 Hello, hello, Aces. Welcome. Welcome to the Profitable Restaurant Owner's Academy. Thank you so much for believing in yourself and having me in your corner to help you build something that you're gonna be truly proud of. It's something that I'm really excited and passionate about. I've been talking about it for years and I've helped hundreds of students build a profitable restaurant and which is the reason why I'm super excited that you are joining us today. Now for us, I understand that it may be a little bit overwhelming, especially when you look at the seven different modules and the lessons involved. And the reason why there are so many different lessons is because I want to be able to break it down into bite-sized chunks for you. Bite-size and each of the lessons are focusing on one thing that you need to take away and one actionable item. So as much as it looks overwhelming, it really isn't overwhelming and it is very, very achievable if you just take it one step at a time. And the beauty about this whole course is the fact that you have lifetime access. What does that mean? That means I keep upgrading content. I keep making it more relevant and I keep including bonuses. So then that way you get the latest information out there. And that's my promise to you to be in your corner. So never, ever give up on me and make sure you never give up on yourself. So today we'll start with module zero and I'm going to lay out the foundation of how we're going to progress throughout this whole journey together. Now let's dive right in. In the first month, we're going to be talking about the alignment phase. And as you can see here, in the first month, we're going through module one to module four. And this is super crucial and critical for you to be able to gain clarity in who you want to serve and why you want to serve them. Because if you don't have a strong enough reason to serve them, you're going to give up two months down the road, three months down the road because you forget your why. Because once again, mindset is everything. You have to believe in the fact that you're doing something good. And where does that come from? Where does that believe come from? It comes from within. And that's the reason why it's so crucial for you to go through the whole aligned phase in the first month, right? Module one to module four. This will help you develop the right mindset to make a very successful restaurant. And this is something that I'm sharing with you based upon my experience and the collective of experiences that I was able to gather. This will also help you choose the right concept and the right location. So something that you should definitely pay attention to. Next up, we have the connection phase. Connection phase is module five to module six, which is month two. In this section, you're going to be building out your core team and you're going to develop a community of loyal fans. With loyal fans, you're not going to only to have people that root for you, but also support you along the whole way. And that's how you can create a movement, a movement that would allow you to scale just like how we were able to scale to seven locations. It's because we have loyal fans. Now, I want to emphasize that within the first phase, it is super important that you lay the foundation that you don't jump ahead of module one to module four and jumping into module five and six, because module five and six is built on the backbones of module one to four, the alignment phase. And if you have attended the masterclass, you already know that without alignment, you cannot jump into the connection phase. I understand it's sexy. I understand it's fun. I understand marketing is what you really want to truly do, but without understanding the basics, without understanding the foundation, you're just going to be building a house of cards on a really, really wobbly foundation, and it will come crumbling down. The reason why you invested in this is because you want the step-by-step process, and I'm providing that to you. So make sure you follow that in that sequence. Lastly, we're going to be moving on to the explode phase month four. Here is where you're going to have your foundation set, your alignment connection done, all done, and now you're ready to explode. This is where you get your financial freedom. This is where you get to have and stack explosive marketing strategies that's going to work in your favor. As simple as some of them might sound, these, when you stack it properly, you're going to get exponential results. That's the power in the strategies that I'm laying out for you. I'm not just giving you random strategies. I'm giving you strategies that we have used, and even in today's age, we're still using it in the people that, in the different ventures that we are in as well, across different businesses, not just restaurant business. For some of you that don't know, I don't really share this as well. I also run a supplement company. We have a marketing company, and we also have an events company. I am not just sharing with you how you can run a dessert shop. The principles that I'm sharing with you, the lessons, and everything that I'm sharing with you, is applicable to multiple different businesses. This is basically a crash course on running a business. I really hope you're going to be able to enjoy this. Yes, this is going to be quite a bit of work for you, but you know what, if you are committed in building a restaurant, which you're going to be there for years, what is the first few months of learning and actually executing, having someone be in your corner to help you? That's the reason why you have invested in this course. So never ever give up. And one thing is you need to understand, whatever you give into the community, whatever you engage in, whatever questions you ask, is what you're going to get out of it for yourself. So if you don't engage, if you are like a creeper, leecher in the Facebook group in this exclusive one, you don't ask questions, then unfortunately you're not going to get as much away from it as you would want. Now, if you put in everything, if you engage all the time, if you are an active member within this whole community, then you're going to get back so much greater results. And that's what I see over and over again, because typically speaking, half of you will never ever attend the live calls. You would never ever leave a comment. You would never engage with people within the group. And that's the reason why you're not going to be ever successful. But for those of you who do engage, who do ask questions, and when we respond, that's the type of engagement. That's the type of me being in your corner and how it feels and how you're going to be able to have the support system to help you build the momentum. Because like what I was saying, to begin with, you start off with believing in yourself. If you don't believe in yourself, then nothing is going to work. And that's the reason why we created this really tight-knit community. And when you guys are tight-knit together, that's when magic happens. So definitely, whenever we tell you to go into the group and engage and ask questions, share with us your progress and definitely just go ahead and do that. And I'll be there alongside with you. Jason will be here alongside with you to support you along your whole journey. Nonetheless, I really, really am excited to share with you and dive into the first lesson with you. I'll see you guys inside lesson one. See you.