Restaurants Reinvented: Putting Growth Back on the Menu
Shining a light on the change-minded Restaurant Leaders behind our favorite brands. Get inspired with innovative brand building, guest engagement, and revenue-driving strategies. Join host Jen Kern, long-time CMO, as she dishes with leading restaurant pros who are elevating their game and careers by staying agile in the face of uncertainty to help their brands shine and prosper.
Restaurants Reinvented: Putting Growth Back on the Menu
Investing in the Future of Restaurants
Get ready for a blockbuster episode that's been cooking up for years! We've got the incredible Bobby Yazdani, the mastermind behind Cota Capital and lead investor in Qu, joining the party on Restaurants Reinvented with Jen Kern.
Jen and Bobby take a ride through the thrilling intersection of restaurant tech and investment, following Bobby's epic journey from Tehran to the tech capital of Silicon Valley and Oracle.
Bobby delves into his investment playbook, sharing the criteria and principles that guide him, learned from over 200+ investments from Uber to Google and Dropbox. They unravel the maze of the restaurant tech ecosystem, from its complexities and emotional connections to the innovation opportunities available today.
Hear Bobby wax poetic about leaning into the future of restaurants by building a stable, scalable platform company and culture committed to innovating on behalf of the industry.
Moments to listen for:
- Conditions needed to build a successful platform company; expectations and timelines.
- The Cognitive Age - today's new new market cycle.
- The innovation playground created by the constant "tug of war" between customer expectations and operational efficiency.
- The importance of abstract thinking in technology to turn complexity into simplification.
- What it means to be a responsible financial and morale steward in the restaurant tech market.
- We talk Pizza! Bobby's love for pizza and the simplicity of it.
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