The Receipts · updated jul 2026
Why listen to me? Fair question.
You should audit anyone who gives you advice about your money. Here's my audit, itemized — the wins, the scars, and the stuff you can check yourself.
One small shop. A few thousand dollars.
The honest part
The early 720 years included months with $0 income. I saw strong sales and assumed the business was healthy — until the bank account said $1,000, $2,000, sometimes negative. I learned prime cost by being on the wrong side of it. I signed a lease I shouldn't have. I made hires I shouldn't have. The frameworks on this site weren't invented in a workshop — they were paid for in cash, time, and sleep. Mostly mine.
Count them yourself.
The rooms I sit in now.
Plant Veda — board advisor at a publicly traded F&B company. Public-company governance means the numbers I talk about get audited for real.
Workstream — I work alongside the team at Workstream, the HR/hiring/payroll platform serving 35,000+ restaurant brands, including 46 of the top 50 QSR chains. Full transparency: it's a working relationship, and I name it every time. What it buys you as a reader is a live window into what's actually happening across thousands of restaurant operations — hiring, wages, turnover — not just my own stores. I use it as evidence, never as a pitch.
People who did the thing.
On the record.
Audit done. Now use the free stuff.
Everything the receipts back up is free on this site: the guides, the calculator, the worksheets. If you want my eyes on your numbers directly, that exists too.