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Ebook Details
  • 06/2018
  • 9781543929393 B07DLH7MP7
  • 192 pages
  • $9.99
Paperback Book Details
  • 07/2018
  • 9781543929393 B07DLH7MP7
  • 192 pages
  • $12.99
Open Bar: My Journey in Opening a Billiard Room and Sports Bar

Adult; Business & Personal Finance; (Market)

Doctor of Psychology and consummate pool player Danny Kuykendall is best known as the entrepreneur behind Danny K’s Billiards & Sports Bar in Orange County, CA.

In OPEN BAR, he explores the complicated personal journey that led him to open Danny K’s, and how his unique life path and background in psychology inform his approach to business, management, and customer service. From navigating initial bureaucratic setbacks while turning an abandoned Gold’s Gym into a bar, to rebuilding after a fire, to having the cash safe picked up and stolen from his office, Kuykendall has plenty of experience with the pitfalls of entrepreneurship. In this book, he shares the balanced approach to business he’s developed that helped him tackle these and other issues, and he provides specific advice and guidance for those thinking of going into business themselves.

The proof of his approach is in the pudding: over the 25 years since opening, Kuykendall has continually grown the bar’s business and customer base. Danny K’s boasts 19 pool tables, near-daily pool tournaments, a full bar and kitchen, 41 TVs and 8 HD screens showing virtually any sport, and an all-pervasive focus on customer service.

Part story of a distinctive small-business owner and part guidebook for future entrepreneurs, OPEN BAR has something to offer anyone interested in business, billiards, bars…or inspiring success stories.

Reviews
Pool & Billiard Magazine

“Danny is here to help…Business theory doesn't always line up with real life business, and this book definitely comes down on the side of real life. This is the story of a real poolroom, complete with mistakes (and how they got corrected), and the correct decisions and why they were successful…Ever wanted to open your own successful poolroom? Read the book.”

News
09/27/2018
CEO Blog Nation

We had a chance to interview Danny and asked about his story, how he started his business and the future of  Danny K’s Billiards & Sports Bar.

Tell us your story. Why did you start your business?

I was about 11 years old when the movie The Hustler was released in theaters around the country. A year later the movie was shown on television numerous times, and I became a big fan of Paul Newman and the game of pool. I began playing anywhere there was a pool table available to me, including the YMCA, the local bowling alley and a downtown pool room in Douglas, Arizona, named the B & P Palace. I had a few episodes with the law in my youth, and a friend recounts that while in the Cochise County jail in 1969, I was already talking about opening a “really fancy” pool room when I was older and could raise the money. This has been a dream of mine since I was a teenager.

I turned to drugs in my teenage years, but I met a great psychologist who helped me find my way, and a path back into reality. He also encouraged me to go to college and continue my studies until I achieved my PhD. In 1988 I received my PhD in Psychology, and I even took the California state exam to become a licensed psychologist. I attempted the exam twice but didn’t quite pass either time, forcing me to look for a new path forward. Turning back to my first passion, I supported myself working sales jobs in the billiard industry, always keeping an eye out for a suitable location to open my dream billiard room. When I noticed a vacant building in Orange, California – an abandoned Gold’s Gym – I knew I needed to change my focus and attempt to make this space into my dream since childhood. . . 

Formats
Ebook Details
  • 06/2018
  • 9781543929393 B07DLH7MP7
  • 192 pages
  • $9.99
Paperback Book Details
  • 07/2018
  • 9781543929393 B07DLH7MP7
  • 192 pages
  • $12.99
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