Restaurant Hospitality is happy to display the Restaurant Owners Uncorked video series, produced by Schedulefly. The series is designed to convey practical wisdom and advice from successful independent restaurant owners.In the fifth of seven videos with Scott Maitland, owner of Top of the Hill Restaurant & Brewery in Chapel Hill, N.C., Maitland offers advice on how to negotiate a smart initial lease, and on why doing weekly inventory is a must.

Schedulefly, a company that provides web-based restaurant staff scheduling and communication software for independent restaurants, launched this video series on the heels of their successful book of a similar nature, Restaurant Owners Uncorked: Twenty Owners Share Their Recipes for Success.