Building a Team From Nothing #RestaurantGrowth #TeamBuilding #RestaurantSuccess

3 Nov 2025 · 1 min

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Short clip from a Donald Burns YouTube video (recorded Nov 3, 2025) in which Donald Burns interviews a restaurant owner/manager about team size and growth. Speaker A reports having over 30 people on payroll across two stores (roles cited: graphic designer, social media manager, legal, CPA) and mentions recently opening a second location and ongoing plans for further expansion. Tone is conversational and celebratory of growth.

How big's your team?
I have. I have over 30 people on my. Is.
Five years.
I mean, that's between. Oh, I know. That's between two stores. You know, graphic designer, social media manager, legal, cpa. Like, it's a lot of people on payroll. You know, I actually sometimes look at it. I'm like, wow, this is just freaking amazing that I did this, you know?
Yeah. Especially from where we came from, you know, sitting there on a, you know, an empty floor, no location. And then now, I mean, you got two locations, just opened a second location. Is there a third location in the works?
There's always something I'm working on.
I know you. I know you. You don't. You don't ever settle. You don't ever rest.
No. And, you know, I'm so honored to have create something that has such organic attention, like on social media, which catches the eyes of landlords and developers, and so you just never can say never, because you just don't know.