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In this episode of Turn & Burn, brought to you by the Foodable WebTV Network, Joe Sorge steps in as guest host during the NRA Show in Chicago to talk about Crowdfunding with Jonathan Maze, Editor of the Restaurant Finance Monitor. What are the risks involved in crowdfunding a restaurant?

Watch the full episode as the two discuss everything from what crowdfunding means for restaurants to what types of restaurants would benefit most from taking this approach, and where to go — beyond just Kickstarter — to do so. www.foodabletv.com @TurnBurnTV

In this episode of Turn & Burn, brought to you by the Foodable WebTV Network, we are speaking with Skip Cass, CEO of LRS, at the NRA Show in Chicago. As a pioneer in paging systems for the restaurant business, LRS has been around for years and continues to upgrade its technologies to better suit today’s restaurant consumers.

Watch the full episode as Cass talks about the company’s Table Tracker and Check Point in relation to speed of service and customer satisfaction, and how technology like this can breed real-time, simple data that operators can understand.

In this episode of Turn & Burn, brought to you by the Foodable WebTV Network, Paul Barron reveals the Top 10 restaurant brands in the Restaurant Social Media Index (RSMI) for Q1 2014 performance. As usual, we are seeing quite a few shifts in the rankings, including some surprises — two of the most consistent top brands throughout the past year both fall in the bottom-half of the Top 10, while a new contender takes the lead.

Watch the full episode to gain more in-depth knowledge of how the RSMI works and how it can benefit your restaurant or bar.

On this episode of Turn & Burn, brought to you by the Foodable WebTV Network, we are joined by the most connected human on earth, Chris Dancy. Chris represents the potential of wearable tech — utilizing 300-700 sensors, devices, applications, and services to track, analyze, and optimize his life. As wearable tech and the quantified self become more prevalent in our lives, it's only a matter of time before we begin to see this sort of technology being utilized in the restaurant and hospitality industry.

So what does the most connected man on the planet have to say about the future of wearable tech in restaurants? Watch the full episode to find out.

In this episode of Turn & Burn, brought to you by the Foodable WebTV Network, recurring co-host Joe Sorge joins us to discuss the mobile space for restaurant operators. With so many different elements on mobile these days — from apps to mobile-friendly websites to mobile ordering, and everything in between — it can be difficult for a restaurant operator to navigate where restaurant and brand presence should be on mobile.

As an operator himself, Sorge gives us insight into some of the resources he’s utilized to increase mobile sales and to make the experience more user-friendly and simple.

In this episode of Turn & Burn, brought to you by the Foodable WebTV Network, host Paul Barron is joined by Forbes writer Haydn Shaughnessy, a systemic innovation and transformation expert. The two discuss the direction of mobile and the progression of wearable technology.

Watch the full episode as Paul and Haydn dive into the possibilities of how restaurants can efficiently utilize these technologies, where consumers are spending most of their time within their mobile devices, and how the landscape continues to change for mobile consumers.

In this episode of Turn & Burn, brought to you by the Foodable WebTV Network, we’re talking restaurant technology. John Regal, CMO at Ziosk, joins us on the show to discuss how tablets are becoming integrated into the consumer dining experience – from entertaining or informing to actually ordering. Watch the full episode as we determine how tablets in restaurants are changing our approach to dining and what we can expect in the future: Will tablets replace servers?

What are the adoption rates for casual dining? What are the benefits of a tablet for the guest, and how might tablets in restaurants improve over time as technology continues to shift forward? Watch the full episode to find out this and more.

In the final instalment of our 3-part series regarding social media and branding legalities, we welcome Kyle-Beth Hilfer, Attorney at Law, back to the show.

In this episode of Turn & Burn, brought to you by the Foodable WebTV Network, host Paul Barron asks Kyle-Beth the big questions on native advertising issues; the difference between Facebook contests and sweapsteaks; and the newest changes happening on Pinterest.

On this episode of Turn & Burn, brought to you by the Foodable WebTV Network, we’re talking Millennials in the restaurant space. We’re joined by David Burstein, author of “Fast Future: How Millennials are Shaping Our World,” which focuses on how Gen Y is changing business, technology, culture and politics.

Watch the full episode as the two discuss what may have caused the drop of mobile Millennials dining out over the past year; Millennial trends that we should anticipate for 2014; and what mentality operators and business owners should adopt in order to align with this generation.