Video: Fund-Raising Tips for Emerging Restaurant Chains

Financial adviser and Chipotle board member Al Baldocchi discusses the lending environment and offers advice to restaurant chains seeking growth capital.

-- Chain Leader, 11/20/2009 12:00:00 AM

Al Baldocchi, a Boulder, Colo.-based financial adviser and Chipotle founding board member, discusses the lending environment and offers advice to young restaurant chains seeking growth capital from outside investors. His first piece of wisdom: "You don't have to be a genius to know in this environment it is awfully difficult to raise money."

View Chain Leader Senior Editor David Farkas' interview with Al Baldocchi.

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