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Building a Beverage Brand: Brett Lawrence & Stephen Young of Elephant Hard Seltzer
Season 9 Episode 9
Knowing how to cook doesn't mean you can farm and building a beverage brand is very different from building a restaurant. So, I've brought in some ex…
4 years, 3 months ago
The Benefits of Disruption: Stratis Morfogen of Brooklyn Chop House
Season 9 Episode 8
Stratis Morfogen has done business differently from the beginning and, over the last 30 years, it's made a dramatic impact in how successful he's bec…
4 years, 3 months ago
Media Matters: John McDonald of Mercer Street Hospitality
Season 9 Episode 7
In this episode, we chat with restaurateur and media mogul John McDonald who grown a successful media empire alongside his restaurant empire, leverag…
4 years, 3 months ago
A New Labor Model: Jim Taylor of Benchmark Sixty
Season 9 Episode 6
Jim Taylor of Benchmark Sixty, believes he's found the solution to our biggest hurdle as an industry: the lack of predictability when it comest to sa…
4 years, 3 months ago
The Next Supper: Author Corey Mintz
Season 9 Episode 5
Corey Mintz is a failed cook and a successful writer. His latest book "The Next Supper: The End of Restaurants as We Knew Them, and What Comes After"…
4 years, 3 months ago
The Right Way to Build a Restaurant: Michael Benson of SoCal Restaurant Design Group
Season 9 Episode 4
Michael Benson's company SoCal Restaurant Design Group has built some of the most prolific restaurants in California and today he's sharing the tacti…
4 years, 3 months ago
The Only Rule That Matters: Selwyn Yosslowitz of Marmalade Cafe
Season 9 Episode 3
What is the only rule that matters in our industry? If you ask today's guest Selwyn Yosslowitz the rule is simple: keep it simple. Other than that, I…
4 years, 3 months ago
The 10 Disciplines: Rob Dube of The 10 Disciplines
Season 9 Episode 2
There's a proven process to live our optimal lives and Rob Dube is here to share it with us. It's called The 10 Disciplines for Managing and Maximizi…
4 years, 4 months ago
Make No Small Plans: Elliott Bisnow of Summit
Season 9 Episode 1
Do you run your restaurant or does your restaurant run your life. As entrepreneurs, we build these businesses with a singular goal in mind: freedom. …
4 years, 4 months ago
How to Survive 100 Years: Mark Echeverria of Musso & Frank Grill
Season 8 Episode 19
How does a restaurant stay relevant for a decade? If that feels impossible, imagine if that restaurant survived a century. Today we chat with Mark Ec…
4 years, 4 months ago