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Mary King

Mary King

Staff Writer - Retail and Restaurants

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  • B.A. English Literature, Colgate University
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Expertise:

  • Restaurants
  • Retail
  • POS
  • Payments
  • Starting a Business

Highlights

  • 14 years of restaurant experience, including
  • 10+ years of restaurant management experience
  • 4 years of experience evaluating restaurant and retail technology
  • Featured National Entrepreneurship Week Speaker on the topic of starting a food truck business
  • Featured on NOT NICE. Clever. podcast to discuss small business ideas and small business owner self-care.
  • Contributing author to Starting a Business: Step-by-Step Advice from Industry Experts ebook

Experience:

Mary King is an expert restaurant and small business contributor at Fit Small Business. With more than a decade of small business experience, Mary has worked with some of the best restaurants in the world, and some of the most forward-thinking hospitality programs in the country. Mary’s firsthand operational experience ranges from independent food trucks to the grand scale of Michelin-starred restaurants, from small trades-based businesses to cutting-edge co-working spaces. She has advised multiple small businesses, from farms to dispensaries, assisting with operations, business strategy, operations, payment processing, licensing, hiring, and more.

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