Tony Nikas

🚀 Founder and CEO of Orme (Optimizing Restaurants Made Easy)
We help restaurants do 2 things - Make online ordering profitable and get customers to come back!

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What’s the best advice someone gave you in your 20s that you still share with young people today?

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What I Learned Selling Over $10 Million in Burgers https://t.co/mHIXlzZn4B via @LinkedIn

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Check out my latest article: Great Staff Don’t Happen by Accident https://t.co/ebsF7Nbmf9 via @LinkedIn

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I heard @Codie_Sanchez say - “2026 can be A bitch, or it can be YOUR bitch.”

That part is your choice. No one is coming to hand you a great year. Nothing is gifted. When you take full responsibility, you get to decide exactly what 2026 becomes.

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Speak to people in the way they listen, not just how we talk. In life, in marketing, or in simple chats, think about where they are at. Don’t assume they will think like us.

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The opposite of courage is not being a cowardice… it is conformity.

-Rolo May

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Don't judge the teacher and miss the lesson. Sometimes the people you dislike the most teach you the best stuff. It doesn't make the insight less valuable.

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If you want to run, you first learn to walk. If you want to walk, you watch someone do it. That is why we need mentors. Know what you want, find someone who can do it, and follow them. When you get good, you won’t need a mentor. You just start to run.

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Feeling bad doesn’t mean you get to act bad. Being angry doesn’t mean you push it on others. Life gets tough, but how you respond matters. Stay strong and choose better.

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Guilt means you broke your own rules. Shame means you broke someone else’s. Feeling bad just to feel bad makes no sense. What you do next is what matters.

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Check out my latest article: How to Make Google and AI Say: ‘Eat Here. https://t.co/IOltOmnM6k via @LinkedIn

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Check out my latest article: How to Actually Make Money on 3rd Party Apps https://t.co/E8PyIgNAfs via @LinkedIn

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I re-read stuff all the time.
Not because I forget—because I grow.

That Buddhist quote hits different:

“When the student is ready, the teacher appears.”

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Business is just a series of systems.
People systems. Hard systems. Soft systems.

Break them down. Improve them constantly.

Then train your people to follow them.
Hire for attitude. Train the system.
#SmallBusiness #restaurantbusiness #restaurantowner

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When someone else wins, you’ve got two options:

- Get bitter
- Get better

Let their win prove it’s possible.
Use it as fuel—not comparison.

You are the only one that can see your scoreboard.

It’s up to you.

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Are you reacting to life or responding to it?

When we react, it often comes from ego—quick and emotional. But when we respond, it’s our wiser self choosing how to handle things.

Think of “responsibility” as your “ability to respond” to whatever comes your way.

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Lemon gets squeezed—makes juice. Add sugar—lemonade.
Squeeze a person? That’s when the mask comes off. Pressure doesn’t lie, it typically reveals.

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Marketing is just a conversation with people who don’t yet know, like, or trust you. The best marketers? They keep that conversation going.
#smallbusiness #restaurantmarketing #DINRsystems

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“Every adversity brings with it the seed of an equivalent advantage.”

Napoleon Hill
From Think and Grow Rich.

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🚨 Someone is stealing from your restaurant… but it’s NOT who you think!
It’s not employee theft—it’s what you don’t measure.
I used to lose $50K+ a year without realizing it. Then I started tracking Prime Cost—and put that money back in my pocket. Want to know how? 👇