Jon Taffer Quotes

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Jon Taffer

Profession : Businessman

Birth : November 7, 1954

I believe that every person's failure is their fault, every single time.

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Failure is an extremely personal thing, and so is success. The problem with people is they don't own their failure, and if you don't own your failures, you're never going to own your successes.

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On 'Bar Rescue,' failure is not an option. I have to try to turn the business around.

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Bars need to be conceived and built for the local audience, not the personal tastes of the owner. Huge mistakes are made with regard to market research and concepts. Research and capital are paramount!

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

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Bars are about experience and interaction; so often, the people make the bar.

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I can change businesses, but I can't change people.

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I've traveled the world, and as an America,n I get insulted when people say American businesses aren't respected overseas. Look at how our food and beverage companies do around the world. We are regarded as the best at this. A lot of what we do here is exportable, and I don't think there's anybody that does it better in the whole world.

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Government employees make a good amount of money - income levels are very high in Washington, D.C. compared to other markets, so they are living in a bubble.

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Any time a bar or chef cares more about their own ego than the tastes and comforts of their customers, they should just open a monument to themselves and not a business.

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Eating something with someone is the second most sensual and intimate thing you can do in life. The experience can't just be about consumption.

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You can tell within a second of entering a bar if it's a place you should spend your time.

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I think everybody thinks they can have the next $100 million venue. I think there is a bit of arrogance in that.

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Bars can't be everything to everyone. They must be everything to someone.

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Too many bar owners built a bar for themselves... when they should have built what their market and demographic demands!

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Each 'Bar Rescue' is shot in real time. So the complete rescue is 5 days from my arrival to my departure. I do not see or meet anyone in advance.

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If a candidate puts together a small business platform, I'll go out on the road for him. You know, I'll support him.

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The whole point of a bar is, I look in your eyes, you look in my eyes, we've never met each other before, we talk, we get to know each other, have a drink together, and the great end of that story is we get married someday.

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Most people who get into the business are social animals by nature, but do they have the financial abilities to manage a business? A great bar owner has both.

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I think life takes circles sometimes.

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