone will be hungry and buy it. If you make software, there is no guarantee that anyone will ever use it.
edit: I guess what I hadn't considered was that they were making good food and still serving it to people, despite competition from faster, cheaper companies. People tend to flock to good software, so maybe they aren't that different?
- edw519 17y agoI think it's amazing how easy it is to enter the food business comparing to selling software. I've done both and AFAIC, you couldn't be further from the truth. I've never had trouble finding customers with problems to solve with information and always earning what most others would consider a very nice living. In foodservice, you will work your ass off at all hours (especially nights and weekends), you'll sweat, be filthy, have very slim margins, and often face brutal competition. And if you think computer users are fickle, just try feeding people. You have no idea.