The (Remote!) Restaurant Small Business Management Program

The Restaurant Small Business Management Program is for people already in the food business and looking to grow, either by improving their operation or making significant changes to their business model.  For example, they may want to move from a catering business to a food truck or expand from a food truck to a brick & mortar, or, by building upon one success, add another location.  In general, they are looking to improve their business to increase their income and have a better work/life balance.  

The Restaurant SBM Program has been engineered from the ground up to deliver relevant, robust content specifically for restaurant operators in restaurant operators in The Columbia Gorge and smaller Oregon communities. It features Oregon experts with deep roots in the restaurant industry. The nine powerful workshops — plus monthly one-on-one advising sessions — are all geared to make the participants’ operations as successful as possible, and to make their work more enjoyable and rewarding. 

We meet remotely via Zoom once a month for a three-hour class on Mondays, 9 am to noon, for nine months. This interactive format creates a classroom cohort of peers who encourage and learn from each other, as well as from our highly respected instructors, allowing a rich opportunity for Q&A and networking. The college will record each session allowing people to watch a class when they have a scheduling conflict.

Tuition is $900. Limited scholarships of $700 are available. Enroll now to reserve your spot.