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Workshops

Workshops

Live and self-paced sessions for owners and operators — from opening your first café to sharpening the business you already run.

Previous sessions have included operators from New Zealand, Australia, Canada, Ireland and the United States.

Option One · Self-Paced

Foundation Core Session

What I would do if I opened a café today.

For anyone thinking seriously about opening a café — or already building one — who wants to make the expensive decisions before they become expensive mistakes.

A purpose-recorded, self-paced version of Foundation, built around the decisions I would make if I were opening a café today.

Over 1 hour 12 minutes, I work through the things that have the greatest impact on whether a café remains viable: the site, design, lease, numbers, systems and technology — along with the mistakes I’ve made over 12 years growing from one café to four.

This isn’t a barista course or a formula for success. It’s the judgement I’d want before signing the lease, spending the fit-out money or opening the doors.

FormatSelf-paced · Recorded workshop
Length1 hour 12 minutes
AccessAvailable now · by email
Price$150 NZD
Purchase Core Session

Your recording and workshop resources are personally emailed after purchase, usually within 24 hours.

After purchase you’ll receive

  • 1 hr 12 min Foundation recorded session
  • Foundation PDF Workshop Deck
  • Foundation Companion Workbook

Includes

  • 1 hr 12 min Foundation Core Session
  • Complete Foundation PDF Workshop Deck
  • Foundation Companion Workbook
  • Practical worksheets, decision frameworks and checklists
  • Watch at your own pace
  • Keep the deck and workbook as ongoing reference material

Option Two · Live Online Workshop

Foundation

What I would do if I opened a café today.

A practical workshop for aspiring café owners, first-time operators, and anyone considering opening their next café.

This isn’t a barista course or a coffee-making class. It’s a business workshop built around the lessons I’ve learned growing from one café to four over the past 12 years — through COVID, inflation, labour shortages and a rapidly changing hospitality landscape.

We’ll cover the key decisions that have the greatest impact on long-term viability, including site selection, lease negotiation, operational design, menu strategy, staffing, technology, automation and the modern economics of running a café.

The goal is simple: help you avoid expensive mistakes and build a café with the best possible chance of succeeding in today’s environment.

DateTBC
Length90 minutes · Live Q&A
FormatLive online · Microsoft Teams
Price$150 NZD per person
Register Your Interest

A recording is made available to all attendees after the session.

What We’ll Cover

  • Site selection
  • Lease negotiation
  • Operational design
  • Menu strategy
  • Staffing
  • Technology and automation
  • The modern economics of running a café

Live Online Workshop

Finding Hidden Margin

Most operators don’t have a sales problem. They have a margin problem.

A practical online workshop for hospitality owners, managers and operators who want to identify supplier creep, hidden charges, cost leakage and margin opportunities already inside their business.

DateTBC
Length60 minutes
FormatLive online · Microsoft Teams
Price$150 NZD
Register Your Interest

No date scheduled yet — register your interest and I’ll let you know when the next session is confirmed.

What We’ll Cover

  • Supplier price creep
  • Invoice and cost analysis
  • Hidden delivery fees and small charges
  • Using AI to review business data
  • Building a simple margin monitoring habit
  • Real examples from operating cafés

Founder OS

Learn Founder OS

Two ways to understand the architecture behind the operating system I’ve been building over the past year — a live interactive workshop, or a self-paced session you can take any time. Both cover the principles behind building an operating layer that sits above the software you already use.

Option One · Self-Paced

Founder OS Core Session

Perfect if you can’t attend a live workshop, or prefer to learn at your own pace.

A purpose-recorded, self-paced session exploring the architecture, prompting methodology and workflows behind Founder OS.

Learn how to build an operating layer that connects the software you already use into one decision-making system.

FormatSelf-paced · Downloadable video
Length30-minute Core Session
AccessPersonally delivered by email
Price$150 NZD
Purchase Core Session

Your download link and workshop resources are personally emailed after purchase, usually within 24 hours.

After purchase you’ll receive

  • Download link emailed after purchase
  • Generic starter prompts
  • Supporting workshop resources

Includes

  • 30-minute Founder OS Core Session (downloadable video)
  • Generic starter prompts
  • Prompting methodology explained
  • Workflow design principles
  • Founder OS architecture walkthrough
  • The same supporting resources provided to live workshop attendees
  • Watch at your own pace

Who It’s For

  • Founder-led businesses
  • Owner-operators
  • Hospitality
  • Retail
  • Trades
  • Professional services
  • Consultants
  • Businesses running multiple systems that want better visibility and decisions

Option Two · Live Workshop

Founder OS Live Workshop

Bringing your business together in the age of AI.

A live online workshop for owner-operators who want to build the operating system they wish they’d had when they started.

Drawing on more than 12 years operating four cafés, I’ll show how I use AI to architect a single executive dashboard that brings together accounting, banking, payroll, supplier pricing, tax, cash flow and operational data into one executive view.

This isn’t about replacing the software you already use. It’s about connecting it so you can understand the bigger picture and make better decisions.

Whether you’re already established or just starting out, building your own Founder Operating System will give you greater visibility into your business for years to come.

FormatLive online · Microsoft Teams
DateTBC
Price$150 NZD per person
Register Your Interest

No date scheduled yet — register your interest and I’ll let you know when the next session is confirmed.

You’ll also receive

  • PDF workshop notes
  • The prompts I use inside Claude
  • The system architecture behind my Founder Operating System
  • A framework you can adapt to your own business

What You’ll Learn

  • The philosophy behind a Founder Operating System
  • How to use AI as a systems architect
  • Connecting accounting, banking, payroll and operational data
  • Building executive dashboards instead of disconnected reports
  • Creating a single source of truth for your business
  • The prompts and workflow I use to build and continually improve the system

More Workshops

Live Online Workshop

Turning Experience Into Opportunity

Most business owners don’t have a knowledge problem. They have a leverage problem.

AI doesn’t create expertise. It amplifies it. Most business owners already possess years of valuable experience, knowledge and insight. The challenge is not acquiring more knowledge — it’s organising, refining and sharing what you already know in a way that creates leverage, authority and opportunity. This practical online workshop explores the framework Greg uses to turn everyday observations, business experience and industry knowledge into assets, authority, opportunities and business growth, using AI as a thinking and execution tool.

DateTBC
Length60 minutes
FormatLive online · Microsoft Teams
Price$250 NZD
Register Your Interest

No date scheduled yet — register your interest and I’ll let you know when the next session is confirmed.

What We’ll Cover

  • The Observe → Interrogate → Distil → Publish → Learn → Build framework
  • Real-world examples from hospitality and small business
  • Using AI to challenge assumptions and develop stronger ideas
  • Ethics, transparency and responsible AI use
  • Turning experience into assets, authority and opportunities
  • Building systems instead of chasing content