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(E)mail-order Education Course one: Becoming a restaurateur.

By Lori Francisco

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Thinking about opening a restaurant? An online course called"Starting a Restaurant from Scratch" will guide youthrough the steps of opening your own eatery. Designed byrestaurant consultant Chuck Gohn, the 12-week session covers suchtopics as industry trends, business plans, menu selection, pricing,legal and tax considerations, financing and marketing.

After enrolling at http://www.ranw.com or by calling(800)?95-2326, you receive one e-mail lesson per week for 12 weeks.Each lesson covers a different topic and includes online businessforms, related links and an e-mail discussion post forcorresponding with other students. Gohn is also available tostudents if they have any questions about the coursework.

In addition, the $99.95 program offers special discounts oncourse-related products and services.

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