The Wizard Behind the Curtain

Presented by Michael Tipps, Founder, Maverick Theory

Your concept is the show.  Guests should never see the strings.

Most bars and restaurants don't fail because the food was bad.  They fail because the concept was never finished, and the market can feel it.  

Nobody teaches owners how to build a concept.  Nobody teaches them how to define one.  Italian food with a name on the door is not a concept.  That's a menu.  A concept is narrative.  Its's the story people repeat when they tell a friend where to go.  Every great venue has one.  Chef driven places get a pass.  Everybody else is pouring the same drinks and plating the same food, which means the only real question is what you have that the place down the road doesn't.  

In 3 hours, we pull back the curtain and put you behind it.  You leave able to define the concept you already own, and to build new ones that pull people in on their own.  

Then there's the part almost nobody talk about.  Design is not architecture.  Your layout is a revenue instrument.  Seat capacity, sight lines, making every seat feel like the best seat in the house, and building a floor that actually runs when it's full.  

Here's the one every owner should have tattooed somewhere:  you make the majority of your money in a 2.5 hour window.  Layout drives spacing.  Spacing drives time.  Inside the window, time gets measured in seconds.  

So this isn't decoration.  This is how you get paid.  

This workshop is for you if: 

  • You already own or run a restaurant bar or hospitality room in Florida.  
  • You're about to pen, rebrand or sign a lease - and you don't want the wrong concept locked in.  
  • You want your place to stick out in a crowded market and make more money doing it. 

🎟️ Space will be limited - reserve your spot TODAY when you purchase your show badge.  
Cost: $149 per person