- 6 months – conception to launch
- Raise finance / find spot – 6 months
- 5 months – renovation / redecoration
- 4 months – contined and decoration
- 3 months – budgets / menus & suppliers / branding / pos systems
- 2 months – marketing / publicity / advertising
- 1 month – hire and train staff / inventory
- 0 month – soft launch
- Constraints due to legal / licenscing / building
- Questions you need to ask yourself at each stage