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Jon Taffer

American Businessman

Born: Nov 7, 1954

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The greatest gift of leadership is a boss who wants you to be successful. Jon Taffer

Leadership You Gift Greatest Gift Boss Greatest Wants Successful Who

The simple things can be really powerful. Jon Taffer

Simple Simple Things Powerful Really Things

Any business, no matter what it is, lives or dies by the customer reaction it creates. Jon Taffer

Business Matter Reaction Any Dies Customer Creates Lives

Excuses destroy success every time. Jon Taffer

Success Time Every Every Time Destroy Excuses

If you have to signal a bartender to get a drink, then they're not looking at you, which is their problem. They're not doing their job. So don't feel rude when you signal a bartender. They're the ones who caused you to signal them. Go for it. Jon Taffer

You Problem Rude Job Looking Signal Drink Feel Doing Caused Go Go For It Get Which Them Then Who Bartender

The infusion of technology and social marketing to bar spaces is a big opportunity. Jon Taffer

Technology Opportunity Big Marketing Big Opportunity Spaces Bar Social Infusion

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 is being exceptional. It's exceptional reputation, exceptional income, and exceptional respect. Jon Taffer

Success You Respect Better Reputation Think Relative Exceptional Term Norm Than Being Achieving Success Is Capturing Income Elephant

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 industry. Jon Taffer

Class Experience World World-Class Honestly Say Solutions Comprehensive Inventory Hospitality Most Industry Far Sculpture Extensive

Bar owners tend to be social rather than operators. Most bar owners do not manage their numbers. They do not have spreadsheets or reports to manage their budget, cost, or inventory. I would say 90% of independent bar owners do not even have a budget. Jon Taffer

Say Independent Would Cost Rather Inventory Tend Budget Most Than Manage Reports Owners Bar Social Even Numbers

It's easy to be good when things are great; it's tough to be good when they're not. Jon Taffer

Good Great Tough Easy Things

When I was running the Troubadour, there was this transition from the classic singer/songwriter Jackson Browne types to bands like Black Flag, the Dead Kennedys, and Fear. Those are just some that come to mind. Oh, and Adam Ant! The Fear fans wanted to 'crush' the Ants. These guys hated each other. Jon Taffer

Fear Fans Mind Black Other Types Those Running Hated Classic Some Guys Crush Come Like Dead Ant Bands Ants Flag Jackson Oh Just Wanted Transition Each Kennedys Adam

Cocktails and food are social. Jon Taffer

Food Social Cocktails

Leadership is a trait; it's not a skill. Jon Taffer

Leadership Trait Skill

If you can't build a relationship with your customers, you're in big trouble. If you can remember the numbers from the reports and spreadsheets you spent hours poring over in your office, but you can't picture the faces of your customers - you're in big trouble. Jon Taffer

Relationship You Remember Trouble Picture Big Build Spent Faces Over Hours Office Reports Customers Your Numbers

I'm a businessman, not a bartender. Jon Taffer

Businessman Bartender

When a sizable group of customers speak, I always listen! The 'customers' view' is key to my confidence in decisions. Jon Taffer

Confidence Speak Key Group Always Listen Decisions Customers View

When you're on-stage, you're expected to perform in the bar business. You shake hands. You smile. You're all positive energy: you add to your environment. When you walk in the door to the back of the house, that's like a stage door. You're off-stage now. Jon Taffer

I guess I've just always had an entrepreneurial spirit. Jon Taffer

Guess Spirit Entrepreneurial Entrepreneurial Spirit Had Always Just

Honestly, if I could be anything, I'd love to be a small-business authority type of person. Jon Taffer

Love Honestly Type Could Person Authority Anything If I Could

I have a playroom with my drum set, a guitar, and amplifier at home. Jon Taffer

Home Guitar Drum Drum Set Amplifier Set

What I love about Vegas is that we have the mountains and the Strip. There is always something to do. Jon Taffer

Love Mountains Strip About Something Vegas Always

Don't open a bar if you think all you need to be is social and greet the customers. You have to run a business. Jon Taffer

You Business Think Run Open Greet Bar Social Customers Need

Rarely does a congressman stand up and defend a liquor company. Rarely does a congressman stand up and defend a bar. Jon Taffer

Rarely Does Up Liquor Bar Stand Stand Up Congressman Company Defend

Putting somebody else in crisis mode and causing them to make quicker decisions, urgent decisions, rather than prolonged, more logical decisions can be very advantageous. So, to be successful in business, you have to understand the power of confrontation and how to use it correctly. Jon Taffer

You Business Logical Somebody Power Else Prolonged Crisis Correctly Rather More Putting Make Understand How Causing Very Quicker Mode Than Decisions Confrontation Them Urgent Successful Use

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