07 September 2015
In the previous post, we put all our cards on the table. We’ll try hard to build our business in the US on two things rarely mentioned in the same sentence: fast-food prices and the quality of an artisan product. This time, we are going to put not only cards but some chips on the table too. In other words, we are approaching a very delicate question—what exactly will help us succeed and avoid running out of business in a few months?
Read more
25 August 2015
An entrepreneur told us recently that we’ve gone bananas. When he learned about our plan we’d already put in motion in Oxford, he thought that it was pure insanity. He was sure that we’d never make ends meet and that Dodo Pizza would be out of business in the US in a few months. Well, maybe he’s right. :) Our plan looks as crazy as it does ambitious and promising.
This year we started studying the pizza market in Oxford, Mississippi, where we decided to open our first pizzeria in the US. We had to find an...
Read more
25 June 2015
Wanna know a simple but powerful secret of self-motivation? Here it is: To discover an inexhaustible source of energy, you simply come up with a bold idea, set an ambitious goal and find someone who’ll state that it’s impossible to reach (this won’t be difficult). I’ve been using this technique since I started my first blog and launched my first business, and it has always worked like a charm. When someone says I’ll fail, it drives me crazy and urges me to work even harder to achieve my goals.
It helped me open the first Dodo Pizza and make it...
Read more
05 June 2015
Would you climb to the top of a banana tree for a treat if you have a table full of delicious fruits already washed, cut and served for you on nice plates? I don’t know your answer, but I know that at Dodo Pizza we would first climb to the top. In fact, we are already doing it right now
Read more
27 May 2015
All people want to be lucky, but very few realize that true luck is the lack of any luck. My story is the best proof. I had bad luck of growing up in a country such as Russia — so hostile to entrepreneurship that only 2.6% of people living there wanted to open a business. It was the worst rate across 70 countries. Moreover, I didn’t live in a large and rich city, such as Moscow or Saint Petersburg. My hometown was Syktyvkar, a gloomy and distant northern settlement, located at the same latitude in Russia as Anchorage, Alaska in the US.
There...
Read more