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A Boring Dystopia
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First, all those restaurants in the comic offer franchises to entrepreneurs. It is common for most entrepreneurs to go with franchises since they are easier to run
Second, Toast is becoming big with independent restaurants. So, there is a way for independent restaurants to have loyalty programs and run an app.
Fair enough. But when I think about entrepeneurship, motivation and health comes/stays with some kind of passion rather than earning money "quick and dirty".
I like to see it when they bring some passion to the table, by really like to cook, bake and/or host guests that want to have a somehow more or less special moment. A delicious lunch or snack during a break, a date, a birthday party, you name it. While the surrounding is just pleasant for them and their staff.
I've never heard of it. I looked it up. For me its a trap that ultimately result in even more pressure and less focus on the original object(s) of the company. It may support the administrative tasks behind the scenes, granted, but technology which replaces most human interactions and relations will make the restaurant loose its appeal (if it had one in the first place).
If you are a owner with some kind of passion described above I think you gain genuine loyalty in return. You could offer your guest(s) free stuff coming on the house, give a discount and give them a geniune feeling of being welcome and treated with respect. In my opinion thats way more worthy - for all those who are involved.
You're mapping a lot of characteristics to entrepreneurship that aren't there.
A lot of businesses get founded by people with a passion, but a lot get founded because people want a way to make money where they don't have a single boss. Then you have to start focusing on the cost of product sold and how to secure revenue streams.
Founders of successful companies may have a passion for what they do, but they also need to have a sound business plan and be able to make decisions which help their companies run profitably. People who give out free product and who offer white glove service to all customers in a market which can't support the costs of doing so are going to find themselves out of money.