Course N°196 — Operations
The Second Location: Expand Without Breaking What Works
with Incipio Studio
Original curriculum by Incipio Academy
A step-by-step system for opening your second location: readiness tests, site and lease maths, an opening playbook, and the scorecard that keeps both sites profitable.
What you’ll walk away with
Skills, not certificates of attendance
Curriculum
4 chapters · 16 lessons
5h 36m total01Readiness: Prove Site One Can Stand Alone4 lessons+
- 1The Owner-Dependency Audit: What Only You Can DoVideo18:40
- 2Unit Economics Per Site: Contribution, Not RevenueVideo22:15
- 3Demand Evidence: Turn-Aways, Waitlists and Travel DataVideo16:30
- 4The Cash Test: 9 Months of Cover Before You SignVideo20:05
02Site Selection and the Deal4 lessons+
- 1Catchment Maths: Population, Spend and Drive TimeVideo24:10
- 2Reading Competitor Density Without GuessingVideo15:45
- 3Fit-Out Budget, Landlord Incentives and Rent-Free PeriodsVideo27:30
- 4Build the Break-Even Model Before the Heads of TermsVideo29:20
03The Opening Playbook4 lessons+
- 1Codify Site One: Role-by-Role SOPs in Two WeeksVideo25:50
- 2Hire and Train the Site Manager 90 Days EarlyVideo21:35
- 3The 90-Day Opening Countdown: Owners and CheckpointsVideo23:15
- 4Soft Launch, Local Marketing and the First 30 Days of TradeVideo19:40
04Running Two Without Losing Control4 lessons+
- 1The Multi-Site Weekly Scorecard: Eight Numbers OnlyVideo17:20
- 2Cash, Stock and Rotas Across Two SitesVideo22:45
- 3Quality Audits and Mystery Shops That Actually Change BehaviourVideo18:55
- 4Open the Third, Fix the Second, or Stop: The Decision RuleVideo20:30
Your instructor
Incipio Studio
Original curriculum by Incipio Academy
Incipio Studio is the academy's in-house curriculum team. Studio courses distill proven playbooks, frameworks, and operator interviews into structured, do-this-next lessons, researched and produced by Incipio Academy.
“We used the readiness audit and realised site one was still 100% me. Six months later we opened the second unit and it hit break-even in week eleven.”
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