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Getting a Restaurant Ready for Ramadan in Qatar
Trading hours collapse into a few intense windows, demand doubles then vanishes, and staffing rules change. What to prepare in the weeks before, from someone else's hindsight.
8 min readBlog
Notes on running a shop
Short pieces on the operational side of a small business in Qatar — cash, stock, staff and the things that only show up once you're open.
Running a shop
Six Signs You've Outgrown Your POS
Most shops don't replace their till because it broke. They replace it because they slowly started working around it. Here's what that looks like before you notice.
7 min readMoney
Where Cash Goes Missing in a Small Shop
Most cash loss isn't dramatic theft — it's small, repeated and boring. Six places money leaks in a cash business, and the checks that make each one visible.
8 min read