This document outlines lessons learned from a business plan project for Boungiorno Cais, an Italian breakfast and brunch restaurant. Key lessons include: obtaining initial external funding, developing strong supplier relationships, validating the customer concept, catering to demand for new food experiences, attracting a young nighttime customer base, relying on word-of-mouth advertising, adapting the business model, offering breakfast foods at dinner time, competing at different times of day, and expanding revenue sources like home delivery.
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1. Boungiorno Cais
Entrepreneurship and Businness plan
Spring 2013/2014
Professors: Jo達o Trigo da Roza & Ant坦nio Lucena de Faria
Claudia Seidenstricker 152113370 Gon巽alo Carreteiro 152113342
Liat Schliesser 152113318 Pedro Guerreiro 152113317
2. Boungiorno Cais
Top 10 lessons learned
The project would need an initial round of external funding to be able to develop
and scale the business
The relationship with ingredient suppliers is fundamental for smooth
operations
In the initial stage, for this particular business, it is important to focus on
customer and concept validation
People are seeking to experience new types of food
In the interview process, that the late-hour feature will attract many young
people and night-clubbers
3. Boungiorno Cais
Top 10 lessons learned
Communication through word-of-mouth and free advertising will be extremely
important to our business
The business model canvas helped us to structure our project and adapt to the
changes that occurred during the process
The interviews showed that people are interested in having breakfast at dinner
time
Different competitors at different times of the day
We realized that we need to expand our activities to have other revenue
sources. E.g.: Home Delivery