As a restauranteur and entrepreneur Barry’s main role is that of a storyteller. His job has been to create, maintain, and sustain stories that help to make people feel compelled to interact with, as employees and customers, and then to have them to continue to help tell the story.
All entrepreneurs are storytellers. They all create and generate a narrative that generates excitement in other people. This translates into a product and/or service in the marketplace. Entrepreneurs are artists who create with words.
Barry is currently President of Green Valley Hospitality and co-owner of 4 restaurants in Northeastern Connecticut. These restaurants are The Vanilla Bean Café in Pomfret, 85 Main in Putnam, Dog Lane Café in Storrs, and Fenton River Grill in Mansfield.
Barry is not only the owner, but he is the main founder and designer of all the locations, from the kitchen and bar design to the overall look and feel of each location. He works with his partners to create comfortable places of hospitality, for the guests, employees, and the vendors. To him, everyone is a customer and needs to be treated as such.
Learn more about what Barry is helping others Create! – click the website link below.
“Barry has always had a way of figuring out the most effective approach to interacting with people and problems, and he has done an amazing job of compiling all of that in this easy to read and enjoyable book. This is a rich and practical resource for anyone who is an employee or who has employees, no matter what your field!”
Eileen Day McKusick
Author of Tuning the Human Biofield and Electric Body, Electric Health
Part of Barry’s main narrative is helping others to succeed. He knows that the restaurant industry is just a steppingstone in many young people’s career, and he works to educate them and expose them to new thinking and practices that will help to propel them into a career of their choosing. His restaurants are what he refers to as ‘young person development agencies.
Drawing from over 4 decades in the hospitality industry, Barry has taken his experience of working with, educating and coaching young people and complied it into a self-help/career advice book that will be immensely helpful for anyone who is looking to learn the thinking, practices and skills that can help them advance in whatever career they choose.
Barry is a graduate of the Business Professionals Course (now aji.com) based in Sunnyvale California, and participated in their LEIP Program (Leadership, Entrepreneurship, Innovation and Power) for three years after graduation. With this education he was able to design more effective ways of educating and training his employees, as well as the design of new offers and creating a compelling narrative.
