Weekly Recap: Aug 9-13

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• Nick Kokonas of Tock & Alinea, flipping the low-margin restaurant model | E1262
• Next Unicorns: Splice CEO Steve Martocci, building the Github for music | E1265
• How to secure follow-on investment for your startup FounderU + Ask an Angel with Zach Coelius?| E1264
• How to come up with a startup idea FounderU + Ask an Angel with Zach Coelius | E1263

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Flipping the low-margin restaurant model?| E1262

Nick Kokonas of Tock & Alinea

Nick joins to discuss his his reservation software company Tock, which he just sold to Squarespace for $400M. He also runs Alinea, a?world-class restaurant group, with chef Grant Achatz.?The topics range from: how restaurants can improve their operating leverage, new digital experiences augmenting hospitality, why tipping needs to be replaced, the labor supply, inflation, employee health and more!

Top Quotes:

• "He's the best in the world & no one knows it yet." (on why he knew he had to start a restaurant with Grant)
• “You have to get to a point where you wake up every day, and you can't imagine not doing that thing."

Next Unicorns: Building the Github for music?| E1265

Splice CEO Steve Martocci

Steve is a serial entrepreneur and founder of Splice, a marketplace for music samples and plugins.?He's also the?co-founder of the air charter company Blade (Uber for helicopters and?planes) & previously sold GroupMe to Skype. In the episode he?discusses how music rights work, how to grow?a high-quality marketplace, AI music creation, & more.?

Top Quotes:

• "There are two?sides of the artist's journey. First, we think about making music and?then, how do you make it in music." (on the?journey from learning to earning enough to go full time)
• “I like to say, our biggest competition is people giving up on themselves.”?

How to secure follow-on investment for your startup FounderU + Ask an Angel with Zach Coelius?| E1264

Jason discusses how founders can best secure follow-on funding for their startup, then is joined by investor Zach Coelius to answer listener questions on technical co-founders, successful founder traits, founder red flags, why startups fail diligence and more.

How to come up with a startup idea FounderU + Ask an Angel with Zach Coelius?| E1263

Jason does a Founder University segment on how to generate startup ideas, then Zach Coelius joins to take some "Ask an Angel" questions: what data points are most valuable when iterating on product, what skills are most important to be a success in VC, what skills are most important to be a success in VC.

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